Becoming the Best

Section FourBest Investment

We cannot lose sight of the fact that every institution needs to earn a return for its stakeholders, not only financially, but with every resource it has—especially talent.

Every enterprise is focused on generating an attractive return for its owners. While this is certainly true of large, publicly traded organizations that are accountable to shareholders, it also applies to private companies with owners, as well as foundations and nonprofits with supporters and benefactors. In every instance, organizations have to be accountable for how they generate a return, whether in terms of making money from the sale of products and services, or by wisely investing funds to fulfill a charitable mission. Furthermore and, ...