N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

I also believe that if HR is solely charged with the recruiting efforts for senior management and executive level positions you’ll end-up with a very weak management and leadership team. Rather in most instances, I believe HR should be a compliance, training and risk management function.

Insurance 353

Insurance Bottom-up CEO Compliance 353

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. These factors form a formidable foundation for effective organizational governance when paired together.

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Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. It opens your services to additional market niches. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

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Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 85

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

They can sound geeky, but they are developments that every manager needs to understand. It often helps if the executive in charge is not from IT, but from operations or marketing, and that there are close links with customer-facing and other operational roles. They are transforming each and every business model.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

Energy 72

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 72

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. Those vital employees in the business world might include the IT guy, the receptionist, the mailroom manager, the ethics adviser and the secretary to the Board of Directors. Think as a manager, not as a worker. Be mentored by others.

Rogers 62

Rogers Henderson Mentor Learning-by-Doing 62

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. When all succeed, then profitability is much higher and more sustained than under the Hard Nose management style. The Big Picture.

Leadership 50

Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Most companies have ethics and compliance policies that get reviewed and signed annually by all employees. “Employees are charged with conducting their business affairs in accordance with the highest ethical standards,” reads one such example. Creating an Ethical Workplace. You and Your Team Series. Mark Chussil.

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Ethics Compliance Policies Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. 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. Time management and “just in time” concepts are applied.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I developed the concept of integrating Pop Culture Wisdom with management training and business planning over the last 40 years. There have been books on fundraising and some articles on volunteer management and the business aspects of running non-profit organizations. Amplify discussions on community standards and ethics.

Strategic Planning 50

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. It is an ongoing process of evaluation, planning, tactical actions and benchmarking accomplishments. Quotes on The Future. About the Author.

Benchmarking 50

Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

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. But recently, these financial outcomes have been found to predict only about 50% of a firm’s market value. intellectual, emotional, social, physical, and ethical behaviors)?

Marketing 8

Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.”

Ethics 14

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 14

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

If you cannot take the dirtiest job in any company and do it yourself, then you will never become “management.” The management that takes steps to “fix themselves” rather than always projecting problems upon other people will have a successful organization. Your success may bring out insecurities within others.

Mentor 50

Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

By Focusing on Resilient Risk Management Ebola Battlers Can Learn from Venice's Response to Black Death NPR Every now and then, a story comes along that makes us editors say, "Why didn''t we think of that?" This all comes down to what the article’s authors call resilient risk management.

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Management Risk Management Finance Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

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. Are these huge major financial institutions not just too big to fail, their leaders “too big to jail” (as some critics charge), but also “too big to manage”?

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. The company's performance measurement and incentive systems, and the degree to which risk management is considered, will also have a profound impact on employee behavior.

Management 12

Management Banking Committee Risk Management 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Companies have long been required to issue audited financial statements for the benefit of financial markets and other stakeholders. This gives managers an informational advantage over the investing public which could be abused by unethical actors. So what might an algorithm auditing discipline look like?

Ethics 13

Ethics Report System Sample 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. But the U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. sales, marketing, manufacturing, intellectual property—in all business units in all geographies.

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 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. Market Failures and Misconduct Risk. naqiewei/Getty Images. Why do regulators and supervisors need to get involved?

Company 12

Company Banking Incentives Human Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

billion people, the Chinese consumer market is a tempting target for Western technology companies. The potential loss Apple would have sustained had it not caved and, in the view of many, compromised human rights interests , was huge — its access to the vast Chinese market for devices, as well as its manufacturing base there.

Ethics 8

Ethics Technology Short-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Precision made it easy for managers to oversee their employees. Every spot on every line was visible to managers. But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. These stats were reviewed by managers every week.

Organization 12

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

One of the most recent and most trenchant critiques comes from Roger Martin , dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, in his book Fixing the Game (Harvard Business Review Press 2011). In other words, we must turn our attention back to the real market and away from the expectations market.

Short-term 14

Short-term Rogers Long-term Price 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Through AI, machine learning, robotics, and advanced analytics, firms are augmenting knowledge-intensive areas such as supply chain planning, customer order management, and inventory tracking. Sustainers who ensure intelligent systems stay true to their original goals without crossing ethical lines or reinforcing bias.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

That’s the argument of British money manager George Cooper ’s very interesting if less-than-felicitously titled new book, Money, Blood and Revolution: How Darwin and the Doctor of King Charles I Could Turn Economics Into a Science. Ethics alert: this account is shamelessly self-plagiarized from something I wrote a few years ago.).

Cooper 9

Cooper Finance Open-book Risk Management 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Does a robot manage your money? Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. This would represent between 10% and 15% of total retail financial assets under management.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The result was an intense focus on risk, including risks related to ethical standards. But leverage limits may have unintended consequences for capital markets’ competitiveness, innovation, growth, and efficiency. Ethics Finance Risk management'

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics IPO 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We took a risk once, and it didn’t work out. That was caused by previous management. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. When you suggest that a more targeted customer focus would benefit all, including their bottom line, management often gets pious, argumentative and confrontational. About the Author.

Budgeting 73

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 73

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

The New York Times exposed the international retail giant's history of bribing Mexican government officials in order to dominate that market. Facilitation payments" and other "costs of doing business" in various markets can no longer be condoned. Wal-Mart's upper management echelon balked despite her recommendation.

Execution 11

Execution Retail Report Policies 11

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Here’s why: “Most organizations see leaders'' as drivers of results - exceeding sales quotas, deepening market share, boosting profits, etc. John Hunter , from Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog , says “ One item I think every leader should have in their IDP is to continue to improve coaching their staff.

Leadership Development 283

Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2012

Fastow's message, an important one for all managers and potential managers, has two key points. First, the rules provide managers with discretion to be misleading. The problem is that attorneys, accountants, managers, boards, and bankers are not gatekeepers; rather, they are there to help businesses execute deals.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Finance Banking Class 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Finance is different from other fields in two ways: Financial markets provide near immediate and easily quantified feedback, and the consequences of decisions can be inflated by leverage. Finance teaches us that it is nearly impossible to isolate the effects of luck and skill in financial markets.

Finance 8

Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

Zappos is getting rid of traditional management structures and even job titles. Adaptation is the name of the game, says Amy Jen Su, a managing partner and co-founder of Isis Associates and coauthor of Own the Room. “So explain the value the new tool or process brings to everyone. Managing yourself' What the Experts Say.

Process 8

Process P&L Case Study Software 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

Energy 55

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 55

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

92% of all business mistakes may be attributed to poor management decisions. According to research conducted by the Ethics Resource Center: Employees of organizations steal 10 times more than do shoplifters. The average person and organization changes 71% per year. That involves testing and more sophisticated hiring practices.

Budgeting 78

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 78