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The Seven Signs of Great Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

They all: · Made fact-based decisions · Built great teams · Made ethics a part of the culture · Engaged listeners · Evaluate constantly · Embraced change · Inspired Make fact-based decisions At the start of each morning, Craig Ryden—the CEO of Yankee Candle—would look at the sales from the previous day in great detail.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243. Those who control the narrative often shape organizational perceptions and decisions.

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The Big Picture of Business – How Business Advice Turns Into Company Strategy

Strategy Driven

Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Caretakers of corporate bureaucracies, departmental supervisors, short-term clients, referral sources for business development and those who dangle carrots under people’s noses. Copyright 2007-2018 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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4 Hard Questions to Ask About Your Company’s Purpose

Harvard Business Review

The Volkswagen leadership set a new overarching goal for the company: to become the world’s largest automaker by 2018. What’s your plan for defending your purpose despite short-term temptations? Short-term pressures are inevitable. Then, in 2007, something changed.