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Executive Search Firms in Finance: Unlocking Fiscal Leadership

N2Growth Blog

These firms’ expertise and extensive networks help organizations identify and attract top talent for critical leadership roles. Their commitment to ethical practices is paramount, as they inspire trust and reinforce their credibility in the eyes of their stakeholders.

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Married BlackRock executive fired for failing to disclose office romance

HR Digest

trillion asset management company, have been let go. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset management company and has shares in almost all major US companies. According to him, their chain of leadership is deep and competent. This year two senior executives of the $6.8 What are the rules of office romance in 2020?

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Six Ways to See the World through New Lenses—and Lead More Effectively

Leading Blog

In their book From Smart to Wise , Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou state that wise leadership succeeds where smart leadership cannot. Wise leadership isn’t about how smart you are. Importantly, “That perspective enables us to rein in our smartness and harness it to serve a larger purpose in an ethical and appropriate manner.”

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How to Fix Financial Capitalism? Focus on Ethics

Harvard Business Review

These were among the questions addressed at a luncheon in New York convened by CFA Institute President John Rogers with financial industry leaders that included representatives from private and not-for-profit asset managers, public pension funds, insurance companies, and diversified financial services firms.

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Where Teamwork Thrives in the Money Management Industry

Harvard Business Review

Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world, testing both for the strength of their cultures and for the effectiveness of their leadership teams. Focus Elite leadership teams also value these factors more highly.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct. Leadership and culture are key drivers of behavior. The board and management are in place to provide leadership and oversight. Maine Senator Susan Collins countered by pointing out that (1.)

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At Olympus and Goldman Sachs, Two Very Different Whistleblowers

Harvard Business Review

And in January 2011, more than a year before Smith's op-ed (and in response to the SEC complaint), Goldman issued a report on business standards seeking to make more transparent how it would handle with clients its different roles of advisor, fiduciary, market-maker, underwriter, asset manager and investor for its own account.