Corporate Governance starts at the very highest level – the Board, and filters throughout the entire organization, with management having the responsibility for implementation. It is something that you MUST take seriously.
“Can we just move on? It’s just semantics,” moaned the CEO, weary of listening to his team grappling to pinpoint the right words to craft their organisation’s mission statement.
“Is this Ms. Margrett Oran?” the caller asked, with an accent that I placed somewhere in Southeast Asia.
“Yes it is”
“Thank you for taking my call ma’am.”
Uh oh, I thought, I have been caught by a telemarketer.
He identified my bank and added: “I am calling about your business account.”
In 2007, the West Indies, an archipelago of former colonies of Britain, hosted the Cricket World Cup (CWC). With venues in 9 sovereign states…
“Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains” – Steve Jobs
In response to my post 2 weeks ago, a VP-HR e-mailed this comment to me. She has given permission to share, but anonymously. “So true! We used to have all the managers at our monthly Managing Committee meeting.
In my conversations with CEOs and other senior leaders, I often hear frustration and disquiet with the leadership of their Human Resource function. Because my work is in strategy, they express disappointment with the role he/she is playing in the formation and execution of strategy.
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