Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Do something well and commit to long-term excellence. I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Amplify discussions on community standards and ethics. Non-profit organizations operating more business-like. Exemplifying ethical behavior.

Strategic Planning 51

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Willingness requires complete and never-ending commitment by management. In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How diverse is the planning committee? Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Walking the Talk: ethics, values, quality, vision. 7 Steps Toward Getting Budgets Accepted More Readily: Commitment toward strategic planning for your function-department-company.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 69

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Outside of 'think tanks' for company executive committees, full-scope education does not occur. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. If committed, the person turns the quest for knowledge into a life priority. 7) Purpose and Commitment.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Just because you once spoke to their business club, attended a workshop with them or served on a volunteer committee, they keep coming back to you for free work. There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. Social Networkers.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The report describes the company’s governance response and changed compliance framework — from holding 20 audit committee meetings in 2014, to substantial organizational restructuring, to enhanced education and training. The Audit Committee on behalf of the board sets key compliance objectives for the next calendar year.

Compliance 8

Compliance Committee Globalization CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

During the decade he headed the company (1992 – 2002), Tyco grew from a small New Hampshire conglomerate into a global giant operating in more than 100 countries with 250,000 employees and $40 billion in annual revenue. The board’s audit committee did not keep minutes at all until the problems began at Tyco in 2002.

Golden Parachute 8

Golden Parachute Committee Ethics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2011

Many love to boast when their revenues soar, or publicize the strategic restructuring of their organizational response committees (whatever that means). But often missing from a firm's communications is something absolutely fundamental to its operations: its values. Establish core values across the company, not just within management.

Mission Statement 15

Mission Statement Restructuring Committee Ethics 15

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Palmisano has an engaging manner and keen sense of humor. When the U.S.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? Now is the time for directors and executive committees alike to re-balance the strategy-governance scale. It’s not surprising. And what about tax rates?

Benchmarking 9

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 9