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Building a competitive finance function: An executive roundtable
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December 2007

By focusing on talent development, new roles for finance, and creative benchmarks, CFOs can deliver a competitive advantage to their companies.

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The halo effect, and other managerial delusions

February 2007

Companies cannot achieve superior and lasting business performance simply by following a specific set of steps.

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The CEO's role in leading transformation

February 2007

The CEO helps a transformation succeed by communicating its significance, modeling the desired changes, building a strong top team, and getting personally involved.

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When social issues become strategic

May 2006

Executives ignore sociopolitical debates at their own peril.

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Improving board performance in emerging markets

February 2006

The pressure keeps growing for companies to tackle a range of governance issues.

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A guide for the CEO-elect

August 2005

The days, weeks, or months between taking the job and assuming power are precious. Put them to good use.

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Leadership as the starting point of strategy

February 2005

Even the best strategy can fail if a corporation doesn’t have a cadre of leaders with the right capabilities at the right levels of the organization.

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Recent Interviews

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A political education for business: An interview with the head of the Council on Foreign Relations

February 2008

Richard Haass says that businesses have much to learn from government as they compete in an increasingly complex global landscape.

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Crafting a message that sticks: An interview with Chip Heath

November 2007

The key to effective communication: make it simple, make it concrete, and make it surprising.

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Coaching innovation: An interview with Intuit's Bill Campbell

February 2007

A veteran Silicon Valley CEO and mentor of CEOs talks about his years in high tech.

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CEOs on strategy and social issues

October 2007

Business leaders are now more inclined to incorporate society’s expectations into their core strategies but face many challenges when they do.

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On business and society
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Exploring business's social contract: An interview with Daniel Yankelovich

May 2007

A founding father of public-opinion research explains why shareholder value isn't enough.

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The trust gap between consumers and corporations

May 2007

Sixty-eight percent of executives say that large corporations make a generally or somewhat positive contribution to the public good. Yet only 48 percent of consumers agree.

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What consumers expect from companies

May 2007

Companies must gain a better understanding of consumer perceptions and expectations about corporate social responsibility if they are to win the public's trust.

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Assessing the impact of societal issues

Executives place the environment and climate change in a class of their own when evaluating the impact of societal issues on shareholder value. They also indicate that companies are getting a little better at managing sociopolitical issues and understanding what the public wants.