Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Complacency often sets in when systems go unchallenged for extended periods. Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Adversaries into Allies is Leadership 101. Leadership is intentional influence. A manipulator will play on your negative emotions in order to elicit your compliance.” Burg presents what leadership looks like when it isn’t about you; when the focus is others. Understand the clash of belief systems.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Right now I am researching the first section of my new book “Dipping in the WELL: Women Executive Leadership Learning”. Related posts: Leadership and a Cup of Tea The next six weeks of winter are the challenging ones. Leadership Partnership and Business Possibilities Clearing out the old to make way for the new.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

It starts out rather peaceful; but as cows are steered from the open pasture into small holding pens and then forced to go up a loading chute and onto the truck, it requires low voltage electric prods to convert their resistance into compliance. Leadership has had its history of being characterized by a role of control.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

For far too long, managing risk has been seen as an esoteric business function — designed to control losses and adhere to compliance standards. Complex systems fail in complex ways. In an environment riddled with uncertainty and variability, value systems are meant to be the only constants. Creating an Ethical Workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Most companies have ethics and compliance policies that get reviewed and signed annually by all employees. “Employees are charged with conducting their business affairs in accordance with the highest ethical standards,” reads one such example. Creating an Ethical Workplace. You and Your Team Series.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems. Mississippi is throwing a lifeline to its K-12 education system. Authentic Leadership I was recently at the Pa.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Now DC workers are seeing a change in leadership across different agencies which may mean a new boss along with new systems and priorities. Training and Professional Development If there are new systems in place, or even old systems that could be more efficient, take the time to train the staff.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

Texting, Tweeting and More – How Your POS System Can Handle New Technology Guest post by Shannon Suetos (learn more about Shannon at. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer. Who’s on the Bus? Post by Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, contributing Women On Business writer Regardless. How Far Will You Go for Networking? Post by Jane K.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Ask a colleague, friend, coach or mentor to hold you accountable this year and help you stay on track with your own personal navigation system. Here’s my suggestion: find a “GPS Buddy”. A “GPS Buddy ” could make a huge difference in how well you navigate in 2011 toward your life and career goals.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action. It also requires that the compliance function be staffed by those with the right skills, status, authority, independence, and resources.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In examining what took them so long to react, Stumpf’s comments portray a leadership team that refused to believe the sales fraud could be systemic in a culture such as theirs. Senior leaders were so focused on financial impact that they couldn’t see the ethical damage. ” Deterrents to speaking up.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Late last month, on the second anniversary of the story nearly to the day, Walmart released its first Global Compliance Report (GCR). Certainly an important goal for Walmart’s board and current management is to improve the company’s compliance capability. Think GM and its delays in addressing problems with an ignition switch.).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In 2018, NAVEX Global, the leading provider of whistleblower hotline and incident management systems, provided us secure, anonymized access to more than 1.2 We found that a one standard deviation increase in the use of an internal reporting system is associated with 6.9% But that’s not the case. fewer pending lawsuits and 20.4%

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Listen in on MBA classes and corporate conferences and you will hear a lot of talk about the need for inspiring missions, ethical behavior and transcendent purpose. Our system of financial accounting rewards quarterly profits, but struggles mightily to place a value on ethical behavior. You might call it the Golden Ruler.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But, at the end of the day, it is bank leaders and employees who must take the right business, legal and ethical actions under existing law. These business leaders must, however, be aided by highly competent legal, financial, risk, compliance, audit and technology staff.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Beyond the fines, Wells Fargo has fired at least 5,300 employees for “inappropriate sales conduct,” and the bank is making changes to its quota system. ” Politicians, predictably, have railed against the leadership at Wells Fargo and have called for Stumpf’s resignation. Things escalate and spread from there.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

For example, Sharon (all names have been changed), an administrator in a compliance office, recounted an interaction with a male colleague. Indeed, most women rejected the executive, self-promoting leadership style in favor of a mission-oriented, communal style. And the leader becomes part of a team.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Complete transparency in work settings may foster the attitude among employees that, because the company theoretically knows “everything,” they’re entitled to cheat the system when they can get away with it. Consider, for example, research I and several collaborators published in Leadership Quarterly.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

The company's performance measurement and incentive systems, and the degree to which risk management is considered, will also have a profound impact on employee behavior. a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct. Leadership and culture are key drivers of behavior.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

For example, Sharon (all names have been changed), an administrator in a compliance office, recounted an interaction with a male colleague. Indeed, most women rejected the executive, self-promoting leadership style in favor of a mission-oriented, communal style. And the leader becomes part of a team.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Instead, the regulatory filing simply listed, in summary fashion, “factors” supporting the raise, without any analysis elsewhere: JPM’s long-term performance; gains in market share and customer satisfaction; resolution of regulatory issues; improved control structures and processes; and leadership improvements. Boards Ethics Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. The board should step out of its traditional focus on governance and compliance and be more involved in setting the corporate value system.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. As a great organizational scholar, James March, once noted, “ Leadership involves plumbing as well as poetry.” It’s not just products. Experimentation is vital.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. But I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership. More on that later on.).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

Content and Knowledge Management A well-organized system of business content is akin to a library, where every piece of knowledge is cataloged, stored, and easily retrieved when needed. The future is pulsating with potential. Are you ready to meet it head-on?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

A lot has changed in the banking industry since the crisis in 2008 , especially in terms of regulation and compliance. The damage from this myopic approach is not just reputational but also economic, given the critical role the financial system plays in enabling growth, investment, job creation, and wealth. First, hubris.

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