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Do Ethics Really Make You a Better Leader in Business?

Leading Blog

E THICS IS NOT a word used very often behind the walls of companies and organizations. Many companies have a set of values and company policies. However, very few companies educate leaders about ethics and encourage leaders to discuss ethics with their teams. Ethics are the foundation for peace and progress.

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7 Practical Ways to Create a More Sustainable Organization

Let's Grow Leaders

Two-thirds of employees care about the sustainability initiatives of their company. In a recent survey, 83% of millennials reported that they’d be more loyal to a company that prioritized greener living and addressed environmental issues head-on. Trim excess energy consumption. Select suppliers who share your green vision.

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Care Ethics Is Vital For Social Entrepreneurs

The Horizons Tracker

The past few years have seen a growing call for businesses to be ethical in both what they do and how they do it. Research from the University shows how ethical practice can have both an immediate and long-term impact for social entrepreneurs. Social success.

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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic. Yet despite our very tight job market, highly effective “magnet companies” attract and hang on to good people. Their reputation or “leadership brand” has become as critical to their success as the company brand they are selling in their market.

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Positively Energizing Leaders Are Heliotropic

Lead Change Blog

The heliotropic effect describes the inherent tendency in all living things toward positive energy and away from negative energy. In nature, the sun is the source of positive, life-giving energy, so the heliotropic effect explains why plants and other organisms lean toward the light over time. Solving problems is the goal.

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Your Name Is On The Line

Joseph Lalonde

We looked for a company to install foam insulation in our house for years. Finally, we decided upon a company. The insulation company’s employees were timely. We were so happy, we referred the company to friends and friends of friends. The insulation company looks bad. They did a great job. What happens here?

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Reviving Work Ethic

CEO Blog

I read a short book - Reviving Work Ethic - A Leaders Guide to Ending Entitlement and Restoring Pride in the Emerging Workforce by Eric Chester. One of my strengths and one of the things that I attribute my business success to is my high work ethic. EMJ and SYNNEX were high work ethic companies. I love the topic.

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