It starts with stationary… Crane & Co. 100% Fine Cotton papers: Crane’s Bond—Ivory Wove, 24-pound Crane’s Thesis Paper—Acid Free White, 24-pound [for archival items, such as contracts and the like]. The paper has an “off-white” hue and a very professional look and feel to it… (mk)
Strategic & Business Plans Are Critical Primary Reasons To Develop A Business Plan To map the future in order to get where you need to be “on-time” To support growth & funding or the “investment” of others in the project To develop & communicate a course of action To help manage a budget & cash
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Action step Translate these transformation activities into specific steps your team can use to demonstrate clear leadership, create enthusiasm, and build momentum. Challenge 1: Lead differently Transformation demands that functional leaders demonstrate a new set of skills. Help your team identify what they should do and say differently to help move their organizations forward. Challenge
Melville on Method Herman Melville said: “There are some enterprises in which careful disorderliness is the only true method.” This contrasts sharply with Descartes who meant by method: “… certain and simple rules, such that, if man observes them accurately, he will never assume what is false as true.” Good management requires both at different times—or
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CLARITY, PERSONALITY, SIMPLICITY, WARMTH. Author William Zinsser, in his 1976 book On Writing Well, identified these as the four indispensable qualities of great writing. Why indispensable? Because the best writing is an expression of the writer’s humanity. These qualities allow that humanity to shine through. As a writer, I find Zinsser’s argument persuasive.
A new working paper (abstract; PDF) by Tanja Artiga Gonzalez, Markus Schmid, and David Yermack looks for the telltale signs of corporate fraud. The paper is called “Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide”: We study financial reporting and corporate governance in 216 U.S. companies accused of price fixing by antitrust authorities.
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