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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They must be relevant, meaningful, in alignment with cultural values, and tied to the right set of metrics. It is very typical that in this type of environment that the controversy shifts from company vs. employees, to employee vs. employee. It is not the bonus that is right or wrong, but the manner in which it is rolled-out.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. I think many in leadership get to choose the metric they use to measure, and they seem to always choose the one that makes them look good. I believe that leaders should also be able to create an environment of trust wherein employees feel empowered.

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The Transformational Leader: Compass to a New World, part 1

Strategy Driven

How well do you know your employees’ skills, work ethic, and willingness to embrace change? Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. If not, how will you imbue your leadership with what you need from them – or where will you go to acquire it?

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. The simple truth is that lowering standards is never a good thing in any environment.

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A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A.

Terry Starbucker

Make a mental note to recreate this “listening environment&# every time you are in the presence of your teammates. This approach also considers implications for the environment and results in pro?table Ethical leadership calls for morals, fairness, caring, sharing, no false promises or unreasonable demands on others, etc.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Moreover, ethical followers can help leaders avoid making questionable decisions and high performing followers often motivate leaders to raise their own levels of performance. It may not be surprising to know that Brown-Nosers often go quite far in organizations, particularly those not having good objective performance metrics.

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Leaders as Teachers: Two Things You Absolutely, Positively Must Do.

Terry Starbucker

You are demonstrating that yes, I have a work ethic , yes, I have a passion for this work , and yes, you need to follow my lead on how I tackle this work. Hitting a metric just doesn’t do the same thing. we’re obsessed with metrics. if people enjoyed the learning process we wouldn’t need all these metrics.