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• Achieving Results Workshops:
- January 2008 • Phoenix, AZ:
Overview | Where & When | Speaker Agenda (also as PDF)- June 2007 • Saratoga Springs, NY:
Overview | Where & When | Speaker Agenda (also as PDF)» Featured Powerpoint Presentations
» Bios of Featured Speakers:
- February 2007 • Phoenix, AZ:
Overview | Where & When | Speaker Agenda- June 2006 • Saratoga Springs, NY:
Overview | Highlights & Speakers | Detailed Agenda (PDF only)» Bios of Featured Speakers:
- January 2006 • Phoenix, AZ:
Overview | Speaker Bios | Detailed Agenda- June 2005 • Saratoga Springs, NY:
Overview | Speaker Bios- January 2005 • Phoenix, AZ
- June 2004 • Saratoga Springs, NY
- January 2003 • Phoenix, AZ
- June 2002 • Saratoga Springs, NY
• GM/Arcadis Remediation Program:
• Renewable Energy Workshops:
- April 2007 • San Francisco, CA:
Overview | Where & When | Speaker Agenda (also as PDF)- November 2006 • Houston, TX:
Overview | Session Agenda (PPS only)• Other Workshops:
- September 2004 • Washington, DC
(Private benchmarking at NAPA)- September 2002 • Washington, DC
(One-day workshop at the National Press Club)
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Introduction to detailed five-step process:
- Step 1: AHC Group Research Mapping
- Step 2: Developing Research Profiles
- Step 3: Converting Research Profiles into Actionable Diagnostics
- Step 4: From Emergency Response to Social Response
- Step 5: Corporate Culture Transformation
- Finale: Internal Alignment of Company Culture Creates a Sustainable Future
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A listing of all AHC Group Governance and Financial Risk resources.
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Corporate Strategy Today
- Latest Issues of CST (XII & XIII)
including link to index of past issues/articles
and free sample article (PDF)- Mission & History of CST
Risk, Value & Trends Report
- About the Report: Insights on Trends in Capital Markets
- Summary of the Report
AHC Group Newsletter
- Most Recent Issue: December 10, 2007
- Archive of Past Issues
- October 24, 2007:
Register Now for Our Upcoming Benchmarking Workshops- August 29, 2007:
The Future of Capitalism- July 30, 2007:
Announcing AHC Group Corporate Affiliate Workshops on World Inc. Issues That Will Affect YOUR Business- July 23, 2007:
Bruce Piasecki on White Mountain Radio- January 25, 2007:
Rising Role of Renewables Workshop- December 19, 2006
17th Annual "Achieving Results" Workshops- September 14, 2006:
AHC Group Affiliate Rutherfoord Goes Carbon Neutral- August 2006:
Corporate Strategy Today — Issue 12- March 2006:
The Mission of the AHC Group- February 2006:
Greening Finance: Why Wall Street Needs the White House- January 2006:
Beyond the Rules: The Cost of Compliance vs. the Value of Leadership- December 2005:
AHC Group Announces New Strategic Affiliation with DNV- November 2005:
Announcing Publication of Corporate Strategy Today — Issue XI
Money Matters
Discovering Hidden Risks and Intangible Values
Investing in Global Equity Markets
Financial Resources
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Corporate Strategy Today Articles (index of titles)
- Index of CST Articles — by author
- Index of CST Articles — by topic
- Index of CST Articles — by issue
• Issue 13:
Discovering the Bottom-Line Value in Social Response
- A. Dwight Bedsole: Financial Assurance and Long-Term Stewardship
- Peter Asmus: Corporate Volunteerism Comes Clean (and Comes of Age)
- Richard A. Liroff: Financial Risks and Opportunities from Toxic Chemicals in Products
• Issue 12:
Leading Corporate Strategies and Climate Change: A Few Key Business Examples
- Joan Wales: Challenges in Governance and Innovation
- Truman Semans: Succeeding in a Carbon-Constrained World
- Skiles Boyd: Climate Change Report Shareholders Request: Progressive Action + Practical Steps + Strong Relationships = Positive Experience
- Steve Percy: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and Corporate Strategy
- Frank E. Loy: Financing the GEF: What Europe Can and Must Do
• Issue 11:
Money Matters: Financial Risk, Stock Valuation Models, and the Emergence of Rating Organizations
- George Dallas: Better Governance: To Avoid Risks or to Create Value?
- Helena Barton: Leveraging Intangible Assets: How a Rating Can Help Measure and Communicate Performance
- Meg Voorhes: The Rising Tide of Shareholder Activism
- Paul Hilton: Social Research Analysts and the New Significance of Socially Responsible Investing
- Gil Friend: Risk, Fiduciary Responsibility and "Regulatory Insulation"
• Issue 10:
The Path to Growth: Building Corporate Value Through Social Leadership
- Gordon Lambert: The Path to Sustainability at Suncor Energy
- Sam Piazza: Leveraging Global Citizenship Functions in the 21st-Century Corporation
- John Winter: Lessons in Social Responsibility for the Value Chain from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
- Bruce Piasecki: Social Response Capitalism: Product Development Strategies for 21st-Century Innovators and Investors
• Issue 9:
Risk Reduction and Site Remediation Strategies for the New Century
- A. Dwight Bedsole: Remediation: A Business Perspective
- Donna H. Sandidge: Defining Environmental Risks and "Uncertainty" Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- John Heuberger: Risk Management Responsibilities Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Robert Forbes: FMC's Brownfield Lessons Learned
• Issue 7/8:
Making the Business Case About the Near Future
- Chris Laszlo, Dave Sherman, and John Whalen: The New Discipline of Sustainable Value
- Bruce Piasecki: Automaking and the New Century: Social Response Product Development as Corporate Strategy
- Joseph Fiksel, Ph.D.: Revealing the Value of Sustainable Development
- William Brady: Defining the Environmental Compass Points for Exelon
• Issue 5/6:
Leadership Positions on Governance After Enron
- Glenn Hammer: EHS Governance: Responding to Crisis at Ashland
- Dennis Minano: Taking Corporate Governance Forward: Using EHS to Build Brand Value
- Samuel L. Smolik: Dialogue: One Critical Route to Sustainable Development
- Darryl Vernon Poole: Post Enron Considerations for EH&S Managers
- Richard MacLean: Lessons from Enron — Examining the Parallels to Environmental Governance
• Issue 4:
Responsible Energy Development
- Kenneth R. Dickerson: Resolving the Conflict Between Energy and the Environment
- Byron Kennard: Untapped Power of Small Business
- Peter Asmus: Terrorism and the Ultimate Corporate Environmental Strategy
- Frank Loy: Striking the Bargain Necessary for Energy Security
• Issue 3:
The Investment Appeal of Corporate Disclosure
- Paul M. Bray: Living in a Glass House
- Hewson Baltzell: Publish and Be Damned
- Richard MacLean: Making the Move from Spin to Strategy
- Michael Carpenter and Alain E. Kaloyeros: Monitoring in the Near Future
• Issue 2:
Avoiding Business Stumbles
- Kenneth R. Dickerson: Coming of Age for EH&S Professionals
- Kenneth R. Dickerson: Golf Course to the Rescue
- Bruce Piasecki: Drama and Business Values of Corporate Benchmarking
- Deborah D. Anderson and Paul M. Bray, Esq.: Avoiding Business Stumbles
- Frank Boren: Why Can't We Treat the Rain Forest Like the Ocean?
• Issue 1:
New Trends in Corporate Responsibility
- Paul M. Bray, Esq.: Global Warming: Acting in Advance of Government
- Peter Asmus: We Need More Electricity Deregulation — Not Less
- Bruce Piasecki: The Race for the Superior Car
- Michael R. Splinter: Corporate Strategy Today: The Role of Design for Environment
Recommended Reading
- Patricia Aburdene: Megatrends 2010
- George Dallas (ed.): Governance and Risk
- Jay W. Lorsch: Pawns or Potentates
- Hal S. Scott: International Finance
- John A. Byrne (ed.): BusinessWeek Guide to the Best Business Schools
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