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Parkinson's Law of Triviality

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was first published in SmartBlog on Leadership on 11/29/2012: Have you ever noticed that committees or management teams tend to spend way too much time in meetings endlessly debating the most unimportant or mundane topics, while at the same time, not enough time on the most important or strategic issues? Here are a few ideas: 1.

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Preview Thursday: Benefit Corporation Law and Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose

Lead Change Blog

I spent almost 30 years as a lawyer in private practice, advising business leaders on Delaware corporate law issues – addressing matters like preferred stock financings, IPOs, mergers, hostile takeovers, proxy contests, corporate governance and fiduciary issues. My own story is an interesting backdrop.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets. Remuneration and Compensation Committees. We suggest: Assess how to set rewards in a depressed stock market.

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Shaping Performance & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

According to a recent survey in USA Today, Americans are far more worried about their finances than their health amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Household income and savings are ultra-low in most global markets. Remuneration and Compensation Committees. We suggest: Assess how to set rewards in a depressed stock market.

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Big Data In Your Shampoo?

Mills Scofield

Once upon a time, before the era of big data analytics, corporations had similarly routine business growth issues and threats: i.e.: after years of being the market leader in a specific product category, they quickly begin to lose market share, they wanted to introduce their product into a new market.

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The Accidental Lie In My Forecast

The Idolbuster

It was a routine launch review for a small product, and I had nudged up the numbers since the previous checkpoint due to favorable market conditions. I got a surprising amount of pushback from the executive review committee, but I confidently defended the numbers, citing “changing market conditions.”