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SERVANT Leaders are Virtuous – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

This means being a leader even when nobody’s watching and valuing everyone – especially those who may not have something to offer that benefits you or your career. If the leader has strong morals or ethics, they will often need to trust their instincts. Virtuous Attributes of Servant Leaders. Character (Frick & Sipe).

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business Review

You are the newly promoted vice president of business development at an oil company. The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. A company could have a terrific ethics policy, but actions speak louder than words on paper. Picture this.

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Creating a Culture of Unconditional Love

Harvard Business Review

As that dramatic disintegration played out in early 2002, I had to present our office’s results and perspectives at the firm’s annual partners’ meeting in Switzerland. More important, he would never, ever, hire anyone who was not dying to work in a highly professional, ethical, collaborative firm.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. No executive development program was held at Enron. Running the business. Executives.