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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Former CEOs / Advisors. Mike Sursock – Managing Director?

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The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo

Harvard Business Review

Hearings last month before the Senate’s banking committee and the House’s Financial Services Committee point to further dangerous cultural dynamics inside Wells Fargo. According to Stumpf’s testimony, a board committee became aware of the fraud “at a high level” back in 2011.

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Building Behavioral Science Capability in Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Sales could be developing a behaviorally informed strategy, while operations looks for ways to cut costs. If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? Find the Right Home for the Team. Engage functional representatives.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” ” Yet the freedom bestowed on corporations by Citizens United comes with serious risk.

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Who’s Responsible for the Walmart Mexico Scandal?

Harvard Business Review

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.

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The Political Case Against Out-Sized Executive Pay

Harvard Business Review

What are the operational objectives which express those purposes? What are the operational objectives which express those purposes? How should executives be compensated based on success or failure in attaining the operational goals? customer satisfaction, risk audits, adherence to company ethics).

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

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!