Going beyond the task is a moto. Going beyond the tasks allows you to increase the content and the creativity of your work while contributing to the overall business. If you want to go beyond the task then follow these three steps: Perform your taskwell. Do it and do it right. Understand your business and your role within the business Contribute […]
PODCAST | The Volkswagen Case – How To Recover The Trust
When appointed CEO of Volkswagen, Mathias Müller stated that his first priority was to win back the trust in that many had placed in Volkswagen. In this, third posting on this topic, I would like to offer Mr. Müller some unsolicited advice on how to do that.
CEOs: Three Key Challenges for the Future
I am writing from my office at IESE. It is located on the same floor as the office I had here at the school in 1973 after returning from earning my doctorate at Harvard. The two offices are very similar, but it’s now 2015. So I wonder: What has changed in all these years? What […]
“La Liga” approves collective bargaining of media rights
Finally, “La Liga”, the top professional soccer league in Spain, joined the rest of leagues in Europe (and America) in selling media rights collectively rather than on a team-by-team basis. This approach has the advantage of creating a monopoly where any interested buyer only has to negotiate with one entity, as opposed to 20 different […]
The New EPL Media Deal: Challenges to European Soccer
As you know, the EPL (English Premier League) has sold its media rights for the next three years for £1 billion per year. For the sake of comparison, the current deal for the Spanish league is about €600 million (a bit less than half the EPL’s new deal); even if Spanish teams were finally to […]
Shareholder Activism: Is Bill Ackman’s shorting of Herbalife a form of Responsible Investing?
Last week’s cover of The Economist …