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Female Bosses Are Fairer In How They Pay Staff

The Horizons Tracker

During the financial crisis of 2008, it was widely cited that a greater presence of female managers in the financial industry would have resulted in more ethical behaviors. “Our study shows that diversity in the executive ranks is important if the atmosphere in a company is to be appreciative and wage inequality is to be limited.”

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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Social Responsibility and Ethics As global awareness of social and environmental issues grows, corporate responsibility and ethical practices have become more important than ever. Be extraordinary.

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Do Women Bring More Happiness to Families, Greater Effectiveness.

Michael Lee Stallard

These conversations develop emotional connections and convey information that often has an impact on the execution of tasks. Greater task complexity and velocity/ throughput typically require greater connection and conversation to achieve sustainability and excellence in execution. why is everyone smiling?

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When we view our responsibilities three-dimensionally as if through a prism that simultaneously allows us to keep focused on the MRC concepts, we will make better mission-focused decisions that are based upon how our resources must be deployed to accomplish them, and we will operate in ethical ways that resonate with our partners and employees.

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Brain Research: To Improve Learning, Use Whole Mind

Michael Lee Stallard

According to Dr. Diamond, the executive function of the brain — the prefrontal cortex — works best when we go beyond the rational mind by also involving emotions and physical behaviors. Adele Diamond, a cognitive developmental neuroscientist who currently teaches at the University of British Columbia in Canada. why is everyone smiling?

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At Times, Trust = Connection + Contract

Michael Lee Stallard

This is especially true when it comes to more complex agreements and agreements that are executed over longer periods of time. I’ve also noticed that the more a company stresses its ethical policies…the more ethical problems it seems to have. 2 Comments so far davidburkus on October 11th, 2010 Good observation.

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Darden's Leadership Sage

Michael Lee Stallard

We gave a three hour presentation to students in the MBA for Executives program and briefly visited friends such as professors Marian Moore and Alec Horniman. Take a look at the excellent video of Dr. Horniman discussing the importance of ethics in business and you’ll see what I mean. Darden has so much going for it.