LEADERSHIP IN THE ERA OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY – AN INTERVIEW WITH RAM CHARAN

by Stephen BernhutIssue: March / April 2009

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that Ram Charan makes a peripatetic management consultant look stationary. Known……

GETTING TO GROWTH: THE ORGANIZATION AS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY

by Bob Rosen, Jeanne Liedtka et al.Issue: March / April 2009

Managers want to have their instincts validated before they act, such as waiting until all the data have been gathered……

MORE WOMEN ON BOARDS: WHAT BOARDS NEED, WHAT SHAREHOLDERS WANT

by Richard LeblancIssue: March / April 2009

Though more women are being invited to become directors, they are still under-represented on boards. This leading governance……

GOING LEAN AS A SOLUTION FOR NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY AND A CRISIS

by Stephen A. RuffaIssue: March / April 2009

The current liquidity crisis has revealed that the best-made risk management systems were not designed to manage risk…

BEYOND BUY OR SELL: WHAT A BUSINESS LEADER REALLY CAN LEARN FROM AN ANALYST’S REPORT

by jcollins, Anne-Marie Fink et al.Issue: March / April 2009

Imagine if a CEO, when reading an analyst’s report, focused more on the analyst’s insights and analysis of the particular……

COMPELLING VISIONS: CONTENT, CONTEXT, CREDIBILITY AND COLLABORATION

by Jeffrey GandzIssue: March / April 2009

The “vision thing” is still with us, but while leaders insist in having a compelling vision, the fact is that many……

MORAL CHARACTER REVISITED

by Jeffrey GandzIssue: March / April 2009

Once, in the sixties, for example, some of us railed against “the system,” an abstraction personified by almost…

FROM SUBSISTENCE MARKETPLACES TO SUSTAINABLE MARKETPLACES: A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

by Madhubalan Viswanathan, Srinivas Sridharan et al.Issue: March / April 2009

The efficacy – and appropriateness - of monetizing the poor may be questionable for some. Reality and research, however,……

Canadian women entrepreneurs: Pioneers of new frontiers

by Carol Stephenson, O.C.Issue: March / April 2009

“Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old…

A Marketing Plan for Turbulent Times

by Tim CalkinsIssue: March / April 2009

Not all that long ago, the acronym KISS was so popular that many executives displayed it on their desks, either embedded……