WHERE VALUE HIDES: KNOWING YOUR STRATEGIC MARKET POSITION OR, WHEN WANTING TO BE NUMBER ONE OR TWO CAN HURT YOU

by Stuart E. JacksonIssue: March / April 2007

Increase the overall Strategic Market Position for your business unit or company and you will increase your ability…

GO TO PEOPLE: WHAT EVERY ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE

by Jeffrey GandzIssue: March / April 2007

In sports, he or she is the player everyone else on the team wants to have the last shot to tie or win the game, the…

ENGAGING THE BOARD IN RISK-ADJUSTED DECISION MAKING

by Alex Wittenberg, Tom McDowell et al.Issue: March / April 2007

Numerous companies’ attempts to engage directors in risk management have failed either because those attempts themselves……

INCREASING SMALL BUSINESS VOLUNTEERISM: OVERCOMING THE COST FACTOR

by Kelly M. KilcreaseIssue: March / April 2007

The benefits and process of business volunteerism Like a large organization, a small business has the employees and…

IN BUSINESS, THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE RIGHT DIAGNOSIS

by John S. McCallumIssue: March / April 2007

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. was president of General Motors from 1923 to 1937. He gets my vote for principal architect of the……

WHY LARGE PUBLIC COMPANIES SHOULDN’T HATE SARBANES-OXLEY

by Shamsud D. ChowdhuryIssue: March / April 2007

Sarbanes-Oxley may be onerous, tedious and expensive. But it is also – and arguably the most important overlooked…

MARKETING GOVERNANCE: OVERSIGHT OVERLOOKED

by Ian GordonIssue: March / April 2007

Marketing is too important to the future of every company to avoid prime-time review by the Board of Directors. While…

CAPTURING THE VALUE THAT A CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER CAN BRING

by Nathan Bennet, Stephen A. Miles et al.Issue: March / April 2007

Leaving to become a CEO at another organization – or being promoted to the top job at the organization he or she is…