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Shame On Our Apology Economy

Lead Change Blog

We used to ban or boycott products. And I want to see leaders of public corporations held accountable to their misdeeds (including the forfeiture of any golden parachutes should they or their companies be found guilty of obvious criminal or fraudulent behaviors perpetrated on their consumers). Societal mores made a difference.

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The Compensation Silly Season

Harvard Business Review

What makes the focus on such measures silly is that there is increasing evidence that successful CEOs focus on longer-term drivers of company success, such growth through new products and businesses or global expansion, which take years to achieve.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Cisco now sells mostly commoditized products.

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Income Inequality Is a Sustainability Issue

Harvard Business Review

Henry Ford understood this, paying the workers at Ford more than their counterparts at other industrial companies, reasoning that helping to expand the new middle class was a way to expand the market for Ford’s product. As with other sustainability issues, the social and business consequences are inseparable. Yes, Switzerland.

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Offering Retirement Benefits to Employees: Pros and Cons

HR Digest

If the retirement plan is based on profits, the policy will encourage employee motivation as well as their productivity. Golden parachutes: This is an agreement between the companies and the key professionals. Retirement benefits will give an added recruiting advantage to the organization.