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. . In August 2012 he established The Ethics of Success Corporation to help companies and individuals create and sustain positive change. Follow Omer on Twitter: @ethicsofsuccess or LinkedIn.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

This extract from Wellbeing at Work by Cary Cooper and Ian Hesketh is ©2019 and reproduced with permission from Kogan Page Ltd. In terms of wellbeing, you may begin to see how the concepts of meaning and purpose become more vivid. Is it seen as authentic, genuine and long lasting? Transformational leadership.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 31, 2020

My 10 years as an Air Force Officer and F-15 pilot put me on the front lines during the Cold War, and dealing with constant vigilance and preparation drove the work ethic I use today. By strategic we mean they support some larger or more long-term outcome. Photo Credit: Jeff Cooper. .

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Honest, ethical, and legal behavior is always appropriate—delegation isn’t. Are there areas where I can help other people grow and develop, and give myself more time to focus on strategy and long-term planning?” Decisions that involved cross-divisional cooperation were made effectively without involving him.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 24, 2019

I think that many people tend to separate out the “moral” lessons we learn as “ethical” or even “spiritual” people and the ones we learn as workers, managers or business people. “To build a long-term, successful enterprise, when you don’t close a sale, open a relationship.” And I think that’s a shame.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 28, 2014

” Honest, ethical and legal behavior is always appropriate – delegation isn’t. Are there areas where I can help other people grow and develop, and give myself more time to focus on strategy and long-term planning?” ” My caution to these executives is always the same: Don’t delegate more.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. Ethical behavior has to be led by example, and promoting people who ignore ethics when expedient for them tells everyone that the company wants results and it does not really care how they are obtained.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 7, 2016

The best policy may be to avoid incentives altogether and focus instead on creating systems in which intrinsic motivation, cooperation, ethical behavior, trust, creativity, and joy in work can flourish. You will often see such stroies about successful sports teams and how their season long slogan helped them succeed.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Donald Cooper ( Business Management Consultant & Speaker ) There is no ‘#1 leadership competency’ that on it’s own will make a successful leader. Discipline to complete the task no matter how long or tough the journey. It will attract more A players willing to follow you and your influence will grow.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. It is essential to build in a framework of virtuous and ethical principles.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

Dana writes, “When you have a tough work situation, finding ways to feel gratitude and appreciation can go a long way to turning the situation around, but is it really the best strategy? Jesse Lyn Stoner of the Seapoint Center shared Do an Ethics Check to Navigate the Gray Zone. Often gratitude is the last thing you feel.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

Graciousness, even in victory, goes a long way to make people want to help rather than trash when problems emerge. Integrity in all dealings means taking the interests of other parties taken into account, operating with a long-term perspective rather than short-term greed or sensationalism. Executives are not baboons.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

A taxi showed up not long after with the pizza, and Palmieri delivered it to the table. My colleagues and I did an experiment in which I gave participants difficult ethical challenges where there seemed to be no good choice. ” Osteria Francescana is not the kind of place that offers pizza. ” or “What could you do?”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

At first, this may suss out obvious problems or transgressors, but over the long term you will focus too much on the “what” and not enough on the “why.” Only leaders perceived as moderate in their ethical requests were effective in promoting positive employee behavior. But it’s not a quick fix.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

They want the companies they buy from to trade in an ethical and responsible way, and for the organizations they work for to not only make a positive difference to the world, but to offer them work that is fulfilling and enriching in equal measure.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

That was the question we put to a global community of hackers and innovators in the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge. It's Time for a New Metaphor Beyond "Ethics" and "Responsibility". The Mondragon Cooperative Experience: Humanity at Work. How Sustainability Is Becoming a Driver of Growth for Unilever.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

In terms of finding the right career, research shows that it’s really hard to predict what you’ll be good at ahead of time, especially just by “going with your gut”, and it turns out career tests don’t work either. It saves a lot of time and heartache in the long run.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

” “If you don’t cooperate with me, I’ll bring you down.” Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The term “mission” is a buffer, excuse, putdown and roadblock. Working long and hard, but not necessarily smart. Make them understand.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Zaleznik chronicled how he saw American managers, influenced by the rising popularity of the human relations school, turn increasingly from the substantive work of organizations — creating products and services, cultivating markets, pleasing customers, cutting costs, and getting stuff done — to what he termed "psychopolitics."

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Scientific studies have long suggested that investing in the right people will maximize organizations’ returns. For instance, potential for performing in a leadership role at the executive level requires strategic thinking and the ability to adapt an organization for the long-term future.

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Building Personal Strength

JUNE 16, 2011

But her teen journey happened during the sixties—a time of turmoil and permissiveness—and her life in a strict Catholic family was instrumental in keeping her away from teen pregnancy, drugs, alcohol-related injuries or death—the kind of trouble that can have long-term consequences.

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