“For years, lip service has been paid by many corporate leaders to achieving high performance and being a good corporate citizen. What I have discovered in my research, however, is that the two issues, business performance and social contributions, are, in fact, intimately connected. Societal initiatives undertaken largely without direct profit motives are part of the culture that builds high performance and thus results, ironically, in profits.”
—Rosabeth Moss Kanter
It is an enigma; a mystery wrapped in a riddle. How can an organization move from mediocrity to a vanguard of the twenty-first century? A mystery no more, world-renowned authority on leadership and management, Rosabeth Moss Kanter will reveal what it takes to be an industry leader — and an organization respected for its unwavering commitment to social responsibility. Companies can no longer focus their efforts on profits alone. The goal of making Wall Street happy — to the detriment of all else — is in the past. Vanguard companies produce more than profit and growth. They create an unbeatable combination of innovation and social responsibility. The future is now — and within your reach. In this presentation, Rosabeth Moss Kanter will share how values-based capitalism can generate enormous benefit — for organizations, their people, and the world Businesses can no longer solely exist to make money. Dr. Kanter will offer strategic and operational insight into how your organization can prosper financially and rise to meet consumers’ expectation that organizations contribute to the greater good.
As Rosabeth Moss Kanter will share with you, the vanguards of today are role models for the future — a future where companies excel not only in their industry, but in the world in which they operate. Dr. Kanter makes a compelling case for the sustained growth and profits that are a natural by-product of a values-based business model. SuperCorp chronicles the shift today’s leading organizations are seeing in the business landscape. As David Kenney, former CEO of Digitas points out, “You cannot sell things anymore because digital empowers people to make their own choices. So we should be generous (or) they will not choose you…Generosity breeds returns.”
Participants in this program will learn:
· How to develop a strong synergy between financial performance and attention to community and social needs.
· The unique competitive advantage gained from embracing the values and expectations of a new generation of professionals.
· How to take advantage of the growth opportunities that result from values-based capitalism.
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter is the author or co-author of over 18 books, including SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good, Confidence: How Winning Streaks & Losing Streaks Begin & End, When Giants Learn to Dance, and the classic prizewinning book, Men & Women of the Corporation. Dr. Kanter’s book The Change Masters was named one of the most influential business books of the 20th century (Financial Times). Dr. Kanter has been named to lists of the 50 Most Powerful Women in the World by the Times of London; and the 50 Most Influential Business Thinkers in the World by Accenture. Rosabeth Moss Kanter is a widely regarded speaker at national and international events such as the World Economic Forum, and chairs the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.