1 minute readFortune’s recently unveiled annual rankings of its Here are key criteria that Korn Ferry researchers vet in their survey of 15,000 senior-level executives and analysts as they surface the annual listing: In each of the buckets and between the lines comes through normative skillsets that speak to accountability for a fuller array of stakeholders. Securities and Exchange Commission proxy statements for any of the leading residential building and development enterprises make strategic executive compensation among “named executive officers” a big focus of annual shareholder disclosure. Increasingly, the blur between soft skills leadership and black-and-white financial and operational results measures arises in the discussion. Lennar, for instance, spells out clearly a cause-effect equation that links stakeholder accountability – to stockholders, homebuyers, the environment, community, associates, trade partners, and corporate governance – as a kind of septuple-bottom line. “We can only be an engine of social good if we are ultimately Reputation and organizational culture – two fuzzy and hard-to-quantify leadership skillsets – will get more weight as compensation factors as a direct correlation links transformation on diversity, equity, and inclusion with sustainable stake-holder value creation and operational results.
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