Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Font-Line Leader: Building a High-PerformanceOrganization from the Groumd Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read. Question : Can work ethic be taught? Fly-bys don’t count.

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Books Leadership Ethics Morale 84

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 29, 2013

In my book, 7 Lenses: Learning the Principles and Practices of Ethical Leadership , I describe four principles that work together to provide a clear and actionable moral compass : . Leaders who demonstrate personal congruence demonstrate it across contexts, applying the highest ethical standards in all of their roles. .

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Morale Chief Executive Officer Self-aware Ethics 117

Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2019

“That means humans have a competitive advantage in the workplace if they are perceptive, sensitive, and insightful about human emotions.” To maintain your advantage, you need to always be learning too. Curiosity wards off defensiveness and keeps you ahead of the curve. So always be learning.

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Emotional Intelligence Short-term Technology Banking 249

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. Five Frequencies prescribes more than 20 practical Signal Boosts for turning culture into competitive advantage. How do you ensure it’s the former, not the latter?”

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 94

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

Do Less Better is the name of my book. The reward is longer-term competitive advantages. Whether you are a start-up or a Procter & Gamble, the ethic of focusing on what you do best and excelling at it is the culture and the identity that sustains an organization’s success. Clout is the culture of giants.

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Company Apparel Competitive Advantage Long-term 177

Coaching Tip

MARCH 26, 2018

Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century. People, not companies, generate value, so why isn't talent at the center of every company's strategy?

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Charan Human Capital Competitive Advantage Agility 123

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 16, 2009

In the book THE PURSUIT OF SOMETHING BETTER: How an Underdog Company Defied the Odds, Won Customers’ Hearts, and Grew Its Employees Into Better People , the authors Dave Esler and Myra Kruger detail how Jack Rooney turned US Cellular into a company known for great customer service. .&#

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Review Books Ethics Competitive Advantage 100

CEO Blog

JULY 31, 2011

Some businesses have such barriers to entry and such competitive advantage that they can still thrive even with poor execution. 4 - Look for areas of minor competitive advantage. My work ethic was a competitive advantage. I think that is why I ended up writing a book on time management.

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Execution Competitive Advantage Entrepreneur Cost 157

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

I recently spoke with Stan, thought leader, columnist, and business leader about his new book Be Different! The title of your book is Be Different! It’s a provider that a customer or client favors in the purchase of a product or service versus its competition. The Key to Business and Career Success. ” -Stan Silverman.

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Silverman Career Succession Ethics 109

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. For companies without clout, competitive advantage can be realized by keeping things simple, by cutting out the complexity cancer that is crippling so many enterprises.

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Human Resources Restructuring Competitive Advantage Marketing Strategy 183

CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

It takes great planning and great execution to succeed in business. ++ I read a short book - " It's Not About You - A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business " by Bob Burg and David Mann. As the title suggests, it is a short book - 120 pages. The book is written "storybook style". I love the title. Build your People.

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Hotels Competitive Advantage Ethics Travel 124

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. It was an inspiring message and he is genuine and clearly passionate about the organization, its people, customers and what it represents. Dan told the audience that he recently committed to his father, Chick-fil-A founder S. Military Gamification in Everything?

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Due Diligence Competitive Advantage McCarthy Godin 186

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Monsanto , for example, enjoys the competitive advantage that emanates from a culture of clout. There might be elements that are worth emulating, but certainly not the ethic of dominance, because by their very nature, small and medium sized operations have no clout. So how does a small player compete against mega corporations?

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Competitive Advantage How To Human Resources Strategy 100

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2010

In past posts I’ve written about Dov, his book entitled How and LRN, the company he founded to promote principled leadership. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. Friedman cites Dov Siedman’s belief that in an interconnected world we need “sustainable values&# more than ever.

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Competitive Advantage McCarthy Godin Middle Management 191

Coaching Tip

MARCH 5, 2014

High Performance Teams; A Competitive Advantage. Tiger Mom Amy Chua is back with ''The Triple Package,'' arguing superiority of certain cultures in new book. . Source: Amy Chua: The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America . Related articles.

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Succession Self-aware Competitive Advantage Ethics 97

The Practical Leader

JUNE 12, 2019

Ethics and Fairness. In his new book, Co-Human Harmony: Using Our Shared Humanity to Bridge Divides , Gudjon Bergmann, writes, “The most important project at this moment in history is to reclaim a social connection to the human persona, to move away from dehumanizing and otherizing in the direction of co-humanizing.”

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Human Capital Management Benchmarking Mission Statement 67

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 19, 2010

about The Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage.) About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. Government Accountability Office (GAO) developing a “key national indicators&# system that will be available online. Military Gamification in Everything? why is everyone smiling?

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GDP Metrics Competitive Advantage McCarthy 170

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

For many people, building community and connections is extremely motivating, something I wrote about for changethis.com in The Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. It’s a mission to be proud of. why is everyone smiling?

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Reputation Competitive Advantage McCarthy Godin 186

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

While truly agile organizations are still in short supply, I believe the emerging orthodoxy of agility offers a potentially more adaptable, sustainable, ethical, equitable and resilient approach to doing business in today’s fast-changing context.

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Agility Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 120

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 26, 2011

While IBM would always fire employees for ethical violations, almost no one was fired because of poor performance. In today's competitive world, job security for managers and professionals seems a distant dream. Global Competition In the 1950s managers and professionals in the U.S. had a huge competitive advantage.

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Health Care CFO Competitive Advantage Outsourcing 132

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 5, 2010

Get started today by reading this changethis manifesto entitled The Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment. Military Gamification in Everything? why is everyone smiling?

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Competitive Advantage McCarthy Godin Definition 186

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

In Joshua Kendall''s book, America''s Obsessives , the DSM defines the condition as "a preoccupation with orderliness.and mental and interpersonal control" and lists eight symptoms, at least four of which are necessary to reach a diagnosis. Ethics Human resources Innovation OCPD' I see no happy resolution to these conflicts.

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Competitive Advantage Ethics Human Resources Pharmaceuticals 8

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

After reading his book Culture Spark , I reached out to talk about his work and his research. “If There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. In fact, there is a huge risk in undervaluing the advantage the right culture plays. You share six myths about culture in your book.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 108

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Younger workers bring with them a new ethic of openness, participation, and interactivity and cannot imagine a life without Google and Facebook always within reach. Secret Sauce-- the recipe of differentiation and competitive advantage in a new world of unprecedented transparency.

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Innovation Competitive Advantage Trends Open-book 84

Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2014

I’ll add a few words of definition to each, but more important, think about each of these virtues as it relates to you, your self-disciplines, your actions, and your ethics. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Loyalty Open-book Customer Loyalty Ethics 57

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

Learn more about positive psychology and the Character >Connection>Thrive Chain on pages 116-130 of the free digital book download of Fired Up or Burned Out. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. Military Gamification in Everything? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Organization Outsourcing Leadership Hedge 186

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 23, 2014

FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Recommended Resource – Reviving Work Ethic. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95 part 4 of 6 !

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Chief Executive Officer Competitive Advantage Open-book Sports 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2013

You have to be ethical all the time. Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The Sales Bible , Customer Satisfaction is Worthless Customer Loyalty is Priceless , The Little Red Book of Selling , The Little Red Book of Sales Answers , The Little Black Book of Connections , The Little Gold Book of YES!

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Reputation B2C B2B Customer Loyalty 69

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. It is a compendium book, containing quotes and extrapolations into business culture, arranged in 76 business categories. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 86

Strategy Driven

APRIL 5, 2012

FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Recommended Resource – Reviving Work Ethic. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Resources Proposal Competitive Advantage Politics 50

The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Today we’ll take a break from Busting Your Corporate Idol for this timely guest post from Omer Soker, Founder of The Ethics Of Success. . Chip Conley’s recent best-selling book Peak re-affirms recognition and meaning as success and transformation drivers for employees. Follow Omer on Twitter: @ethicsofsuccess or LinkedIn.

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Cooper Motivation Herzberg Maslow 48

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. It is a compendium book, containing quotes and extrapolations into business culture, arranged in 76 business categories.

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Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 74

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

If the leader is slack, lacks work ethic, or is slow to decide, they have given tacit permission to their team to be and do the same. Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM!

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360-Degree Feedback Leadership Open-book Customer Loyalty 74

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We asked Roxi Hewertson about the 8 overarching leadership insights that kick off her new book Lead Like it Matters…Because it Does hitting the stores in just a few weeks. Some of the best-intended and least effective leaders I have known regularly read lots of books and even more articles on leadership. Doing is the hard part.

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Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage Definition Article 63

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Your humor, your friendliness, your helpfulness, your approachability, your trustworthiness, your honesty, your ethics, and maybe even your morality. Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM!

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Mission Statement Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Library 58

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Let me give you the good news, and the sales news… There are several strategies you can employ to get around the bidding process, or legally and ethically change the bidding process. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Proposal Price Long-term Customer Loyalty 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2015

Do it any (ethical) way you have to. Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The Sales Bible , Customer Satisfaction is Worthless Customer Loyalty is Priceless , The Little Red Book of Selling , The Little Red Book of Sales Answers , The Little Black Book of Connections , The Little Gold Book of YES!

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Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Conference Books 50