Compensation Strategy and Economic Crises: Time for a Radical Rethink

Compensation Strategy and Economic Crises: Time for a Radical Rethink [Apr 2009] Executive Summary Part 1: Where We Have BeenCompensation strategy has evolved as a technical discipline. It has signally lacked a behavioral focus. This explains many of the excesses in compensation that helped cause the current economic crisis. Compensation strategy and approaches are stuck […]

Leadership Development and Behavioral Finance

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIORAL FINANCE [Sep 2010] Executive Summary this article introduces the leadership development and behavioral finance combined with business acumen Part 1: Conventional Leadership Approaches are Not Really EffectiveCurrent leadership approaches failed to prevent the economic crisis.They are based on dated systems which focus on interpersonal skills and largely ignore impact on business […]

Competitiveness and Behavioral Strategy analysis based on business acumen idea

White Paper on Competitiveness and Behavioral Strategy Competitiveness – a Behavioral Phenomenon Basically it’s a behavioral phenomenon, and great products and profitability are merely symptoms of those behaviors. Needs to Take Account of Mixed Rationality Competitive strategy must also be based on an analysis of cognitive biases, the behavioral drivers that are mostly unconscious and […]

Merger Outcomes Can Be Predicted and Improved Using Behavioral Strategy – New White Paper from Perth Leadership Institute

M&A Outcomes Can be Predicted and Improved Using Behavioral Strategy There is a Critical Need for M&A Outcomes to be Predicted and Improved Traditionally M&A outcomes have been terrible and so has the record of predicting them. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Traditional M&A Analysis Ignores Non-Rational BehaviorBehavioral […]

White Paper on Hiring CEOs in Private Equity

See White paper here There is a Critical Need for CEO Recruitment by PE Firms to be Improved Using More Effective Approaches Traditionally PEG outcomes have been highly variable and so has the record of predicting them. We need new approaches to hiring PEG CEOs This White Paper provides a new approach based on behavioral finance

White Paper Succession Planning and Business Acumen

if you are in a public company, how do you know your new CXO has high business acumen rather than just being a technical expert or merely good at her job? If you are in a family-owned company, how do you know that your daughter or son has it? Check out this White Paper to find out.

White Paper – Coaching Leaders in a Recession

White Paper – Coaching Leaders in a Recession We’re in a huge recession which no-one expected. How do you coaching leaders for this totally new situation? By showing them that the goalposts have moved a lot and they need to beef up their business acumen and financial impact. See the White Paper by Perth to […]