N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times. How sad is this?

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 317

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

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

JULY 26, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But there is a pattern among these critics, which is that they rarely ask how well the systems they analyze would operate without algorithms. Improving on the Status Quo.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Policies Finance Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

As the president of Almond China, he wanted to show his Chongqing colleagues how much he cared about the topic under discussion: ethical business practices. The two went way back: Both had been with their German parent company, Almond Chemical, since 1999, when it first established operations in China. listed companies. Are you okay?"

Case Study 11

Case Study Chemicals Ethics Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Sales could be developing a behaviorally informed strategy, while operations looks for ways to cut costs. If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? Find the Right Home for the Team.

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Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course, these institutions are always challenging aspects of regulatory regimes and engaging in disputes about future laws. 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. And that can stop needed control reform.

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Do you have a strong work ethic?’” ’” Today, Chris is leveraging his military and leadership experience running a startup operation within a larger company that specializes in security consulting for major sports arenas and convention centers. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail.

Career 12

Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects. We made a number of operational changes to the call center.

Organization 13

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies are both operators and investors. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. These robo-advisors may be used to automate certain aspects of risk management and provide decisions that are ethical and compliant with regulation.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

This is to some extent true of any business, of course (can I interest you in an HBR subscription ?), Ethics Finance Technology' In the big picture, financial middlemen exist to enable the glories of capitalism, but day-to-day they’re mainly out to separate customers from their money.

Long-term 8

Long-term Open-book Marketing Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google, of course, is hardly the only digital juggernaut supersaturated in an embarrassment of informational riches. But that mind-set's simply too focused and operational. Yes, this exercise will surface all manner of ethical — and possibly legal — conflicts and risks.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

We need to respond urgently, and the choices before us range from dramatic course correction on one extreme, to facing "overshoot-and-collapse" on the other. Over the past few decades, countless approaches to course correction have been advanced. The Heart of the Problem. Change the Rules.

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CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2011

It is good, and it piqued my interest in what Wilmers had been writing over the course of the financial crisis. From the same letter: [N]o company operates in a vacuum. Clearly, the man has come to see the good side of being compartmentalized. Why did M&T make such out-of-character investments?

Banking 14

Banking Crisis Letter Hedge 14

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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Influence Blog Leadership Video 305

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Unless an untreated psychological, neurological or psychiatric condition exists, an inability to change is likely self-inflicted by one or all of the following: no recognition of needed change; no desire to change, or lack of work ethic needed to cause the change.

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. 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.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

A trainer may recommend courses for human behavior, believing that these constitute a Visioning process (of which they are a small part). Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 17 percent). What is their longevity?

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The assumption of course is that people will perform more effectively if they know exactly what they are supposed to accomplish and what will happen if they make or miss the target. Most companies have some version of a matrix, with a combination of enabling "functions" (such as IT, HR, and Finance) and line business units.

How To 8

How To Metrics Budgeting Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

First, data science and AI are affecting many industries globally, from healthcare and government to agriculture and finance. Although it has not yet been formally incorporated into data science workflows, I have added data ethics as the fifth key concept because ethics needs to be part of any conversation about data.

Ethics 11

Ethics Article Analysis Objective 11

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

The change in management, which included Bell and Powell, meant a big change in how the company would operate in the following decades. We put the vacuum pack on shelves along with [Nabob’s] soft paper bags and tin cans [which is what the competition was also using]… and, of course, the consumer settled on what they were used to.”.

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Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

can benefit consumers and the economy with lower cost (although foreign operations often sell in foreign markets). The cash from high revenues and margins is also often used to enhance the corporation: for improving its operations, productivity, technology and products, or for increasing reach and scale efficiencies through acquisitions.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Of course, this comes at the cost of passing said pain to someone else. (We From a strictly evolutionary perspective, there is adaptive significance to the first two “Rs,” even as they are both ethically questionable, even deplorable. Because doing so acts therapeutically upon the initial victim. Ditto for revenge.

Politics 8

Politics Ethics Reputation Stress 8