Can your board face Warren Buffett? Culture For boards of smaller public companies, we offer a provocative exercise.
Do your Meetings Drag On? Try This! Culture We offer three ideas for keeping meetings crisp and short.
Where Is the Bottom Half? Culture Our belief is based on the observation that half the directors of public companies are below the median amongst their peers.
Accountability & Co-Accountability Culture To enhance accountability within organizations, people in the organization must accept the obligation of co-accountability.
A New Year Resolution: To Err Culture Write down three important decisions made in the recent past that, in retrospect, you wish you had made sooner.
The Spirit of the Holidays: Scrooge or Santa? Culture We offer a provocative way of both reconnecting with colleagues and supporting a good cause.
Should Most Employees Receive Stock Options? Culture We have a provocative proposal motivated by Google’s approach.
Is It Time to Prepare the Envelopes? Culture The idea proposed here is merely a dramatic way of implementing the basic concepts that leaders found easy to do.
Entrepreneur in Residence Culture The intent of an EIR is to provide entrepreneurial ideas in the company and draw inspiration.
Why Severance Pay? Why not Retention Pay? Culture Thinking through this provocative approach might itself be beneficial for a board that is in the process of recruiting a new CEO.