Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2017

It’s easy to be conservative with other people’s money: don’t ask SMEs to make business decisions for you without stepping back and considering a possible conflict of interest.

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Management How To Conflict of Interest Real Estate 209

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Some of these fair dismissal examples include: A serious conflict of interest. Some Other Substantial Reason (SOSR): This reason for dismissal is often the last resort if your employee hasn’t violated any of the ones listed above. An ended contract. There is no more work to take on.

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Conflict of Interest Restructuring Examples Policies 69

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 28, 2022

Unhealthy personal interests. Conflicts of interest are always a problem, and most boards have “rules” against them. Sometimes cliques develop on a board, and it begins to position people against each other. Being on a board is challenging work. Yet, I have seen them occur many times.

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Edmondson Conflict of Interest Learning-by-Doing Long-term 57

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The results revealed that groups can perform pretty well when the members have common incentives and interests, and can even outperform prediction markets. This isn’t the case when there are conflicts of interest among members however. “But our research shows that markets are reliable and less susceptible to bias.

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Committee Marketing Participative Conflict of Interest 63

Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

It can seem like a conflict of interest. Think about it: when businesses aren’t making any money, corporate sponsorships, employee development programming and hiring all come to a standstill. It’s easy to be suspicious when we talk about altruism and profit in the same conversation. But can I point out the obvious?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2011

” StrategyDriven Contributors Additional Information StrategyDriven believes the practice of ‘no free lunch’ reflects an organizational commitment to praise-worthy values.

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Conflict of Interest Metrics Uncertainty Article 50

Rajesh Setty

MARCH 19, 2013

For example: • Charles Schwab disrupted the brokerage industry in the 1970-80s using a business model driven by Principles of high ethics, no conflicts of interest, being trustworthy, and helping everyone become financially fit. RS: Is business model innovation a subject only for top level executives?

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Business Model Innovation Conflict of Interest Banking 39

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients.

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Business Model Company Innovation Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Customer oriented employees tend to be more ethical because they value the others’ needs as highly as their own and create fewer conflicts of interest in their relationships with others. As a result, they are more likely to notice and willing to address challenges that violate ethical rules and expectations.

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Ethics Morale Groupthink Conflict of Interest 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2016

We all know that in a foreign culture, one of the most important skills to develop is the ability to translate, to learn to speak the new language — or at least master a few key phrases. You also need to learn to translate your behavior so you don’t end up making cultural faux pas. Do a cultural inventory.

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Process Globalization Conflict of Interest Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders. This approach ensured that project resources were properly allocated where they were really needed and minimized conflicts of interest and management overhead. Continuing Talent Development.

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Project Survey Conflict of Interest Execution 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders. This approach ensured that project resources were properly allocated where they were really needed and minimized conflicts of interest and management overhead. Continuing Talent Development.

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Project Survey Conflict of Interest Execution 16

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. The audit committee of the board would not sign off on behalf of the deals, which just kept happening and developing secret lives of their own. Running the business. Body of Knowledge.

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Strategic Planning Learning-by-Doing Execution Golden Handcuff 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

From a historical perspective, the idea that managers in organizations have a single, dominant duty — to achieve or maximize economic returns — is a striking development. In addition, 30 states have passed laws that explicitly authorize companies to consider the interests of parties other than shareholders.

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Long-term Conflict of Interest ROI Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2015

When one of us (Walker) helped developed the idea that became Priceline.com, the challenge was to solve a decades-long problem: how could airplanes and hotels fill their last, otherwise empty and perishable rooms and seats while holding the line on the price and profitability of most bookings? All of this is changing now for the better.

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Innovation Conflict of Interest Licensing Directory 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Then they become more conciliatory as the outlines of a settlement develop. Negotiation is a method for resolving conflicts of interest, not for adjudicating who is at fault. Most people, once they understand this, are willing to exchange concessions in order to satisfy their underlying interests.

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Conflict of Interest Advice Follow-up Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2018

Separating managerial and sales responsibilities also limited conflicts of interests and other issues that arise in “player-coach” arrangements. Both solutions can be implemented as part of the performance evaluation process.

Career 9

Career Conflict of Interest Incentives Skills 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

If your company puts you in charge of developing a foreign market or a new line of business, your challenges are in many ways similar to those facing a startup. Before you can scale the business, you have to understand what your customers really want and value, and how to deliver it to them — and that process requires a lot of flexibility.

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Innovation Conflict of Interest Strategy Ethics 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Tactics include, for example, labeling claims and how to be clear about what standards we might want to develop, and also about disclosure, when he mentions materiality. So, I think the investor world has two completely conflicting or diverging strategies right now, which I think is very confusing for CEOs. It’s a start.

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Advice Project Henderson Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Develop standards for QIPs. Develop standards for meaningful participation by individual physicians. These standards were developed in partnership with the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy, which oversees teaching, training, coaching, and supporting Mayo’s 60,000 staff to improve patient outcomes, safety, and service.

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Quality Mayo System Six Sigma 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

By tackling the job in partnership with a still-effective chief executive, the board leader can help root the process deeply in the company’s management development, preventing succession from becoming an event-driven crisis. Review outside consultants carefully to prevent conflicts of interest.

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CEO Tips Charan Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

For example, the SEC in 2010 had charged Goldman with misleading some of the parties to a billion dollar transaction (involving a complex derivative called a synthetic collateralized debt obligation), alleging specific facts about undisclosed conflicts of interest. Goldman settled within months for $550 million.

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Conflict of Interest Books CEO Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

In fact, she may be juggling multiple out-of-office requests, not just for vacations, but for professional development, conferences, and trade shows, too. Or maybe you won’t be surprised — it’s what your organization does most of the time with the conflicts of interest it faces.

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Conflict of Interest Management Incubator Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

If a user agreed to the noble goal of free connectivity for their fellow citizens, they were directed to tell their Member of Parliament to support Facebook’s developing world program: Internet.org seeks to connect billions of people in the developing world to the internet.

Politics 8

Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

By that I mean that pharma companies should develop innovative treatments for pervasive unmet medical needs; avoid corruption, collusion, and other unethical marketing practices; and make sure that their products reach as many patients around the world as possible. For instance, 60 institutional investors, collectively managing more than $5.5

Reputation 8

Reputation Pharmaceuticals Business Model Conflict of Interest 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

By doing so, you can develop a better appreciation of that person’s concerns. What we can do to prevent these widespread biases from affecting what we say and do? First, we need to be aware of these biases and how they operate. Fourth, we can try to take the perspective of those with whom we interact.

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Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Conflict of Interest Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

Stress tests are a specific form of simulation developed by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to allow them to figure out how badly a given financial institution’s portfolio would hold up if there was a broad sell-off across a bunch of asset classes, or a specific kind of shock like what we suffered in 2008.

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Crisis Banking System Stress 8