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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Fly-bys don’t count.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Fly-bys don’t count.

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Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

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Flashback To Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

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The Advisor’s Corner – Can Ethics Be Learned?

Strategy Driven

Question : Can you teach ethics, or are we ‘hard wired’ and born with or without ethics? YES you can teach the principles and importance of ethics. YES , you can model the ethics you expect within your culture. Therefore, what’s ethical in China is not ethical in Rome and vice versa.

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Lead Like it Matters… Because it Does, part 1 of 4

Strategy Driven

We want them to be loyal, grateful, ethical, engaged, and kind to the people they work with and for. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Relate Articles: Five Ways to Land in the Executive Chair.

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The Advisor’s Corner – How Do I Build Ownership?

Strategy Driven

Leadership authority Roxana (Roxi) Hewertson is a no-nonsense business veteran revered for her nuts-and-bolts, tell-it-like-it-is approach and practical, out-of-the-box insights that help both emerging and expert managers, executives and owners boost quantifiable job performance in various mission critical facets of business.