Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Make investments toward quality controls. Continuous quality improvement plan is annually updated, with measurable goals. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. The organization maintains and lives by an ethics statement. Running the business.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

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?

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

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

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.

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

My contention, though, is that in looking at some of the beguilements — moral, even existential — beckoning to consultants over the last two decades, and at what we know about how Gupta responded to them, we might possibly begin to better understand how he could have gotten himself into the current mess.

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The real difference could be even bigger, if you factor in other potential costs, such as litigation fees, regulatory fines, lower employee morale, and upset customers. Minor and Housman note that although toxic workers may be faster than average employees, they don’t necessarily produce higher quality work. Avoiding toxicity.

Attrition 8

Attrition Charisma Cost Follow-up 8

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 64

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 64