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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Sustainable business practices SpotlightThey must be woven into your strategy and differentiate your company. -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
10 Proactive Questions Every Board Member Should Be Asking
Corporate governance Digital ArticleDon’t wait for a crisis to have tough conversations. -
What Makes Great Boards Great
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the wake of meltdowns at WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, enormous attention has been focused on the companies' boards. It seems inconceivable that business... -
CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAttention to how much CEOs are paid diverts public attention from how they are paid. A statistical analysis of executive compensation concludes that top... -
A Diverse Board Is an Independent Board
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Gaining Credibility in a New Role
Herminia Ibarra, INSEAD professor, shares how she adopted behaviors that didn't come naturally to find her voice in the classroom. -
The Successor’s Dilemma
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleLeadership transitions go awry with alarming frequency, often the result of an emotionally charged power struggle between the CEO and his would-be heir. Four practices, however, can help successors defuse the crisis—and make it to the top. -
Google’s Stock-split Plan Would Replace Stewardship with Dictatorship
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleWhen Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). But the founders’ passionate advocacy of the need to follow a “long-term, innovative approach” resonated with me. However, its recent proposal to effect a 2-for-1 […] -
Criteria for Choosing Chief Executives
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThose responsible for selecting leaders may use these 20 dimensions of personality to evaluate candidate's behavior. A psychologist's experience offers... -
Boards Can’t Wait for CEOs to Prioritize Digital Change
Boards Digital ArticleAnd in some cases the boards themselves will have to change. -
Getting More Women into Senior Management
Global Business Digital ArticleFour things organizations need to do. -
Oil and Troubled Waters
Power and influence Magazine ArticleWhen a crisis forces outside directors to navigate major changes, investors and directors must adopt new roles. The largest such case to date provides some useful lessons. The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was a 60/40 joint venture between Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading. It was run by a five-person committee of managing directors […] -
Manage Your Organization as a Portfolio of Learning Curves
Career coaching Magazine ArticleUse this approach for talent development, succession planning, and team configuration. -
Corporate Governance 2.0
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAchieving best practices in corporate governance has been hindered, the author writes, by a patchwork system of regulation, a mix of public and private... -
Rethinking Rewards
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIt is difficult to overstate the extent to which most managers and the people who advise them believe in the redemptive power of rewards, argues Alfie...
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Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Traces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine... -
Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is about the business, governance and leadership transformation of Merck - a 13th generation, family-owned, German multinational group operating... -
Rodan + Fields Dermatologists
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The case focuses on issues involved in managing the direct multilevel marketing sales consultants who sell R+F skin care products. The company is trying... -
India's Mewar Dynasty: Upholding 76 Generations of Service and Custodianship
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details There are not many families in the world that can claim continuity of existence for over 76 generations in either business or otherwise. Families that... -
CEO Succession at Cisco (A): From John Chambers to Chuck Robbins
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A smooth transition from former CEO John Chambers to new CEO Chuck Robbins had put Cisco in a position of strength. Looking back, the board reflected... -
The Leadership Transitions Collection (5th Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer89.00View Details How you manage the first 90 days in a new leadership position can make the difference between success and failure. This specially priced four volume Leadership... -
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
32.00View Details When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context, whether in the private or... -
Recovering Trust After Corporate Misconduct at Wells Fargo
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case describes widespread misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank in the period leading up to 2017 and the company's subsequent attempts to improve... -
Board Director Dilemmas - Incorrigible CEO
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on a new director who, along with fellow directors, struggles with the inappropriate behavior of an otherwise competent-even brilliant-founder... -
Reimagining Enel: Enabling Sustainable Progress
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details CEO Francesco Starace is considering what is next for Enel SpA, one of world's largest energy companies. From 2014 to 2022, he has wrought a dramatic... -
House of Tata
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the evolution of the Tata group, one of the largest and highly respected Indian business houses, from its 19th century founding and early... -
Zenefits Board of Directors (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors... -
Tata Motors (A): A History of Service in a New Era of Corporate Social Responsibility
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2013, India passed a law to make corporate social responsibility mandatory for large companies. The case examines the context in which the CSR legislation... -
Liu Bai: A Chinese Successor's Dilemma
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Succession patterns in Asia are heavily influenced by Confucian values and traditions. Liu Bai's father's authoritarian style of management was typical... -
Lee Kum Kee: Female Succession in Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Elizabeth Mok was the second born and the only daughter in the fourth generation of the Lee family. She was also the only one of five siblings who did... -
Tom Tierney at Bain & Co. (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Bain managing director Tom Tierney is contemplating how best to rotate the office head position between two partners at one of the firm's offices. The... -
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice celebrated its 40th anniversary and its 20th year under the leadership of CEO Don Gogel. In those... -
Scott Family Enterprises: Building the Path to Effective Governance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details As founders of First Interstate BancSystem, which held $8.6 billion in assets and had recently become a public company, and Padlock Ranch, which had over... -
Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High
30.00View Details The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.... -
Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This follow up to Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards provides a one-page description of the new boards that were created at Telecom and Chorus.
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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow companies can build a long-term strategy that will keep them secure. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Succession planning SpotlightMore than ever, companies need leaders who are good with people. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Sustainable business practices SpotlightThey must be woven into your strategy and differentiate your company. -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
10 Proactive Questions Every Board Member Should Be Asking
Corporate governance Digital ArticleDon’t wait for a crisis to have tough conversations. -
What Makes Great Boards Great
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the wake of meltdowns at WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, enormous attention has been focused on the companies' boards. It seems inconceivable that business... -
CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAttention to how much CEOs are paid diverts public attention from how they are paid. A statistical analysis of executive compensation concludes that top... -
A Diverse Board Is an Independent Board
Boards Digital ArticleAnd window dressing doesn’t cut it.