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Preparing to Be a Corporate Director
equip you with critical tools and insights that will enhance your readiness for corporate board service and enable you to make a lasting contribution at the highest level of an organization. Key Benefits This board-readiness program examines View Details
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Women on Boards
contributing to corporate governance at the highest level. Details Build your readiness for a board position Explore how different types of corporate boards function Examine the best practices of... View Details
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Risk Management for Corporate Leaders—Virtual
innovative strategies by better identification and mitigation of the attendant risks. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More Key Benefits In this live online course, you will examine the latest research and View Details
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Professor Wei-Skillern's research is focused in the field of Social Enterprise. Her research examines the creation of social value in both commercial and nonprofit organizations. In the former stream of research on corporate social responsibility, she has studied... View Details
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Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual
mid-career professionals who face new investments or major life decisions. In this virtual program, you will gain an in-depth understanding of best practices in family wealth management; explore the... View Details
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By: Leslie A. Perlow
There has been tremendous change in the workplace — ubiquitous technology, 24/7 globalization, hyper-efficiency and now significant changes in work location. Professor Perlow’s research explores the implications for the ways we work and live, and what we can do to... View Details
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Making Exit Interviews Count
By: Everett Spain and Boris Groysberg
In the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them—why they stay, why they leave, and how the organization needs to change. A thoughtful exit interview—whether it be a face-to-face... View Details
Spain, Everett, and Boris Groysberg. "Making Exit Interviews Count." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 4 (April 2016): 88–95.
- 17 Jul 2023
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Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
Noncents.” It will be a practical examination of the way money—and nonmonetary rewards—trickle down to create that special magic that makes employees believe in the mission and work harder to further its success. Getting these incentive... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 20 Apr 2023
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Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job
specifically related to how that will impact the imperatives for your new role. What you share and when will be up to your discretion. Unless you have significant concerns about the finding, best practice... View Details
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Leading Professional Service Firms
Should Attend Leaders who define and execute strategy for firms and organizations that provide services and who serve in roles such as chief executive officer, general manager, principal, partner, or head of an office, business unit, or View Details
- 28 Aug 2023
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The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better
time, management scholars recommend seven or fewer people in a meeting, to keep individual effort high. Fewer and shorter meetings are one of the best ways we can improve time management for greater happiness. Arthur C. Brooks is a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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Changing the Game
Summary Whether you're executing a strategic sale, a vendor contract, or a high-stakes acquisition, your ability to negotiate can make or break your company's success—and your career. In this comprehensive negotiation training program, you will develop the... View Details
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Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise
related to your family business Nurture an entrepreneurial mindset across generations Understand best practices for managing family wealth, from estate planning to ensuring equity across branches of the... View Details
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Leadership for Senior Executives
innovator, change agent, and architect) Evaluate your leadership style and how you give and receive feedback Understand and leverage your leadership strengths Maximize talent in your organization Apply strategies for leveraging and retaining talent Create an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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Bless this Stress
National Geographic for Disney+/Craig Parry In the first episode of the National Geographic docuseries Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001/PhDOB 2009) and the Australian actor gaze across downtown Sydney to a skyscraper in the distance, teetering... View Details
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into what’s driving and limiting the practice of skills-based hiring. The discussion ranges from degree inflation and HR automation to workforce demographics, skills-based promotion and employee retention. Also, how technology can... View Details
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An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe
By: Joanne G Horton, Richard H. Macve and George Serafeim
"Fair value" is currently the central topic of debate in the development of accounting standards. While it has now been defined to mean an exit price in US GAAP, the IASB is still considering its own definition, and some commentators are arguing for versions of entry... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Financial Instruments; Framework; Market Entry and Exit; Insurance; Revenue Recognition; Fair Value Accounting; Standards; United Kingdom
Horton, Joanne G., Richard H. Macve, and George Serafeim. An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe. London, UK: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Centre for Business Performance, 2007.
- 28 Apr 2023
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Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
If your company is actively asking the question “How can we best support our LGBTQ+ employees?” then you are already part of this important conversation. But it’s important to directly answer this question with concrete steps you can take... View Details
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Learning Organizations
David A. Garvin is studying how companies pursue improvement and change through efforts to stimulate organizational learning. He has found the following activities to be common in learning organizations: intelligence gathering; experimentation; learning from... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
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