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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

As an employee, I am sure you can identify with the poor communication you have seen from your employers related to expectations, priorities, medical benefits, lack of recognition, policy changes, and work procedures. Covey, demonstrates that the lack of integrity and ethics causes problems for managers and companies all day long.

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5 Levers for Creating a Culture of Accountability

Organizational Talent Consulting

Despite careful hiring practices, well-designed employment policies, and digital monitoring, accountability remains puzzling. A recent CEO benchmarking report found that nearly one in five CEOs surveyed identified holding others accountable as their greatest weakness and almost as many struggled with letting go of underperformers.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business

External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action. It spells out the responsibilities of the board and top management, including ensuring that the organization’s strategy and anti-bribery policy are aligned.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

This year’s subject of the event will cover various aspects of leveraging AI in project management – e.g., emerging project competencies, ethical issues, sustainability, learning models, and more. The forum’s topics will cover strategic, programmatic, technical, and policy issues relevant to the aerospace and defense industry.

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Swiss Bank Hits Customers With Negative Interest Rates; Crazy? What About Velocity?

MishTalk

The bank describes itself as an ethical organisation focused on backing firms investing in social and environmental projects. The Situation With the fallout limited so far, policy makers are more willing to accept sub-zero rates. In practice, there’s a risk that the policy might do more harm than good. Janet Yellen, the U.S.

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Does Your Company Have What It Takes to Go Global?

Harvard Business

They adapt the firm’s marketing policies and practices to the opportunity by: Educating HQ on prevailing target-market standards. The tool consists of 28 statements, four for each of the seven ‘tudes. Training and sensitizing stakeholders on cultural differences. Encouraging open discussion of potential knowable issues.

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A Guide to Solving Social Problems with Machine Learning

Harvard Business

We have learned that some of the most important challenges fall within the cracks between the discipline that builds algorithms (computer science) and the disciplines that typically work on solving policy problems (such as economics and statistics). How machine learning can improve public policy.

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