Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2012

When you are part of a senior management team running a large business, it can be easy to become insulated from the day-to-day realities of how your company is handling its customer base. Complimentary Resource – Safety Management Barometer #1: Employee Feedback (Webinar). About the Author.

Analysis 50

Analysis Conflict of Interest Learning-by-Doing Consultative 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

It was very ‘old school’ (a management style that was 40 years obsolete), though it pretended to be ‘new school.’ This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. While frying some fish, immunity lets other more culpable ones off the hook.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Leveraging Executive Sponsors.

Project 19

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Leveraging Executive Sponsors.

Project 18

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 18

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

If your company puts you in charge of developing a foreign market or a new line of business, your challenges are in many ways similar to those facing a startup. It is a fight that every manager is familiar with, but nowhere is the challenge bigger than when the existing strategy is not aligned with the demands of the situation you are in.

Innovation 14

Innovation Conflict of Interest Strategy System 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients.

Business Model 15

Business Model Company Pharmaceuticals Price 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2012

The accounting firms that audit financial statements were subjected to tougher conflict-of-interest rules and oversight by a new federal agency. Such regulations, if they succeed in increasing the information flow between managements and markets, are also good news for investors in general.

IPO 13

IPO Conflict of Interest Information Marketing 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2016

But in hierarchical, high-power-distance markets like Asia — specifically Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand — this policy created unintended conflicts among leaders and sent confusing signals to the rest of the organization regarding who was more powerful and higher-ranking within the organization. -led

Process 14

Process Globalization Conflict of Interest Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Three findings seem particularly relevant, and they identify some effective practices regarding how to communicate about values that every manager can implement. This is a worrisome example of just how easily our own behaviors can be swayed by the actions of the people around us, like our co-workers, managers and colleagues.

Ethics 14

Ethics Conflict of Interest Constraint Objective 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Do management professors “believe that the regard of their peers is more important than studying what really matters to executives who can put their ideas into practice?” Business faculty create a body of knowledge that is scientifically novel, interesting, and important. ” Bennis and O’Toole wrote.

Incentives 14

Incentives Conflict of Interest Conference Article 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Leaders in the study reported having to implement staff reduction targets, dispose of big businesses in major markets, and lead mergers and acquisitions.

Ethics 15

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Consider: Employees, entrepreneurs, and agency partners have flooded the site, pasting in marketing copy for every company product, adding the official bio for each and every senior executive, and including voluminous details of every CSR initiative to their organization’s corporate page.

PR 8

PR Public Relations Conflict of Interest Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

This logic and the institutions that reinforce it, like competitive markets and the rule of law, have transformed the world and lifted billions of people from poverty. You have to approach these problems as a manager and do the best analysis you can, including hard-headed financial analysis. But perhaps managers have no choice.

ROI 8

ROI Long-term Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

Fake it until you make it" might sound like a manageable way to approach your entrepreneurial efforts, but it''s also worth considering this man-riding-a-lion analogy from EnSite Solutions CEO Toby Thomas: "People look at him and think, ‘This guy''s really got it together! He''s brave!’ — and could bring 25,000 jobs to Baltimore.

Price 10

Price Company Sports Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Changing technology and markets make it impossible to foresee future contingencies. When managers spot these sorts of problems on the horizon, a deal that potentially will create value may not get done because the contract is bound to be incomplete. Invest resources in relationship management.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Long-term Conflict of Interest Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

For example, the SEC in 2010 had charged Goldman with misleading some of the parties to a billion dollar transaction (involving a complex derivative called a synthetic collateralized debt obligation), alleging specific facts about undisclosed conflicts of interest. Goldman settled within months for $550 million. Despite an alleged $1.5

Conflict of Interest 8

Conflict of Interest CEO Asset Management Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. He highlights the short-term focus of financial markets and of political systems, and also the need to change consumer preferences and habits, as three big areas that need to change at the system level. It’s a start.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

Posen had lots of interesting things to say about what the law got right, what it made worse, and what the best criticisms of it are. His bottom line: “For a manager running a nonfinancial business, the proposed reforms to Dodd-Frank are probably a bad trade-off.” We’ve [got] growth prospects in the stock market.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis System Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

By that I mean that pharma companies should develop innovative treatments for pervasive unmet medical needs; avoid corruption, collusion, and other unethical marketing practices; and make sure that their products reach as many patients around the world as possible. For instance, 60 institutional investors, collectively managing more than $5.5

Reputation 8

Reputation Pharmaceuticals Price Business Model 8