You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

The bottom line : If you don’t represent yourself honestly where ever you are, the example you set will not ring true for those you want to influence the most. He serves on our Strata as Chair of the Building Committee, a pretty important role. And, being human, we are not always going to act in exemplary fashion.

Examples 48

Examples Bottom-up Long-term Influence 48

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

A terrorist incident, a breakdown of the London rail system, power blackouts, volcanic ash clouds , flooding, an outbreak of infectious disease—the London organizing committee (LOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent years thinking about every scenario they could imagine.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

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

APRIL 17, 2012

As a result the meetings included more people than necessary, the experts had less influence, and everyone was frustrated with the pace. But at that point, a vice president of finance (who had not been in the meetings) expressed some concerns and sent the team back to the drawing board.

Committee 13

Committee Construction Finance Morale 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. Organizational politics refers to a variety of activities associated with the use of influence tactics to improve personal or organizational interests. Yes, it can be self-serving. So what is it?

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

Equally troublesome, almost all policies focus exclusively on payments and finances but ignore the powerful influence of careerism and other non-financial motives that may compromise objectivity far more than financial incentives. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement.

Conflict of Interest 10

Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

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? Whatever these may be, we strongly recommended two things: Have an ethics committee. Select your ethics committee carefully, ensuring they span a variety of positions and levels.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

These are some of the most salient issues of campaign finance facing CEOs and boards of directors as the nation heads into what will certainly be a bitter election year, with both houses of Congress and the Presidency up for grabs. Should we support generally moderate candidates who can compromise on major structural issues facing the U.S.,

Company 13

Company Politics Policies Proposal 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

But only the human oversight committee approves what gets “autonomized” and how it is implemented. In this model, data scientists are interlocutors and ambassadors between the autonomy oversight committee and the targets of implementation. They’re constantly driving data-driven reviews and making recommendations.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Finally, the Commission argues that the social case for addressing skyrocketing executive pay is to reduce societal instability (to the extent wealth disparities reflect lack of opportunity, this can lead to social unrest) and the undue political influence of the wealthy (who have out-sized access and voice in shaping public policy).

Politics 14

Politics Execution Report Risk Management 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

For CHROs, these requirements may provide a platform for HR analytics and measurement to gain more prominence at the Board and C-suite level, much as having a Compensation Committee on most Boards has elevated discussions about executive pay and total rewards.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

2: It’s Really a Committee of One. Whenever a company makes a purchase decision that involves a team of people, factors including self-interests, politics, and group dynamics will influence the final decision. Moreover, this person is successful in getting the vendor they want selected 89% of the time.

Price 8

Price Health Care Committee Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In the “ Scientific Background ” essay on Tirole’s work provided by the Nobel committee, the focus is on Tirole’s work on industry structure, which has had a big impact on antitrust and other regulation, especially in Europe. Then, in 2006, came The Theory of Corporate Finance — not a field Tirole had really been known for. Since when?

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. And Lars has taken some of these ideas and applied them in finance.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Paul region, business and civic leaders involved with the Itasca Project are combining their resources and influence to address regional deficiencies in infrastructure, higher education, and the business environment. In the Minneapolis-St. Many of these innovative funding models fall under the larger “impact investing” movement.

Resources 8

Resources Company Rivkin Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

coordinates a global sales team of more than a dozen of the company's employees, including product specialists, engineers, and finance people. In the pharmaceutical industry, salespeople primarily influence decision-makers such as doctors, formulary committees, or payers (such as insurance companies).

Pharmaceuticals 13

Pharmaceuticals Banking Objective Incentives 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

I have found that the way we answer it has important implications for how men feel at work, and also influences organizational cultures in ways most managers might not consider. The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance. This question is not as trivial as it may seem. ” Olu.

Fashion 12

Fashion Participative Class Creativity 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

.” If someone with Calhoun’s experience has trouble with this – he’s chairman of Nielsen’s board, sits on boards of Boeing and Caterpillar, and is on the management committee at Blackstone – I know he can’t be alone.

Career 8

Career Follow-up Advice Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

While many recruiters see on-campus recruiting as a quick and easy way to source junior-level recruits and link students to open jobs, the real result is that the school a person attends has an outsized influence on which career doors are open to them — and which are not.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2016

This is the question we investigated in our recent research , and we found that political preferences of CEOs do have a significant influence on the political decisions of their employees. Or was the CEO actually influencing employees’ behavior? In other words, did employees just happen to agree with the CEO’s views?

Politics 8

Politics CEO Sample Influence 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

A person who is "volunteered" to serve as a committee chair for a professional or trade association may differ in motivation and enthusiasm from one who has joined an organization and volunteered willingly. In fact, even within for-profit organizations, the need for a certain type of leader may change as situations change.

Blog 333

Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

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.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8