Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 8, 2013

My insight on the topic is based on the corporate storytelling work I do on transformational leaderships as well as storytelling for influence and engagement. You see, in storytelling, as noted by Aristotle, there must be logos (logic), ethos (ethics, credibility, values) and pathos (emotions).

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Our greatest challenge as leaders is not understanding the practice of leadership; it is practicing our understanding of leadership. The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is “if they understand, they will do.” by Marshall Goldsmith. Most make a lot of sense.

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360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? This top management ethic is essential to brand resilience. Trouble often starts with the brand management itself – the loss of direction, the inability to inject innovation, the failure to recognize customer evolution, the lack of understanding of what the brand is and what it is not.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

In fact, the same week this story surfaced, the company released its 2012 Global Responsibility Report, an interesting juxtaposition to say the least. These achievements, along with a 5-year record of pushing the sustainability agenda harder than almost any company, are real and demonstrate leadership in responsible business.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

That was the question we put to a global community of hackers and innovators in the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge. In just two-and-a-half months, we received some 148 entries from leaders, thinkers, and innovators of all stripes, from every corner of the globe. Management Innovation According to Nature's Genius.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. By June of 2012 we were close to 100.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2013

The interest in and widespread confusion surrounding these ideas is evident from the fact that the most searched word of 2012 on Merriam-Webster's online dictionary was "capitalism," followed by "socialism." The word "capitalism" was coined by its harshest critic, Karl Marx , around 1850.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Fast forward to 2012 and “answering e-mails” would surely bite into the time-starved CEO’s work week. CEOs that understand and appreciate the notion are intensely passionate about innovation as the means to this end. They spearhead innovation by ensuring their organization’s cultural norm is continuous change and creativity.

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CEO Chief Executive Officer Business Model Competitive Advantage 207

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

In late 2012, Bank of America announced that it was preparing to add more restrictions to its work-from-home program, reportedly to increase efficiency. For upper-middle class men, notes sociologist Michèle Lamont, ambition and a strong work ethic are "doubly sacred. It''s not innovation. Increasingly, many fathers do, too.

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