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The FBI Way: The Seven C’s of Excellence

Leading Blog

It is hard not to become political, even when writing a book such as this, but it is critical to the FBI’s credibility that it is not seen as political. As Figliuzzi advises later in the book, “ Sometimes taking a broader view of your mission can help you preserve your values. ”. Figliuzzi notes that families need conservators too.

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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

Gioia supported Ford’s decision at the time, based on a plausible cost-benefit analysis. Yet the flaws in Ford’s analysis are immediately evident to someone properly trained in ethical reasoning. He wrote an honest article about his experience years later, after he became a business school professor.

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Self-Confidence for Leaders

Marshall Goldsmith

He finally asked: "I have read your book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There. In the book you talk about classic challenges faced by your clients. The best that you can do as a leader is to gather all of the information that you can (in a timely manner), do a cost-benefit analysis of potential options, use your best judgment.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs? What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? What would your family think of your decision?

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5 Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Advantage

Skip Prichard

One of the things we preach in the book is for leaders to be more “long-term greedy.” Fantastic points and reading the book gave so many examples to make them come to life. For example, we talk in the book about Pope Francis. I’ll share with your readers a fishbone diagramming tool that’s in the book.

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Influencing Up

Marshall Goldsmith

Present a realistic cost-benefit analysis of your ideas--don't just sell benefits. Marshall My newest book, MOJO , is a New York Times (advice), Wall Street Journal (business), USAToday (money) and Publisher's Weekly (non-fiction) best seller. Every organization has limited resources, time, and energy.

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Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

Leading Blog

Most books on decision-making describe these kinds of intuitive, gut-reaction decisions. What’s best for me or what’s best for the greater good or some other cost-benefit analysis. L IFE GIVES US CHOICES, and we make decisions. Some choices are easy like “Should I get vanilla or chocolate ice cream?” How do we decide?