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12 O’Clock High-a podcast on business leadership

Leadership Lessons from Chester A. Arthur

Richard Lummis and I are back to continue our series of exploring leadership through the study of US Presidents. This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up Chester A. Arthur. Some of the highlights include:
  1. Educational and Professional Background of Chester A. Arthur.
  2. His time as a New York politician, including work in the Conkling Political Machine and as Head of Customs House and conflict with President Hays.
  3. His Stalwart Candidacy as Vice President.
  4. His election and short tenure as VP.
  5. Leadership issues from his Presidency, including the confusion on how to take office, his enactment of Civil Service reform, his work on the surplus budget and the tariff, immigration issues and Civil Rights in the South.Leadership Issues, including (a) What are your expectations? (b) How much does a leader’s health matter? (c) Arthur adopted a code for his own political behavior but subject to three restraints: he remained to everyone a man of his word; he kept scrupulously free from corrupt graft; he maintained a personal dignity, affable and genial though he might be.
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 16, 2019-the double trouble edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • GE target of Madoff whistleblower. (WSJ)
  • Epstein death-murder or suicide. (Washington Post)
  • NY Attorney General subpoenas Sacklers bank recording. (NYT)
  • Did Nike pay Zion Williamson’s family? (ESPN)
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Compliance Man Chooses the Target

Teamwork in Compliance

Welcome to Episode 7 of Compliance Man Chooses the Target with Tim Khasanov-Batirov. The goal is to highlight matters that should be on agenda of practitioners that deploy compliance programs in industries or countries of active FCPA enforcement. In next three minutes, we will target three specific matters that you might like to address in the course of implementation of your compliance program. Today we will focus on teamwork.
Target #1: Who is Your Team? While this question might sounds straightforward when we refer to organizational chart, the answer is not that obvious when we talk about the whole organization. Do you have supporters of Compliance movement among top managers? Do middle management and junior staff help you in promotion ethics? Do you have influencers among respected middle-level managers in your Compliance team now? Who should be in your Compliance dream team? If you have answers on these questions, it is much easier to plan efforts and evaluate rate of success of your ethics’ efforts in each department. Based on my experience even single individual who heads business function in the organization can block or in contrary stimulate efficient collaboration between all his subordinates and Compliance department.
Target #2: Engagement of Personnel from Various Hierarchy Levels. Based on my experience it is essential to raise awareness and engage in respective ways personnel from all hierarchy levels. There are at least two reasons do that. The first one is that personnel tend to raise in the organization so your efforts in engagement each individual will be bringing positive impact on each stage of his or her career. The second reason is that managers (primarily at the senior level) from time to time are assigned with new areas of responsibility. Thus, if such a senior manager is your Compliance ambassador he will expand or strengthen Compliance philosophy at his new area of responsibility as well.
Target #3: Why Things Might Not Work Well? Three killers of teamwork within Compliance department:

  • Absence of goals based on Key Performance Indicators for each individual;
  • Duplication of functions among compliance folks;
  • Absence of devotion to Ethics&Compliance in the team.

Join me for the next episode of Compliance Man Chooses the Target with Tim Khasanov-Batirov. 
Learn more compliance tips from Tim Khasanov-Batirov at:
http://complianceinpostussr.com/http://complianceinpostussr.com/blog/

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 15, 2019-the tip of the iceberg edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • The tip of the iceberg? (com)
  • Company claims SFO review is bogus and sues to stop corruption investigation. (Bloomberg)
  • Sealed air switches auditors. (WSJ)
  • JonesDay partner “What would a man do on parental leave — watch his wife unload the dishwasher.” (NYT)
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Trekking Through Compliance

Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 76 – The Cloud Minders

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Cloud Minders which aired on February 28, 1969 and Star Date 5818.4.
Compliance Takeaways:
  1. What is institutional justice?
  2. What is institutional fairness?
  3. How do you know your discipline is consistent?
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Trekking Through Compliance

Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 75 – The Way to Eden

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Way to Eden which aired on February 21, 1969 and Star Date 5832.3.
Compliance Takeaways:

  1. What does your ELT do to support compliance?
  2. How do you utilize your ELT in your compliance messaging?
  3. Do you get the resources support from your ELT?
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Great Women in Compliance

Episode 30-Letitia Adu Ampoma

On today’s episode of Great Women in Compliance, Lisa speaks with Letitia Adu Ampoma, Director, Peverett Maxwell.   Peverett Maxwell provides compliance consulting and advisory services to organisations working in Africa, and she is based in Ghana. Lisa and Letitia met at the 2016 SCCE European conference and heard Letitia speak about the culture of compliance in Africa, and the differences between Africa and the west, and also between countries and regions in Africa.
Letitia’s career has taken her all over the world, and she started in compliance when she moved back to Ghana just as the UK Bribery Act was introduced.  She has become a leader in global compliance, and discussed cultural differences that all compliance practitioners should consider when working in Africa, the importance of how to focus on processes and goals, and key compliance trends in Africa right now, especially mobile banking and data privacy.
Letitia has lived all over the world, and this has impacted her viewpoint both on best practices in compliance and in business as a whole.  Letitia has always followed her instinct, whether it was to move home to Ghana from the UK, or to get involved in compliance, or to work in companies or now at Peverett Maxwell in her current role.  Her wealth of knowledge and experiences – makes her a #gwic and great friend.
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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 14, 2019-the Steinmetz indicted edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
  • Beny Steinmetz indicted in Switzerland over Guinea mine deal. (Reuters)
  • New study which shows that when independent auditors do their jobs correctly, they have trouble getting hired. (WSJ)
  • Non-profit puts down escrow money for house for its CEO. How could that be wrong? (WSJ)
  • KPMG partner ousted over messages brouhaha. (FT)
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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 135-CEOs Modeling Corporate Values

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly  and I go into the weeds to explore the actions by Delta CEO in not going to a meeting at the White House because of previously scheduled vacation plans. Is this modeling of corporate values useful to improve employee morale?
Some of the highlights include:

  • Why did Delta CEO Ed Bastain ditch a White House meeting?
  • Does a CEO cancelling a meeting to go on previously scheduled vacation model your corporate values?
  • If a CEO will not attend a meeting what does that say about a company?
  • Does the CEO’s help or hurt employee morale?
  • How was Delta accountable in its ferrying of stranded 5thgraders to DC?
  • How has Lowe’s damaged employee trust?

For additional reading see Matt’s blog post Great Example of CEO Setting the Tone on Radical Compliance.

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Trekking Through Compliance

Episode 74 – Requiem for Methuselah

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Requiem for Methuselah which aired on February 14, 1969 and Star Date 5843.7.

Compliance Takeaways:
  1. Sometimes a CCO must make a stand and speak truth to power.
  2. Why it is important to bring investment into decision making.
  3. Practice yet even with practice, things can still go awry.