Remove Ethics Remove Finance Remove Marketing Remove Maturity
article thumbnail

Leadership Lessons from the Banking Upheaval

Great Leadership By Dan

In mature markets, banks are rushing to play catch up with this kind of mobile service before smart new competitors outwit them. New CEO Antony Jenkins has set out an ethical vision for the bank, assessing performance “not just on what we deliver but on how we deliver it.” Finance should by definition be a risk-averse business.

Banking 251
article thumbnail

The Homecoming Queen Grows Up (kinda)

Women on Business

Despite maturity, confidence, and by all external accounts, success, I still really, really want to be liked. Being true to your principles and ethical background almost always leads to being “liked&# for the right reasons, and by the right people. Why does this one refuse to fade? The answer is obvious. And I am not alone.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

The business absolutely needs energetic and emotionally mature leaders for it to prosper. Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. Finance charges are negotiated. Focus on excellence.

article thumbnail

How Share-Price Fixation Killed Enron

Harvard Business Review

The loss of the investment-grade designation also accelerated other debt maturities. Were the rating agencies aware of Enron''s oft-maligned financing structures? Did the rating agencies understand that the acceleration of debt maturities brought on by a downgrade could cause a bankruptcy? Ethics Failure Finance'

Price 8
article thumbnail

Building Behavioral Science Capability in Your Company

Harvard Business Review

This makes sense, because the alternative is for behavioral insights to be tried out by individuals or specific departments, and their knowledge and skill are likely to vary: Someone in marketing might use their behavioral knowledge to develop more-effective campaigns, while at the same time someone in HR uses theirs to focus on employee engagement.

article thumbnail

The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. Marketers might contend that the latest advertising campaign is equivalent to re-engineering the client company (though the two concepts are light years apart).

article thumbnail

Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

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.