SEC Sends Letter to Financial Services Firms: No Cutting Compliance
As the U.S. economy continues to struggle, financial services firms across the country have engaged in cost-cutting measures to salvage as much of their bottom line as possible. According to the...
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Coaching in the Majors: Advice from the Cardinals’ Hitting Coach
Aspen Photo / Shutterstock.com When it comes to accepting direction, star performers, especially those in the major leagues of their industries, show caution and restraint. They offer raw talent,...
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Benedict Arnold and How To Be a Game Changer In Compliance
This article was republished with permission from Tom Fox’s FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Last week marked the anniversary of the birth of one of the most notorious Americans of all time: Benedict...
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Your Second Worst Nightmare: The Idiot with Initiative
I have often said that a smart sociopath is a leader’s worst nightmare. These snakes in business casually generate more havoc in a shorter period of time than anyone else—and they often make doing so...
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And the Survey Says…
In the past six months, I have visited four high-end hotels where the waiter informed me that they were out of English Breakfast tea, the beverage that provides the perfect cup of ambition to start my...
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A Possible Cure for the Hardening of Corporate Arteries
This article appeared previously in the Association of Corporate Counsel’s ACC Docket and is published here with permission from the journal. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), since...
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Workplace Bullying: From the Playground to the Office and Beyond
For children, bullying is something that happens in school, on the playground or even in cyberspace. But as the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal involving lineman Jonathan Martin and teammate Richie...
View ArticleWho Was Occam? And Why Did He Need a Razor?
In April, as decreed by the Church of England, we commemorate the life of William of Ockham, an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher who has influenced modern organizational theory—but...
View ArticleExcuse Me. Do You Mind if I Deliver Inferior Performance?
New excuses for inferior performance crop up just as fast as one can whack them down—reminiscent of Whack-a-Mole, a game that involved forcing individual plastic moles back into their holes by hitting...
View ArticleDon’t Get Testy with Salespeople
People frequently ask me about the advisability of testing sales people for pre-employment or succession planning. Don’t do it! I discourage the practice for several reasons. First, the skill set of...
View ArticleSEC Sends Letter to Financial Services Firms: No Cutting Compliance
As the U.S. economy continues to struggle, financial services firms across the country have engaged in cost-cutting measures to salvage as much of their bottom line as possible. According to the...
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Coaching in the Majors: Advice from the Cardinals’ Hitting Coach
Aspen Photo / Shutterstock.com When it comes to accepting direction, star performers, especially those in the major leagues of their industries, show caution and restraint. They offer raw talent,...
View ArticleBenedict Arnold and How To Be a Game Changer In Compliance
This article was republished with permission from Tom Fox’s FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Last week marked the anniversary of the birth of one of the most notorious Americans of all time: Benedict...
View ArticleYour Second Worst Nightmare: The Idiot with Initiative
I have often said that a smart sociopath is a leader’s worst nightmare. These snakes in business casually generate more havoc in a shorter period of time than anyone else—and they often make doing so...
View ArticleA Possible Cure for the Hardening of Corporate Arteries
This article appeared previously in the Association of Corporate Counsel’s ACC Docket and is published here with permission from the journal. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), since...
View ArticleWorkplace Bullying: From the Playground to the Office and Beyond
For children, bullying is something that happens in school, on the playground or even in cyberspace. But as the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal involving lineman Jonathan Martin and teammate Richie...
View ArticleWho Was Occam? And Why Did He Need a Razor?
In April, as decreed by the Church of England, we commemorate the life of William of Ockham, an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher who has influenced modern organizational theory—but...
View ArticleExcuse Me. Do You Mind if I Deliver Inferior Performance?
New excuses for inferior performance crop up just as fast as one can whack them down—reminiscent of Whack-a-Mole, a game that involved forcing individual plastic moles back into their holes by hitting...
View ArticleDon’t Get Testy with Salespeople
People frequently ask me about the advisability of testing sales people for pre-employment or succession planning. Don’t do it! I discourage the practice for several reasons. First, the skill set of...
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Optimize Business Performance by Becoming a “Conscious Capitalist”
I’ve got some really good news that may or may not surprise you: In business, good guys not only finish first, but way ahead of the pack. In their book “Conscious Capitalism,” Raj Sisodia and John...
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