Richard Rumelt, a giant in the field of strategic planning, explains why it often isn’t strategic at all. He also sounds off on diversification, how companies can capitalize on a changing business environment, managing for share prices, and the role of the CEO. Click here to read the interview with Richard Rumelt
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Strategy’s strategists: Putting strategy into strategic planning
Posted on 16 January 2009.
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Are Overconfident Executives More Inclined to Commit Fraud?
Posted on 16 January 2009.
No one makes it to the top ranks of corporate management without a healthy amount of self-assurance. Confidence underlies decisive, strong leadership, but does overconfidence lead managers to cross the line and commit fraud? New research by Wharton accounting professor Catherine M. Schrand and doctoral student Sarah L. C. Zechman examines patterns in frauds to […]
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There are two types of complexity. Understanding where to intervene is the key to managing them to create value – Cracking the Complexity Code
Posted on 15 January 2009.
Most businesspeople focus primarily on institutional complexity and thus fail to see that some forms of complexity, if managed well, can create value and do not have to generate excessive complexity at the individual level. Institutional complexity can enhance organisational resilience and enable companies to take on new strategic opportunities. ‘Cracking the Complexity Code’, an […]
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The Big Chair – search executive roles that are paying over $100,000pa
Posted on 08 January 2009.
This is a job board for senior roles paying more than $100,000pa. You can set the salary range you are looking for and search by location or industry . See what senior roles are currently available at www.thebigchair.com.au
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The Income Gap Between Leaders and Led
Posted on 04 January 2009.
In 2007 chief executive officers earned on average 180 times more than their subordinates. This is more than double the multiple of fifteen years ago. To be clear, total direct compensation – salary, bonuses, restricted shares, stock options and other annual and long-term incentives – rose only a relatively modest 3.5 % from a year […]
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Negotiating a Salary or Raise in a Tough Economic Climate
Posted on 01 January 2009.
In this interview, Mark Gordon, director and cofounder of the Boston-based negotiation consultancy Vantage Partners and senior adviser to the Harvard Negotiation Project, offers practical strategies for negotiating a starting salary or raise. Gordon has suggestions for making these negotiations win-win and for putting the concept of BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) to […]
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