Great Leadership By Dan

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Hire People with Common Sense and Good Critical Judgement

Great Leadership By Dan

The Key to Business and Career Success , I spoke about the importance of hiring people with common sense and good critical judgment because at some point, you want them to violate policy when it is in the company’s best interest to do so. The bank made a decision about an hour later to close everywhere in the footprint.

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Boost Innovation by Strengthening the Organization’s Immune Systems

Great Leadership By Dan

But very often, organizations attempt to kickstart a large transformation process without adapting their policies for measuring and rewarding employee behavior to the new reality they have set out to create. Or, look at how the cryptocurrency Bitcoin has disrupted the regulated banking industry.

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Leading with Trust

Great Leadership By Dan

One of the eight foundations of trust is a set of policies I call "Invest." The co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs said, “The goal is for our analysts to want to be here for a career. Companies that actively invest in the professional and personal growth of colleagues are demonstrating trust in them.