Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Being an ethical and inclusive leader is a central pillar of CMI's Professional Standard. It could help boost pay equality Tips and tools to help you navigate the slippery slope of business ethics Lessons from Britain’s Most Admired Companies on leading with integrity Should pets be allowed in the office?

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Joseph Lalonde

JULY 16, 2018

These pastries cost more than the oatmeal he’d okayed on the budget. And the pastries didn’t cost much more than the oatmeal. You will cut corners where there’s no room to cut or get inferior products which will cost more in time and labor than if you would have purchased high-quality tools.

Leadership 121

Leadership Budgeting Technology Learning-by-Doing 121

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

While the aforementioned qualities are certainly admirable, they are only valuable if they influence or create action. 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. Do you have great vision?

Blog 387

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. They are admirable qualities so long as they don’t take precedence over, ignore, or contradict truth. How sad is this? What say you?

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low. Conventional wisdom holds that improving working conditions (which typically costs money) would undermine the competitive advantage these firms enjoy. Our research suggests an alternative to this race to the bottom. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World.

Lean Manufacturing 8

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

Over the last decade, industries, academics, and the public sector have turned their focus toward culture and ethics in response to the financial crisis as well as misconduct at a broad range of corporations. But this can also impose costs on people not directly connected to the company. naqiewei/Getty Images. Principal-agent problems.

Company 10

Company Banking Incentives Human Capital 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. For example, consider the Economist ’s Big Mac index , which measures the cost of a Big Mac in various countries in terms of its difference from the average Big Mac price in the United States.

Marketing 8

Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8

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 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

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. This philosophy has started to take its toll.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Exhaust resources that don’t cost first and at least come up to “Dummy&# level on each initiative that you manage. Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The high cost of bad hires. They compared the cost of a toxic worker with the value of a superstar, which they define as a worker who is so productive that a firm would have to hire additional people or pay current employees more just to achieve the same output. and 3) daily performance data. Who is likely to be toxic?

Attrition 8

Attrition Charisma Cost Follow-up 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? It contains what I believe to be the necessary qualities a leader must possess to be successful.

Definition 370

Definition Blog Leadership Covey 370

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

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. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more.

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR. Uber apparently lacked oversight about sexual harassment behavior; it seems far less likely that such oversight would be lacking when it comes to finance.

Compliance 10

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value.

Diversity 9

Diversity CEO Sample Financial Leverage 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

They were concerned about relinquishing control to affiliates and what that would do to both quality and efficacy. Uniform quality and a familiar brand attract valuable partners. Local funding helps to defray startup and operating costs, cements commitment to the mission, and gives local supporters a meaningful stake in its success.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 8

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

It raised the cost of the company substantially.”. When he was asked to join the company as VP of marketing, along with Hugo Powell as president, the company’s costs were eating at its profits. Not just your average quality Joe. Nabob, says Bell, was in hot water. We’re talking to our consumers in a no-nonsense voice.

Brand 100

Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Yes, everyone would agree that we have serious economic policy issues at home about creating jobs, stimulating growth, increasing exports, improving education, investing in R&D, encouraging high-tech manufacturing — and about reconciling the cost of any governmental initiatives with significant debt reduction.

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Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13