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Holding Powerful & Arrogant Bosses Accountable

Coaching Tip

Winston, a former executive responsible for leadership development at the Countrywide Financial Corporation, spent three years in a legal battle against Countrywide, the once-mighty mortgage giant, and its current owner, Bank of America, contending that he was punished and pushed out for not toeing the company line. million in damages.

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Employee Volunteer Programs Make A Difference In The Community

Women on Business

Additionally according to the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and Business Civic Leadership Center in 2005 64% of executives surveyed say that corporate citizenship produces a tangible contribution to the company bottom line. In 2011 Sterling Savings employees spent 44,000 hours volunteering.

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New Study IDs Best Companies for Leadership?, Innovation

Great Leadership By Dan

Leaders encourage collaboration and reward it accordingly (Dan: yes, the soft stuff really does matter , you can take it to the bank!): - 100% of the Top 20 companies take clear action when a leader is not collaborating, vs. 59 percent of all others. Hay Group has researched the Best Companies for Leadership since 2005.

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Wise Economic Decision Making

Coaching Tip

In 2005, housing accounted for 6.1 Some economists have been assailed for having financial ties to the big banks that did so much to precipitate the financial crisis. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 17, 2011. Not too long ago, housing was the workhorse of the U.S. economy before the end of the real estate boom.

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How a Turkish Bank Became the Employer of Choice

Harvard Business Review

August 2011 HBR. Our experience at Garanti Bank shows how even in seemingly the worst of circumstances, companies can become the most attractive of employers. Our experience at Garanti Bank shows how even in seemingly the worst of circumstances, companies can become the most attractive of employers.

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Wells Fargo and the Slippery Slope of Sales Incentives

Harvard Business Review

The settlement stems from the bank’s employees allegedly opening more than 2 million bank and credit card accounts without customers’ permission. In 2005 the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh Inc., In 2005 the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh Inc., Will eliminating sales goals do it?

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Research: Writing a Business Plan Makes Your Startup More Likely to Succeed

Harvard Business Review

” A plan helps detail how the opportunity is to be seized, what success looks like, and what resources are required, and it can be key to the investment decisions of angel investors, banks, and venture capitalists. entrepreneurs over a six-year period (2005 to 2011).