Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

In retrospect, if I had to write it again, I’d include a section or chapter on ethics. The ongoing explosion of technologically-enabled business opportunities inherently expand the ethical dilemmas, quandaries and trade-offs managements will confront. Ethics Information & technology Innovation'

Ethics 8

Ethics Zimbardo Explicit Knowledge Kahneman 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The typical request for proposal (RFP) has a bunch of standards about what has to be offered by the vendor, but far too little (or nothing) about what happens after the company takes ownership. This is not as difficult as it sounds, especially if you can apply internal pressure to senior management where your product will be used.

Proposal 58

Proposal Price Long-term Customer Loyalty 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2014

They can be modified if you simply propose an ethical, viable and mutually beneficial alternative solution. Much useful information can be gleaned during casual conversation, including what they value in life, what motivates them, what annoys them, their ethics, etc. However, even rules are negotiable! Get personal.

Short-term 68

Short-term Document Ethics Competitive Advantage 68

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Leaders consciously or unconsciously lump employees into three categories: the “stars” consisting of those in management as well high potential employees, the much larger “core” made up of solid contributors, and the rest, employees whose contributions and fit with the organization are questionable. Instead, he increased the training budget.

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2015

We persistently underestimate our influence. Because most companies emphasize the rigidity and formality of their hierarchies, employees tend to assume that their influence is dependent upon their roles or titles — that if they lack official clout, they can’t ask for anything. They ask for things more readily.

Influence 8

Influence Participative Compliance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2015

The consequences of such insidious biases can be quite costly to an organization, from leading it to hire or promote the wrong candidates to investing in less innovative ideas just because of who proposed them to crossing ethical boundaries. Raise awareness and acceptance of the influence of bias. not having prejudice).

Training 8

Training Participative COO Stress 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? The understandable growth of risk management functions and their ascendancy in influencing strategy is important, but only part of the story here. It’s not surprising.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

According to management expert Leigh Thompson, collaboration that is conscious, planned, and focused on generating new ideas builds excitement and produces what she calls a "creative conspiracy." Also check out the HBR Guide to Project Management and the HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell.

Books 8

Books Creativity Cooper Proposal 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The ability to manage change determines the fate of any organization. Companies that effectively manage change thrive, while those unable to do so ultimately fail from irrelevance. This second type of change management is critical because it creates meaning and purpose around the other challenges.

Ulrich 52

Ulrich Leadership Diversity Audience 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Until a few years ago corporate managers heard only two complaints from institutional investors: that executive pay was excessive and that the company had an insufficient number of independent directors. In fact, research has shown that the majority of shareholder proposals in the U.S. We propose the same for companies.

Proposal 8

Proposal Objective Ethics Politics 8