Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

What is the most ethical action we might take?” ~Albert Einstein; the question that led to the theory of relativity. What might DNA look like in a 3D form?” Watson and Crick; the question that led to the discovery of the double helix. Where can I get a good hamburger on the road?”

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Building Personal Strength

MARCH 18, 2011

As I write this post, my favorite college basketball team, the Duke Blue Devils , are warming up for their first game in the 2011 NCAA men's basketball tournament. At least five players on the team will eventually have NBA careers. One of these, Ryan Kelly, has a super-high work ethic and basketball IQ and a sweet 3-point shot.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. At one point in my career, I worked for a man who was a tyrant, bigot and sexist. We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. Worse yet, we may not vote for anyone.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Yet it is always the moral and ethical thing to do. If you are in a work environment that simply doesn’t get it, get out asap! Mary Jo Asmus : December 16, 2010 at 12:40 pm Ellie, I agree that the context or environment makes it difficult to admit when one is wrong.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. I am always so refreshed by the centrality of ethics, doing the right thing, and people as capital – in your work! Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game. Great insights Susan.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Team sports is great for this. While it is not for us to build walls for our children and drive out their dreams and ambitions, it is our responsibility as parents to ensure that they have the values, discipline and work ethic that allows them to make good choices for themselves and be responsible for them no matter the outcome.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Then develop an understanding of whether or not a reaction or decision was appropriate, emotionally, professionally or ethically is the only way to recognize character flaws and improve them in the future. Recognizing how you behaved in a social situation with a peer, coworker or family member is important.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. The choice of alliance will color the depth of exchange. Align with similar initiatives. To reinvent the wheel is time-consuming. Try new approaches.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. Everybody had to do the sports hour.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Class-based bias, just like gender- and racial-based biases, can seep into workplace systems and artificially hinder the career success of those groups. For example, what are elite sports? What are working-class sports? Sports isn’t the only culture difference that class is expressed through.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented. ▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2010

It was 23 years ago, and I was just starting my leadership career. Thank you for sharing your story about your boss – I love his attitude and am sure that so much of what you later accomplished was because he helped you “fix&# that “can’t&# mentality early on in your career! It’s useless.

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