Description: As your company evolves, so should its core values. Here are four steps to revising them. Source: INC.com Date: Feb 14, 2023 Link: https://www.inc.com/heidi-zak/companies-should-revise-their-core-values-every-2-3-years-heres-why-how.html Questions for discussion: Why is it important for a company to revise its core values every few years? Summarize the process as described in this article. How do you think… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Decision Making
Suncor’s truce with activist investor faces test as CEO search drags on
Description: 7 months into search for new CEO signs some shareholders are losing patience Source: FinancialPost.ca Date: Feb 14, 2023 Link: https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/suncor-activist-investor-truce-faces-test Questions for discussion: How is the search for a new CEO going, according to the report? How is the activist investor affecting the process? What does the activist investor expect to change, as… Read more »
Turmoil In Toyland? Mattel Sales Tumble, Hasbro Has Layoffs
Description: Toyland is a treacherous place these days, and Mattel is the latest victim. Quarterly sales for the company plummeted 22%, and earnings missed forecasts. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Feb 10, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/382432/turmoil-in-toyland-mattel-sales-tumble-hasbro-ha.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readnow&utm_campaign=129253&hashid=7T9TCmQZSDGbnu-424RuBQ Questions for discussion: Is this a marketing, management or financial problem? What are the possible explanations for these financial results? How does… Read more »
Haunted By Kanye Deal, Adidas Posts Warning
Description: Adidas is launching a new line with actress Jenna Ortega Adidas unexpectedly updated its financial guidance for the coming year, warning investors that the aftershocks of its dealing with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, keep on coming. If it does not sell the existing Yeezy stock, it could lower sales by… Read more »
Will Salary Transparency Become Standard?
Description: Wharton’s Matthew Bidwell thinks the slew of new salary transparency laws sweeping the nation will help advance pay equity, although it may not raise salaries overall. Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ Date: Feb 07, 2023 Link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/wharton-business-daily-podcast/will-salary-transparency-become-standard/?utm_campaign=KatW2023&utm_medium=email&utm_source=kw_campaign_monitor&utm_term=2-8-2023&utm_content=Will_Salary_Transparency_Become_Standard Questions for discussion: Summarize the arguments over salary transparency. How is greater transparency expected to influence workplace relationships? What are… Read more »
Google’s CEO Answered Criticism Over Layoffs at a Heated All-Company Meeting. This 1 Word Stood Out
Description: If you’re the CEO of a company that just announced it would lay off a large number employees, you probably expect your next all-company meeting to be rough. Your employees are going to have some questions, many of which won’t have easy answers. Source: INC.com Date: Feb 02, 2023 Link: https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/googles-ceo-answered-criticism-over-layoffs-at-a-heated-all-company-meeting-this-1-word-stood-out.html?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inc%20-%20Top%2010.Newsletter%20-%20Inc%20-%20Top%2010%202-5-23&leadId=261346&mkt_tok=NjEwLUxFRS04NzIAAAGJwN0SShqig6EJGYCV-UYmpvsmCp_PlE857cgKFayjr6y7Y9I52F4EaZRHVK_318t0P-ebxNkBm6n-uZKo3VAWEzQ6hkRqz2hiog7mJ0E Questions for discussion: What was… Read more »
Activist investor Nelson Peltz declares Disney proxy fight is over after Iger unveils restructuring
Description: Nelson Peltz declared his proxy fight with Disney was over Thursday after the entertainment giant unveiled a vast restructuring plan, cost cuts and 7,000 layoffs. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Feb 09, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/09/activist-investor-nelson-peltz-declares-disney-proxy-fight-is-over-after-iger-unveils-restructuring.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the results of this settlement. How will this affect management decision-making and planning in the future?
Canadian employers face ‘resistance’ as they seek to increase office days
Description: Hybrid and remote arrangements that became commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic may not be going away any time soon, but some big Canadian employers want people to clock in from their office desks more frequently. Source: BNNBloomberg.ca – video report Date: Feb 09, 2023 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canadian-employers-face-resistance-as-they-seek-to-increase-office-days-1.1881692 Questions for discussion: What does the report say… Read more »
The Manhattan high-rise that shrunk itself down
Description: In 1986, a New York zoning activist made a startling discovery: A newly constructed building was over a dozen floors too high. What followed was one of the strangest outcomes in the history of big-city housing. Source: TheHustle.co Date: Feb 03, 2023 Link: https://link.thehustle.co/view/6336092910af034736048108i4gus.4amh/236068f4 Questions for discussion: What does the article say about the… Read more »
The Great Construction Mystery
Description: Here’s something odd: We’re getting worse at construction. Think of the technology we have today that we didn’t in the 1970s. The new generations of power tools and computer modeling and teleconferencing and advanced machinery and prefab materials and global shipping. You’d think we could build much more, much faster, for less money, than… Read more »
