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The Board of Directors serves as the governance function of the organization. Its directors act as the direct representatives of its shareholders, voting on their behalf as though all of the shareholders were in the room at the time. The Board is responsible for the long-term health and prosperity of the organization. Over the years, many Boards have attempted to narrow their scope of

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"Chairman and CEO John Chambers Tuesday urged solution providers to take the network business architecture high ground in the battle against competitors attempting to "commoditize" the network... To hammer home its business architecture focus, Cisco is urging solution provider sales reps to get trained as business architects." Full article: http://www.crn.com/news/networking/229219602/

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Here is a great article illustrating how Yahoo's executive management missed the boat in search phrase advertising due to their not having the necessary decision context within which to make a good decision.http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/29/bubble-blinders-the-untold-story-of-the-search-business-modelMoral of the story, either educate yourself through your target customer's eyes, which your

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Pursuit of perfection is one of the prime sources of failure within organizations today. It often creates a jeopardy-based workplace that replaces a nurturing environment, shifts employee evaluation criteria from performance-based to error-based, and causes employees to run for cover.Politics• Small groups of poorer performers often band together to protect each other and advance their interests,

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I am often asked, “What is the best way for my company to get a Business Architecture Program started?” Though each company has its own unique features, here is a good guide a CEO can follow:1. Carefully read the Bodine-Hilty paper, “Business Architecture: An Emerging Profession,” which can be found on the www.businessarchitects.org website.2. Discuss the idea with your Board of Directors. Gain

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The world of business discovered social media in 2009. Business professionals are setting up professional Facebook pages, groups and fan pages for themselves and their companies in a way they never did with LinkedIn, MySpace or Plaxo. Those with public profiles are Twittering, and all are experimenting to understand how these highly engaging methods work and the role they will play in a

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There is an expression used in corporate governance called “eating their young.” It defines the practice of hiring high-functioning candidates from the best schools into entry-level positions, working them hard for several years and then firing them when they become ready to move into managerial roles, offering promotions to weaker candidates instead.Managers do this to have access to a strong

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Corporate announcements provide the market with the information needed to properly assess the corporation’s stock price. Some of these announcements include information that may indicate a change in the organization itself, like a reorganization, merger, pursuit of a new strategy or technology, right-sizing, or investment in CRM or SAP.These “Change Announcements” are sometimes issued with the

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Every organization has at least one Business Architect, though they are not often referred to as such.The CEO often acts in the role of Business Architect when the issues facing the organization do not become too complex.However, when the CEO is time-constrained and more complex issues arise that must be addressed, the person(s) to whom the CEO offloads the issues for deeper analysis is/are the

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Many corporate Boards of Directors operate under the belief that "good ideas rise to the top." This is important because these Boards are directly responsible for the long-term health and growth of the company, to which good ideas contribute greatly.This is a false belief. You will remember times throughout your career when people you know had very good ideas to which they could not get anyone to

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