Stakeholder Management

Companies put themselves at risk by making four key mistakes with corporate social responsibility.

The worlds of venture capitalism and corporate investing are not always easy to combine.

The latest revival of Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign shows the power of prioritizing customer demand over social approval.

Corporate activism is often framed as “take a stand or be silent.” But other alternatives exist.

For technical leaders, an acumen for change management may be more important than specific software skills.

Developing strategy means maintaining a difficult balance between concrete guidance and flexibility.

Clear, concise strategic priorities backed by metrics have value in communicating with stakeholders.

If you’re running a big project, watch out for these signs that stakeholders have doubts about it.

Kaiser Permanente’s CEO says leaders need to ask how well employees’ intelligence is put to work.

Projects can lose momentum if stakeholders grow skeptical. Here’s how to avert a ‘cycle of doubt.’

Today’s supply chains are required to be lean, agile, sustainable, and — increasingly — transparent.

How can companies counter negative perceptions of CSR efforts and have a credible dialogue with stakeholders?

An unexpected partnership emerged when Asia Pulp negotiated with Greenpeace.

The next generation of CSR managers needs to consider how to recruit allies in support of sustainability efforts.

Unless companies communicate their CSR achievements wisely, they risk being accused of greenwashing.

Some managers in our 2012 global executive survey are seeing profits from their sustainability-related activities.

When the Gap decided to overhaul the way it interacted with critics, it launched a strategy of stakeholder engagement.

In 2009, the business concerns with sustainability intersected with an urgent global economic crisis.