Could Your Team Make the Leap from Cars to Ventilators?

12 Questions Team Leaders Should Be Asking Themselves Major auto manufacturers are acting quickly to repurpose their production lines to generate ventilators and other vital medical supplies to aid in the Coronavirus pandemic. Does your team have the same level of agility and innovation? It’s up to you as the team leader. Ask yourself: How… Continue reading Could Your Team Make the Leap from Cars to Ventilators?

The Rise of the Stakeholder Calls for High Character Leaders

Since the late 1970s, the Business Roundtable, a nonprofit association based in Washington, D.C., whose members are chief executive officers of major U.S. companies, has endorsed principles of shareholder primacy—that corporations exist principally to serve shareholders. But in August 2019 the organization took many by surprise when it revised its stance with a statement outlining… Continue reading The Rise of the Stakeholder Calls for High Character Leaders

The Death of Shareholder Primacy and the Rise of the Stakeholder

“It is widely-recognized that “The Age of Easy Oil” is over, and companies are entering more inhospitable environments – both politically and geologically-speaking – than ever before in the quest for the Black Gold.” Introduction Since the late 1970s, the Business Roundtable, a nonprofit association based in Washington, D.C. whose members are chief executive officers… Continue reading The Death of Shareholder Primacy and the Rise of the Stakeholder