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Board Governance Excellence: The Pinnacle of Organizational Success

N2Growth Blog

It’s the board’s prerogative to chart a strategic course, oversee the operational ambit, and instill a culture of accountability—morphing it into a cornerstone of organizational governance. It orchestrates the operational rhythm, supervises decision-making, and enforces accountability across the hierarchy.

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How to Be Generous in Business

Nathan Magnuson

It can seem like a conflict of interest. They’ve demonstrated that commitment by sponsoring one of my favorite annual leadership conferences Leadercast , which helps keep the event accessible and affordable for more people. Make Money. But can I point out the obvious?

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Are Uber and Facebook Turning Users into Lobbyists?

Harvard Business Review

Many of the companies inserting politics into their user experience operate popular social platforms themselves. Grossman argues for lower government barriers to disruptive business models, with stronger commitments from companies to provide data to fuel regulations informed by these companies’ actual impact.

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The Enemies of Data Security: Convenience and Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

What makes these companies successful, the strength of their commitment to the mission, also puts them at risk. Organizations that operate as a collection of independent business units have a different cultural problem relative to information security. Changing an organization’s culture is admittedly not easy.

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Narrowing the Chasm Between PR Professionals and Wikipedia

Harvard Business Review

Public relations and communications professionals—and the academic programs that train them—find themselves operating in a radically new environment. Many of the more venial sins are the result of a widespread lack of understanding and education about Wikipedia’s standards about conflicts of interest.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. There was a conflict of interest in alliance with Enron…not objective enough. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode. The Auditing Firm Employed by Enron.