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Proposals, Part 2: The Potential Solutions

The Consultants Peer Group

The consultant, subsequently, spent hours of (unpaid) time writing the proposal, which they emailed, and, in the process of creating ‘credibility’ gave away their time and their intellectual property with no expectation of reciprocity, i.e., paying consulting engagement, from the possible client. your skills and knowledge.

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How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

Harvard Business

These issues include legislation, regulation, litigation, enforcement, investigations, geopolitical risk, demands for ethical actions, and public criticism, affecting all the functions of the corporation in their interaction with all levels of global governments (central, regional, local).

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Leading in a World Without Secrets

Harvard Business

It should now be dawning on us that they also reflect a new reality when it comes to keeping legitimate business secrets, requiring a new mindset and strategies from those leading all kinds of enterprises, especially in knowledge-intensive industries. We’ve had a tendency to think of these primarily as addressable technical failures.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? But in an era where governance and risk agendas are driving board conservatism, there is real risk that these data sets will be used to drive conformity, not evaluate strategy.