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05
Oct
2017

Getting Ready for Climate-Risk Disclosure: Tips for Public Companies

Categories: Climate Change, Financial Services, Taking & Managing Risk
Government task forces suffer from a bad reputation. Stuffed with members who have big titles but little appetite for hard work, such groups often are formed to bury an issue, not promote it. But the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is an exception. Its report, issued in late June, is substantive and serious. It will have a significant impact in boardroom... Read More
27
Jun
2017

Six Tips for Getting Your Next Op-Ed Published

Categories: Taking & Managing Risk
Authoring an op-ed or guest article for a major news outlet can be a game-changer for your business and brand. It can give you a credible platform for your ideas and help you engage with a large audience. But the numbers are daunting. Hundreds of unsolicited articles arrive each day at the op-ed department of The New York Times. What's more, the editors seek out most of the articles that appear on the op-ed pages. That leaves on... Read More
14
Jun
2017

Uber’s Shareholder Revolt

Categories: Crisis, Taking & Managing Risk
Uber isn’t having a leadership crisis. It’s having a shareholder revolt. It has been clear for some time that imposing new procedures aimed at changing the company’s culture would require Mr. Kalanick to give up the reins as CEO. In normal circumstances, the board would decide on a course of action, take a vote and the CEO would be out the door with a tidy press release and generous exit package. Indeed, if any other CEO had p... Read More
13
Jun
2017

The Secret to Jeff Immelt’s Success

Categories: Taking & Managing Risk
Jeff Immelt is stepping down after 16 years at the helm of GE, and by most measures he was a successful leader. He directed a sweeping transformation of the company, adapted to big changes in technologies and global markets and avoided major scandal. But by one significant measure – the stock price – Mr. Immelt was a failure. GE’s shares barely budged while the broader market and several GE peer companies prospered. So how did he last for 16 years while presidin... Read More
09
Feb
2017

GM’s Brexit Excuse

Categories: Taking & Managing Risk
It seems underperforming CEOs have a new life preserver: Brexit. Britain’s vote to leave the EU in June certainly caught companies off guard. Six months on, has Brexit begun to take a toll on profits, or is it just an excuse? GM offers an answer. (more…) Read More
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