II. Fusing High Performance with High Integrity
Global capitalism must candidly face a fundamental problem of integrity: at the very heart of high performance lie fundamental forces that, if left unconstrained, cause corporate corruption.
Top-performing companies apply relentless internal pressure on their people to hit basic financial goals for net income, cash flow, and stock price. Other targets, too, may be critically important: achieving specific returns on investment, equity, or assets; hitting sales or service goals; meeting product development or product launch schedules; and attaining productivity increases, to name a few.
Pressure begets more pressure. “Stretch targets” may put numbers on steroids. The explicit “nice to hit” target ...
Get High Performance with High Integrity now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
