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Stretch management timeframes and perspectives

“Managers often trade away a company’s future for short-term gains. We have to fix this.”

Compensation and incentive systems often truncate executive time horizons and skew perspectives. For instance, research suggests that most executives wouldn’t fund a viable new initiative if doing so reduced current earnings. Building new incentive systems that focus executive attention on creating long-term stakeholder value is a critical priority for management innovation.

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Stretch management timeframes and perspectives

“Managers often trade away a company’s future for short-term gains. We have to fix this.”

Compensation and incentive systems often truncate executive time horizons and skew perspectives. For instance, research suggests that most executives wouldn’t fund a viable new initiative if doing so reduced current earnings. Building new incentive systems that focus executive attention on creating long-term stakeholder value is a critical priority for management innovation.

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This submission consists of a series of hacks targeting all the three issues - values and ethics, long term vision and social responsibility.
Hack by Joel Modestus on May 10, 2012
The environment continues to degrade as a result of industrial activity despite various attempts to change the behaviour of organisations.
VUCA is a very objective description of dynamics at work.First popping out in our MIX environment back in 2010 (in a short comment by Bhaskar Deb.)For each of its 4 dimensions, no need
Hack by Frederic J.Leconte on October 21, 2017
Saving a distressed company requires a particular set of skills. Many confirmed executives fail as they do not know how to handle distressed teams.
Hack by Erik Van Rompay on September 21, 2010
A supervisor in a central dispatch center is a different kind of first line management.I was given the Dispatch Supervisor job when our control center opened for our division.
Story by Jim McGriff, Jr. on March 13, 2017
Each company has a unique information footprint, so unique that the term “informational DNA” can be coined.
Hack by George Kobak on August 20, 2015
A few years back I had the opportunity to do a business simulation game and step into the shoes of the CEO of a Fortune 100 company for a couple of days.
Hack by Olivier Lavergne on November 30, 2010
Money-back offer – almost all products in the retail segment carry thistag.
Hack by Madhusudan Rao on August 16, 2010
" Deflate VUCA " could be  an alternative title for this final episode.The power of our infamous " V.U.C.A gang " for damages have been sketched from Episode
Hack by Frederic J.Leconte on January 13, 2018
A system for "Agile Strategy", inspired by SCRUM.
Hack by Marc Sniukas on August 17, 2017

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