Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The chairman of a large European enterprise approached me over drinks at an event for board members and CEOs on how to build enterprise security resilience. We started talking about cybersecurity risk — a grave concern for many boards. “I sit on seven boards, and we’re all expected to govern cyber...

Mark Airs/Ikon Images Imagine that burst of enthusiasm when a senior executive unveils a plan that promises a significant and lasting impact on the organization’s financial performance. “Our new product creates more value for our customers than anything else on the market, and we should get paid accordingly,” they proudly declare. “If we measure...

Carolyn Geason-Beissel / MIT SMR | Getty Images It is a sobering reality of life today that many organizations across sectors and industries will face trauma. My institution, the Lee Business School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), became one of them on Dec. 6, 2023, when a shooting on campus profoundly changed our community....

Rafael Lopez/theispot.com Conflicts between businesses pursuing commercial objectives and communities defending their interests arise regularly and often inevitably, especially when companies don’t prioritize engagement with their neighbors. Consider the rapid expansion of the mining sector in Latin America, renewable energy projects that underestimate...

Related Reading B. Laker, C. Patel, P. Budhwar, and A. Malik, "How Job Crafting Can Make Work More Satisfying," MIT Sloan Management Review, Sept. 17, 2020. Empowering workers to job craft can cut turnover and increase employee engagement. But what exactly is job crafting — and how does it work? Job crafting is the process by which workers turn...

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images “If time, money, and talent were no object, what would you do?” That was the question that Saundra Pelletier, CEO of Evofem Biosciences, shared with me when I asked her how she interviews job candidates — one of the themes that I often explored with chief executives in the weekly “Corner Office”...