The Last Word: There Is No "You" in "Trust"
I heard a story this morning where some concerned public-interest person was expressing concern about the public interest, specifically the child-public's...
Why Trust Improves Both Ethics and Returns
Stephen M.R. Covey is former CEO of the Covey Leadership Center, which under his stewardship became the largest leadership development company in the...
Case in Point: Winds of Change
Because it's in such a competitive industry, The Weather Channel needs to be able to shift its financial priorities on a dime...
The Last Word: Flirting With Disaster
Whenever I say "This could be a disaster," it means I am going to cook a new, complicated recipe; I have decided to attempt self-tattooing; or I am watching...
Risk in the Strategic Planning Process
The uncertainties of planning are well-documented in prose and poetry. "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry," wrote Robert Burns (in translation)...
Case in Point: Evolution of an Enterprise
Since medical technology manufacturer VIASYS spun off from Thermo Electron Corp. five years ago, its organizational structure has been in a state of constant change...
Case in Point: Road Map to Transparency
Pearson PLC is the parent company to a family of large publishing and media businesses, including Pearson Education, the Penguin Group, and the Financial Times Publishing Group...
Managed Services: First-Rate Benefits of Third-Party Hosting
Successfully deploying any enterprise software is challenging, and business performance management (BPM) is no exception...
Prepare Today for the Reporting Language of the Future
Many businesspeople have never heard of extensible business reporting language (XBRL). Even among those that have seen the acronym or, perhaps, read an...
Common Cause: How Six Sigma Can Drive Better Management Reports
It's not uncommon for a company to track its performance solely in terms of conformance -- and nonconformance -- to plan...
About Face: Why BPM Front Ends Are Failing
A survey of 150 finance executives conducted by the Buttonwood Group and CFO Magazine recently revealed that most companies are failing to fully engage nonfinance users in their performance management processes...
Case in Point: Hosted Solutions Go Big Time
Hosted performance management software is generally considered to be a solution for small or midsize companies. But using a hosted solution is working...
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