The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There is considerably less coverage given to operational matters, such as growing revenues, an expanding workforce, or indeed any of the numerous matters by which we tend to assess most other businesses. The risks of this happening are not helped by the lower ethical standards entrepreneurs are held to.

Press Release 114

Press Release Entrepreneur Long-term Ethics 114

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We have a strong team with a track record of operational excellence and an unwavering commitment to the execution of our goals. Burger is a high-energy, results-oriented CHRO with more than 25 years of demonstrated business experience. She held a similar role of CHRO at Flowserve as well as HanesBrands Inc.,

Execution 52

Execution Chief Financial Officer Team CFO 52

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Fostering Group Cohesion: Promoting unity at the cost of critical thinking. Conserving Emotional Energy: Quickly move on without engaging in emotionally taxing conversations. Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243. “You have to wear many hats.” References Adams, J. Avoiding Accountability in Organizations.

Strategy 78

Strategy P&L Taylorism Taylor 78

Lead Change Blog

JULY 28, 2016

Most of us operate in some formal fashion with others in professional alliance. I am a Realtor®, which means I have met certain requirements and agreed to operate at a higher standard of service and ethical behavior than someone who is simply a real estate agent. Discipline comes at a cost in terms of time, energy, and assets.

Real Estate 150

Real Estate Fashion Short-term Learning-by-Doing 150

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Business ownership consumes large quantities of time and mental energy, even after it’s running well and succeeding. Operating a small business is not unlike owning a really old house: things break a lot, and you need to fix them, over and over and over. How does owning a business fit into your overall life plan?

Learning-by-Doing 256

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 256

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

It often helps if the executive in charge is not from IT, but from operations or marketing, and that there are close links with customer-facing and other operational roles. Seattle has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to optimise energy use – featured in this report on big data use by different cities.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2020

Every startup requires funding, even if the versatility of the modern business world does reduce the costs. Moreover, it will cause serious problems if you misjudge the costs involved. The team ethic truly counts for everything. Outsourcing parts of the operation to companies rather than individuals can work wonders too.

Outsourcing 67

Outsourcing ROI Entrepreneur Banking 67

LDRLB

JUNE 12, 2013

Today, companies that will last understand that business is no longer about money-grabbing at any cost. We will not solve our global water, energy, or food challenges in the next three to five years. At best, an unethical CEO only saps employees’ energy. The ethical CEO’s company is more likely to operate with little to hide.

CEO 144

CEO How To Mission Statement Long-term 144

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2019

Every startup requires funding, even if the versatility of the modern business world does reduce the costs. Moreover, it will cause serious problems if you misjudge the costs involved. The team ethic truly counts for everything. Outsourcing parts of the operation to companies rather than individuals can work wonders too.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing ROI Entrepreneur Banking 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.” The executive needs a business case.

Ethics 14

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 14

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. High Costs, Learning Curves. People suddenly feel lost.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Have to make cuts everywhere else to pay for rising production costs. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? Some companies succeed in their early stages because of raw energy. Just took a vacation. Interest rates are too high.

Budgeting 78

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 78

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In their latest book they lift the lid on the thousands of Chinese companies that have grown to dominate their markets, and suggest that these companies have progressed beyond copying western firms or providing a low-cost manufacturing base for western giants, and now drive the agenda as a result of a high-skilled workforce and innovative behavior.

Marketing 40

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 40

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Cost containment. Goals release energy. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Operations continue to streamline and are professional and productive. When people know and have helped set their goals, their performance improves. Portfolio analysis.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Position your request as an investment, not a cost. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Base Budgets on Value… Not on Cost. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? I am always so refreshed by the centrality of ethics, doing the right thing, and people as capital – in your work! mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Our Freedom.

Blog 332

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 332

Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. At all costs, fight change.in Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Perpetuate co-dependencies. Do little or nothing.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

As the founder and president of a new ethical bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realized that he and his board needed to set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on “values” grounds. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry.

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Cost containment. Goals release energy. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. When people know and have helped set their goals, their performance improves. The more that an organization is worth, the more worthy it becomes. How to Find Goals: Examine problems.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

And although the retail giant's green efforts have done a lot to showcase the company's commitment to sustainability, sometimes Walmart gives its critics some legitimate ammo, like the recent revelations and allegations of corruption in its Mexican operations. Of course not. The totality of a company's actions does matter.

Ethics 11

Ethics Short-term Marketing Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

But how much do these hazards actually cost global companies in emerging markets? The average cost per company over that time has been $1.38 billion, with the cost per incident estimated at $325 million. The average cost per company over that time has been $1.38 Those are the costs. Which are the most costly?

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It wasn't too long ago that corporations were the villains — polluting the environment , exploiting workers , and consuming energy and other resources without concern for long term consequences to the planet. How much energy are you consuming? As Jason Saul argues in his new book Social Innovation Inc. ,

Prahalad 15

Prahalad NGO Long-term Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

This framework has the potential to reverse the typical role of CSR, currently viewed as a way to "give back" to communities that a business operates in. These kits combine low-cost diagnostics with user-friendly instructions and mobile support services. There are significant ethical issues with applying this model to HIV in the USA.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. That’s when the usual ethical and moral constraints are sometimes abandoned – always for good reasons, and always ‘just this once’ – in the name of expediency. Feeling safe is a primal human need.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

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

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

How has Coca-Cola integrated these CSR principles into your operations? So far, we’ve replaced 52% of the water we use in making our beverages and reducing water usage across our 800-plus bottling plants helps reduce the overall cost of production. Thus, we operate a value creation model that is globally driven but locally focused.

CEO 11

CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

Finding opportunities for this kind of clever improvement, saving human time and energy, is not just a leadership challenge. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. If employees have thought about proper ethical limitations of AI, they can be important guards against its misuse. Adopting AI.

Learning-by-Doing 12

Learning-by-Doing Software Technology Travel 12

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. That’s when the usual ethical and moral constraints are sometimes abandoned – always for good reasons, and always ‘just this once’ – in the name of expediency. Feeling safe is a primal human need.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Key components of courage include clarity of one’s own values, a deep sense of ethicality, being positively self-critical,being able to let go and move on, resilience to setbacks. Hire people who truly love the work they do so they will bring more creativity and energy to their job, your workplace and to your customers.

Leadership 102

Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

Diversity 296

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

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. Manipulation of energy markets. Of course, these institutions are always challenging aspects of regulatory regimes and engaging in disputes about future laws. LIBOR rate rigging.

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The perception has been eroding our industry's image and has caused many in our industry to assume that R&D, innovation, and social contribution are unaffordable luxuries in a fiercely cost-based competitive game. We pride ourselves on finding ways (through R&D) to use less energy and water in the production process.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

While cars have been getting smarter and smarter, the removal of human operators is what will dramatically change the law. From the beginning, self-driving vehicles have proven to be better drivers than most human operators, since software is able to learn as it goes. traffic deaths.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, it is long past time for the field to have a serious conversation where their data comes from, and the ethics of using big data. Social life and the operation of organizations increasingly leave more or less permanent data traces, like the contrails left by jets. ” Is management research a folly?

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

As Marco Annunziata , Chief Economist at GE, told me, “We’re no longer selling customers just a jet engine, a locomotive, or a wind turbine; we’re bringing data and actionable solutions along with the hardware to reduce costs and improve performance.” Operations Competitive strategy Technology'

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? More costly, however, is diverting resources to overcorrect near-term headaches at the expense of the time and energy needed to plan for the long term. It’s not surprising.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10