Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Quotes on community stewardship, leadership and related topics. 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

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I was on the committee that wrote that legislation. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. This year is the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Diversity is most important for business, the economy and quality of life.

Diversity 90

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 90

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

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.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. 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. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Faster innovation.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 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

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Gentile has spent a great deal of her life in the classrooms of Harvard Business School and Babson College and from reading her book it seems that she thinks if her students know what ethical decision-making is, they will take action on what they think is right. John Agno: Can't Get Enough Leadership: Book Notes & Coaching Tips.

Ethics 102

Ethics Self-aware Taylorism Taylor 102

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. Its Remuneration Committee employs several key performance indicators (KPIs) to guide the compensation of senior executives. It has no intention of doing so.

TSR 9

TSR Banking Committee Incentives 9

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 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Never confuse charisma with leadership. When the U.S.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

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.

Mission Statement 15

Mission Statement Restructuring Committee Ethics 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

In response, the House of Representatives formed a special committee to investigate Taylor's system and its effect on workers. Although the Arsenal never resumed time studies, the operational improvements implemented by Taylor's engineers were maintained, and these made the factory so efficient that it became a model for the rest of the Army.

Taylorism 8

Taylorism Taylor Committee Engineering 8

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

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Everyone will naturally think that the person sleeping with the boss will have the inside scoop on promotions, pay and information, and that undermines trust in leadership, cautions Robert Chestnut, Airbnb’s Chief Ethics Officer. First and foremost – there’s a chance the romantic liaison might not end up in happily ever after.

Long-term 83

Long-term Policies Committee Human Resources 83

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. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Does your strategic plan adequately describe what you do?

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 70

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

MARCH 7, 2017

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. Early in its growth, an organization will customarily have a competent financial audit committee, even though financial controls are rather mundane.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 17, 2019

Recently Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Jo Swinson urged parliament to ensure that any development of AI is done with ethics front and center. Despite these early use cases, the possibilities are far greater than are currently being explored, and as usage rises, so too do ethical and safety concerns. Safe use of AI.

Ethics 62

Ethics Committee Report Technology 62

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

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Making these decisions requires that directors have expertise, exercise informed judgment, and be guided by an ethical compass. This includes funding advertising that targets or promotes a specific candidate as long as it’s independent from the candidate and party committees.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8