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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. John Hooker is a T.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions. 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.” There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. 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. Let’s just touch on a few.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. Trust is a common factor in the cost-benefits analysis, compliance with authority, or loyalty to leaders hypotheses.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Alignment : Any new idea should preferably add value to existing initiatives, and if not, it should show a significant enough return on investment to justify the dilutive effect of not keeping the main thing the main thing.

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The Triumph (and Challenge) of Climate Math

Harvard Business Review

A large consumer products company — which tells me it will be going public with this story very soon — has already cut carbon in its own operations by 80%. Similarly, the math on climate action is getting better every day as the costs of inaction rise. We will need strong global policies and a price on carbon.