Building Your Board while Building Your Company
Entrepreneur, board member, and advisor to CEOs and boards, Mimi Macksoud, shares her insights when shaping a Board of Directors.
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Rich Schneider & Bill Mitchell
- Mar 7
The UCLA Tech Development Story – From Average to Breakaway
A case study about bringing University IP to commercialization and how UCLA set a new benchmark of transformation from average to breakaway
Tom Doorley
- Feb 7
Growth? Now?
Facing an uncertain economy, with a recession likely, maintaining growth in your organization’s hierarchy of strategic priorities seems...
Rich Schneider
- Oct 11, 2022
Creating Value from University IP: A Work In Process
Innovation created by American universities is broadly recognized as being the world’s best. The American university research community...
Thomas Doorley III & Robert Kueppers
- Jun 23, 2022
The G in ESG—Governance to Make ESG Actionable
ESG Governance—intended to further the implementation of ESG priorities—has a problem
Rich Schneider
- Jun 22, 2022
How We Work
Earlier this spring the head of Apple’s machine learning initiative resigned. At first glance, this is not major news. His reason for...
Sage Partners
- Jun 8, 2022
Partnership
Sage Partners annual meeting - celebrating our community and reinforcing our connections
Thomas Doorley III & Robert Kueppers
- May 4, 2022
The S in ESG
ESG: The challenge for the ‘S’ is how to navigate the turbulent waters of controversy while staying true to the organization’s core values.
Thomas Doorley III & Robert Kueppers
- Apr 12, 2022
The E in ESG
ESG sits at the top of C-Suite and Board of Directors’ priorities.
Thomas Doorley III & Robert Kueppers
- Mar 29, 2022
ESG and the Board of Directors
The emergence of ESG, or Environmental, Social, and Governance, as a “front and center” issue has developed over the last several years.
Lawrence A. Bennigson, Ph.D.
- Mar 9, 2022
Opportunity and Risk Management: The Dual Roles of the Board in Growing Value
Corporations are awash in cash. The Wall Street Journal reported cash and short-term investments on corporate balance sheets globally are...
Lawrence A. Bennigson, Ph.D.
- Oct 12, 2021
Four Qualities of Exceptional Management Thought
The four essential features or qualities that define an exceptional contribution to business thought and practice.
Rich Schneider and Donald Plumley
- Oct 6, 2021
We’ve Got This Brilliant Idea – What Could Go Wrong?
Entrepreneurship Education has a Blind Spot - What's missing between the classroom and what entrepreneurs need to know?
Kathy Schaller
- Jun 21, 2021
What Makes a Dashboard Strategic?
A good navigation plan identifies a set of goals and the factors that will contribute to or stand as obstacles to achieving the goals.
John Hansen
- Jun 17, 2021
Strategic Navigation and Emerging from the Pandemic in the U.S.
A prime topic of discussion was how many companies have both faced new challenges and also been resilient during the recent pandemic.
Mimi Macksoud
- Jun 16, 2021
Well-being: Two Dimensions
Wellbeing was a universal theme this past year. Our panelists expressed deep concern for the health and safety of their employees.
Donald Plumley
- Jun 15, 2021
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Flying and eating out. Concern about the Delta variant, states with low vaccination rates, and implications for the fall. The Board's role t
Tom Doorley
- Jun 10, 2021
A Better Recovery This Time: (re)Ignite Growth #1
Our recovery from the 2008 global recession was historically slow. Business leaders stayed in the bunkers too long.
Sage Partners
- Mar 11, 2021
(re)Ignite Growth - How to Create Today's Navigation Plans
Today’s CEOs are like ship captains who find themselves thrust into treacherous seas and hazardous weather conditions.
Kathy Schaller
- Jan 22, 2021
CEOs tell how a “Winning Mindset” drives growth
During the second virtual event of our (re)Ignite Growth series, Winning with a Growth Mindset, Sage Partners led a panel discussion with...
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