You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 11, 2013

On one occasion, I was to talk with a number of Corporate Account Managers. It was sort of an orientation thing for me and provided a chance for everyone else to give me the “once over”. Coming from Toronto, it seemed I was automatically not to be trusted.

Banking 62

Banking Leadership Bottom-up Corporate Accountability 62

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

These costs – and the risks to the broader economy — are high enough that we expect the inclusion of EvD to soon become a requirement in corporate accounting. Meaningfully defining EvD will help ensure that corporate accounting and risk management standards take into account present day realities.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Intellectual Capital Corporate Accountability Activity Based Costing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

To tap into social business’ greater value, it will take more than launching a few corporate accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter (represented by the 42% above). But what if these social media projects were only scratching the surface of social media’s business value?

Media 13

Media ROI Corporate Accountability Guidelines 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

This idea infused platforms like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), influencing corporate accounting, stakeholder engagement and, increasingly, strategy. But the TBL wasn’t designed to be just an accounting tool.

TBL 12

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Or, put more positively: have a much stronger sense of duty, independent of the CEO, actually to do what corporate law says directors should do — really oversee the management of the corporation at a fundamental, not micro, level. I hope it is also a harbinger of a real secular change in many more boardrooms.

Corporate Accountability 8

Corporate Accountability CEO Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2018

By paying these expenses out of your corporate account (or even out of pre-tax earnings if you’re in the U.S.) Parking, metro passes, gym memberships, hardware, snacks, the occasional lunch — over the course of a year, these costs add up for an employee. you can stretch limited dollars.

Strategy 11

Strategy Incentives Policies Banking 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

The company did recently bring out a general interest tablet to poor reviews, but it might have more success with a device that aspires to do less but does it very well for key corporate accounts (much as its original Blackberry two-way pager did).

Strategy 15

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Corporate accountants can connect themselves mentally to the larger work of their organizations and take pride and purpose in the customers they help. While everyone may not handle situations of life and death at work, we each do serve someone in what we do. Who do you serve?

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Corporate Accountability Article Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

(See Restoring Trust in Corporate Governance: Six Essential Tasks of Boards of Directors and Business Leaders ) Each of these purposes should be reflected in annual substantive operational goals publicly stated (e.g., customer satisfaction, risk audits, adherence to company ethics).

Politics 15

Politics Execution Report Risk Management 15

You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 23, 2010

On one occasion, I was to talk with a number of Corporate Account Managers. It was sort of an orientation thing for me and perhaps provided a chance for everyone else to give me the “once over”. Coming from Toronto, it seemed I was automatically not to be trusted.

Banking 43

Banking Blog Human Resources Learning-by-Doing 43

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

These sectoral scandals raise profound issues for business leaders: in a highly competitive global economy, in which some sectors are flooded with money, how do you assess sector-wide integrity risks and achieve a culture of corporate accountability before , not after, bad behavior occurs?

Finance 9

Finance Banking Press Release Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

A CEO could respond directly to a customer complaint on Twitter and include the handle of a corporate account. "It Bodine suggests that combining an active CEO on Twitter as a brand ambassador with a smart customer service strategy could harness the best of both worlds.

Media 8

Media CEO Brand Corporate Accountability 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2013

The platform the perpetrator used to read my email was a cloud-based email provider corporate account. As I was already using a different address in my department, I set up the ministry-wide account to "forward and delete" all incoming messages to my main account.

Document 8

Document Open-book Bottom-up System 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

What makes this case of corporate accountability so important is that it is a discretionary matter of "private ordering" under JP Morgan risk management policies, not under a mandatory rule contained in Dodd-Frank. Claw-backs or hold-backs of past awards could be appropriate for the departed employees.

CIO 9

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

Its function is to grow companies by turning active economic activity into static bags of capital; in doing so, it has taken a liquid medium necessary for our economy’s circulation and frozen it in corporate accounts.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8