Leadership Lessons From The West Wing — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Hsu Untied interview with Lisa Zang, Partner at Wilson Sonsini
Jose Almanzar Opens Up About His Immigration Journey from the Dominican Republic to the U.S. and His Path as a Hispanic Attorney
Hsu Untied interview with David Niemeyer, Partner at Skadden
Hsu Untied interview with Lily Zhang, Partner at Jones Day
Take your relationships to another level by co-authoring thought leadership with clients and referral sources
Hsu Untied interview with John Bostic, Partner at Cooley
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
TortsCenter Podcast | Episode 3 | Bill of All Trades
Steady Wisdom: How to Cultivate Career Endurance with Intention
Hsu Untied interview with Brad Kondracki, Partner at MoFo
Hsu Untied interview with Jordan Jaffe, Partner at Wilson Sonsini
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Spotlight Series: A Conversation With Women Trailblazers in Tax
A Journey from Guyana to the Boardroom with Kelly-Ann Gibbs Cartwright
Inspiring Inclusion: Promoting a Culture of Recognition from the Top - Passle's CMO Series REPRESENTS Podcast
Hsu Untied interview with Jae Lee, Partner at Nelson Mullins
From the Courtroom to the Capitol: Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum Talks Leadership, Advocacy, and the Journey to Public Service – Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Hsu Untied interview with Steve Osborn, Partner at Mintz Levin
No Password Required: Executive Director at National Cybersecurity Alliance, a People-First Leader, and a Cyber Satirist
Hsu Untied interview with Kelly Fair, Partner at Dentons
There is not much I enjoy more than sitting down with one of the innovative thinkers in compliance, Carsten Tams, to find out what is on his mind regarding compliance. I recently had the opportunity to make Ethics and...more
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When it comes to leadership, many people focus on qualities like decisiveness, communication skills, and strategic thinking. While these traits are undoubtedly important, there is another aspect of leadership that often gets...more
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The Republic of Texas holds a unique place in American history as a short-lived independent nation. In this special four-part blog post series, I will be diving into the intriguing world of the presidents of the Republic of...more
It is October and one of my favorite times of the year as I get to revisit the 1930s and 1940s classic monster movies released by Universal Pictures. The year I want to explore some of the lesser known Universal Picture...more
Let me start with yet another profound grasp of the obvious — leadership requires many important interpersonal and intellectual capabilities. I do not intend to list the important ones right now but leadership requires an...more
Corporate leaders and executives like to mouth the words surrounding corporate culture. It is part of the code they all use with each other. Few of them, however, really know what the word means or even dare to understand...more
In honor of President’s Day 2021, I look at some leadership lessons from Abraham Lincoln. In a New York Times (NYT) article, entitled “Lincoln’s School of Management”, Nancy F. Koehn, a historian at the Harvard School of...more
I’ve been involved with so many small organizations both profit and non-profit in one form or another as an employee, officer, or client. The one thing that is consistent with each organization is that the leadership sets the...more
We all know that economic incentives are critical to promoting performance. Going back to the days of Adam Smith, the U.S. economic growth is the result of a basic motivation – hard work can result in significant...more
The MLB Commissioner held senior leadership accountable for illegal sign stealing - even though the conduct generally involved players and low-level operations employees. On January 13, 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB)...more
Company managers are the lynchpin of a corporate compliance program. Without belaboring the Tinkers to Evers to Chance baseball analogy, a corporate culture of compliance requires an important information and accountability...more
I recently had the chance to visit with Valerie Charles, the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at GAN Integrity, Inc. (GAN Integrity) about a subject that is fastly becoming one of the more topical conversations in the compliance...more
Flying back home from Converge18 and it seemed like a good time for some reflections on the event. (Full Disclosure: I consult with Convercent, the event sponsor and spoke at the event.) ...more
I thought about the need for curiosity for a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in the context of a 2016 New York Times (NYT) piece which profiled Soledad O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Starfish Media Group, a...more
I hope you will consider just how impactful you can be as a leader, such as a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), or that your Chief Executive Officer (CEO) can be. ...more
I conclude my short series on what leadership lessons might be learned from four Presidents immediately preceding the Civil War. Today we continue our series on little known or remembered US Presidents with one of the great...more
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These are inspiring times for the compliance profession. Looking back on the last ten years, it is amazing to observe the growth and influence of the compliance profession. Many of the original advocates for the compliance...more
We always hear about the importance of tone-at-the-top. Corporate leaders are very familiar with how to say the right things about ethics and compliance and the company’s culture. But we all know that words are cheap – it...more
The leadership lessons from the race to the South Pole renewed my interest in leadership for the compliance practitioner. In a New York Times (NYT) article, entitled “Lincoln’s School of Management”, Nancy F. Koehn, a...more
The golden age of polar exploration lasted from about 1895 to 1912 during which time explorers raced to reach both the North Pole and South Pole. Even today those explorations and expeditions raise admiration and awe. Today,...more
I recently cracked open my Harvard Business Review to the article on “Why Compliance Programs Fail.” I read with great interest the authors’ theory on how weak, milk-toast metrics can result in check-the-box, paper-only...more