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A Life That Mattered

Your Voice of Encouragement

His work ethic was something to behold. Every three years for the past two decades he funded a reunion for these same family members so we could bond and create more memories that drew us even closer. Throughout his entire life, I never heard of a single person disliking him.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Business Leader as Community Leader

Strategy Driven

In eras following downturns and scandals, it is incumbent upon good companies to go the extra distance to be ethical and set good examples. No matter the size of the organization, goodwill must be banked. It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree.

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The Happiness Advantage: Paradise Lost and Found

Strategy Driven

I thought the seemingly universal distaste for schoolwork would bond us together. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. Struggling for points of common experience, I asked in a very clearly tongue-in-cheek tone, “Who here likes to do schoolwork?”

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Getting More Black Women into the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Another was Geri Thomas, former Chief Diversity Officer at Bank of America, started at the bank when she was a sophomore at Georgia State (and the bank was still Citizens and Southern National). Both women came from educated parents (Drew Jarvis’s father was a physician and researcher who pioneered blood banks).

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What It Will Take to Change the Culture of Wall Street

Harvard Business Review

Dudley, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, gave a speech Monday in which he used the word “culture” 45 times. I’m hoping they mark the beginning of a change in how regulators think about reining in law-breaking and excessive risk-taking at banks. The bank also went after the bonuses of the individuals involved.

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Do Commodities Speculators Make Things Cost More?

Harvard Business Review

The involvement of banks such as Goldman and J.P. It is certainly true that investors, dismayed at the prospect of low returns for stocks and bonds for years to come, have poured money into commodities over the past decade. Ethics Finance Global business' Is it bad rules set by the London Metal Exchange?

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Make Yourself Sponsor-Worthy

Harvard Business Review

When asked how she had built great relationships with three different sponsors, Sian McIntyre, head of Legal at Lloyd’s Banking Group, says simply, “I’ve delivered.” Tiger Tyagarajan, CEO of Genpact, attributes his success to the bond he cultivated with Pramod Bhasin, his boss and sponsor for 17 years.