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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

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.” But if there is not a sense of “accountability” from top to bottom, a work ethic will be sporadic if it exists at all. Fly-bys don’t count.

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Are Bosses With Integrity Less Innovative?

The Horizons Tracker

Risk-averse approach The researchers analyzed financial data from over 200 companies that were included in the Forbes 500 list between 2014 and 2017. The study validated the integrity measurement by comparing it with companies ranked as the most ethical by independent observers like Forbes and found a high correlation between the two.

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Flashback To Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

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.” But if there is not a sense of “accountability” from top to bottom, a work ethic will be sporadic if it exists at all. Fly-bys don’t count.

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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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Become The Leader Worth Following

Lead from Within

The ones that extend themselves to keep promises, act ethically, lead by example, show fairness, act out of humility, show confidence, and demonstrate trust. Ask yourself which of these things you’re already doing and which you need to work on: A leader worth following leads with ethics. © 2014 Lolly Daskal. All rights reserved.

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