Book description
In High Performance with High Integrity, Ben Heineman argues that there is only one way for companies to avoid such failures: CEOs must create a culture of integrity through exemplary leadership, transparency, incentives, and processes, not just rules and penalties. Heineman, GE's chief legal officer and a member of both Jack Welch's and Jeff Immelt's senior management teams for nearly twenty years, reveals crucial "performance with integrity" principles and practices that you can begin applying immediately, and shows how you can drive performance by integrating integrity systems and processes deep into company operations. Such principles and practices also create affirmative benefits: inside the corporation, in the marketplace and in society.
Concise and insightful, this book provides a much-needed corporate blueprint for doing well while doing good in the high-pressure global economy.
From our new Memo to the CEO series--solutions-focused advice from today's leading practitioners.
Table of contents
- Publisher’s Note: - Memo to the CEO
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- I. The Foundation of the Corporation
- II. Fusing High Performance with High Integrity
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III. Core Principles and Practices
- Principle 1: Demonstrate Committed and Consistent Leadership
- Principle 2: Manage Performance with Integrity as a Business Process
- Principle 3: Adopt Global Ethical Standards
- Principle 4: Use Early-Warning Systems to Stay Ahead of Global Trends and Expectations
- Principle 5: Encourage the CFO and General Counsel to Be Both Partner and Guardian
- Principle 6: Foster Employee Awareness, Knowledge, and Commitment
- Principle 7: Give Employees Voice
- Principle 8: Pay for Performance with Integrity
- IV. The Toughest Issues
- V. The Right-Sized Role of the Board
- VI. Building the Foundation
- Notes
- Acknowledgments and Dedication
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: High Performance with High Integrity
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2008
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781422146064
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