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MARCH 24, 2015

Karl''s blog entries 10-10-10 Amazon.com Bain Business Plus CCN Creative Communication Network ethics Fort Worth Club General Electric Harper Business Harvard Business Review HBR Jack Welch Jack: Straight from the Gut Jane Beasley prenupitals Randy Mayeux Suzy Welch Suzy Wetlaufer The Real Life MBA Winning Winning: The Answers'

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Welch Ethics Books Creativity 70

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Everyone knows a business needs ethics, customers, and profits, but a lot of companies fail because they get the sequence wrong. Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. The most common mistake is [.].

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Ethics Newsletter Tips Review 80

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Margaret Heffernan, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril In a statement following the settlement, Wells Fargo said, “Wells Fargo reached these agreements consistent with our commitment to customers and in the interest of putting this… Read More Willful blindness: We are all starting to see it seemingly everywhere – Refecting (..)

Ethics 70

Ethics Commitment Blog 70

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JUNE 10, 2016

It takes 10,000 hours of… Read More Work Ethic May Really Be King – (insight from: the 10,000 hours rule; checklists; Grit; and Soledad O’Brien; and…). Mary Kay Ash, The Mary Kay Way It takes Grit. It takes Deep Work. It takes drive. It takes 10,000 hours. Peak; Outliers).

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Ethics Blog 70

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JULY 23, 2014

Ethical: Adjective following accepted rules of behavior : morally right and good ——————– So, here’s a question. What happens when your ethics are unethical? What happens when “following accepted rules of behavior” actually means following utterly unacceptable rules of behavior?

Ethics 70

Ethics Morale Blog 70

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

For the last few weeks/months, I have been on overdrive praising Peyton Manning for his legendary work ethic. Just a short post. It is still praiseworthy. But, to put it mildly, there are a couple of other lessons to notice from last night’s dismantling of the Denver Broncos. One is that Manning is not the […].

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Ethics Blog 90

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MAY 5, 2012

News item: Dallas Police Department fires three officers: Dallas Police Chief David Brown fired three officers Friday in cases involving alleged substance abuse, including one who police say drove while drunk and fired a weapon out of his car and another found to have misused prescription drugs.

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Morale Ethics Hamel Blog 128

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Badaracco is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses on business ethics, strategy, and management in the School’s MBA and executive programs. Badaracco is a graduate of St.

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Committee Ethics Review Blog 75

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APRIL 23, 2014

When I teach speech, I go over the classic arguments describing the available means of persuasion’s three primary elements (all from Aristotle): logos (the logical argument), ethos (the ethical argument – the credibility of the speaker), and pathos […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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Power Tools Ethics Blog 146

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JANUARY 11, 2015

It’s the playoffs. The New England Patriots pulled out a win, quite impressively. Seattle dominated. And here in Dallas, on this playoff morning, we are all on pins and needle, wanting the Cowboys to beat Green Bay… So, I did a little early morning football reading/surfing, and came across the Rodney Harrison defense of Bill […].

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Ethics Blog 70

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Xerox; the Edsel Im reading about criminal activities, and ethical blind spots, then, not now. First published in 1969, now reissued, these are not current stories. Im reading about innovation then, not innovation now. New products then, not now. General […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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Ethics Innovation Blog Books 116

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

You have a top 5% work ethic. There is a human cost to our VUCA world — to changing oil prices, and changing shopping patterns… Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine that you are a dedicated, hard-working, smart, on the road to constant improvement kind of person. You know as much about your field as the […].

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Ethics Price Blog Cost 98

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MAY 25, 2011

I have spent 13 years reading business books and presenting synopses of these books to folks ready and willing to learn. It took a while (I’m not all that sharp!), but I think I am beginning to learn some things myself. In fact, I think I am ready to state, for certain, that there are [.].

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Sharpe Ethics Team Books 97

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JULY 26, 2013

If you hire incompetent, untalented, unprepared people with a mediocre work ethic, you’re going to have a pretty unhealthy […]. Here is sign #7: A healthy organization excels at finding, nurturing, and keeping its talent. (“The The right people…”). The premise is simple. Randy''s blog entries'

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Organization Ethics Blog 113

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

Regardless of your views politically about effort, work ethic, personal responsibility, surely we can agree on this – every person needs a fair shot, an equal chance to be successful. On this day, the day that the body of Nelson Mandela was laid to rest, we think about the struggle for equality. You know: “we […].

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Ethics Politics Blog Succession 95

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JUNE 24, 2015

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether it’s proper technique, work ethic, or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out… You have to monitor […]. Phil Jackson — Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success You can’t skip fundamentals if you want to be the best.

Ethics 70

Ethics Strategy Succession Blog 70

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Shielded by color blindness, whites can express resentment toward minorities; criticize their morality, values, and work ethic; and even claim to be the victims of “reverse racism.” This is the thesis I will defend in this book to explain the curious enigma of “racism without racists.”

Books 70

Books Ethics Morale Blog 70

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AUGUST 13, 2015

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether it’s proper technique, work ethic, or… Read More “Let’s Start at the Very Beginning” – Do You Lack Any “Background Skills?”.

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Skills Ethics Blog 70

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

No, the problem is almost always an issue that is best described as a behavior (work-ethic, work-discipline, get along [.]. As I listen to leaders and managers describe employee problems, and struggle over when to let someone go, seldom do they say this: “that employee is simply not smart enough.”

Ethics 97

Ethics Succession Management Blog 97

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JULY 23, 2014

James O''Toole Joshua Green Judgment Calls Lao Tzu MIT Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing New York University Press book Oscar Wilde Paul Schoemaker Peppercomm Peter Drucker Planning-ness PR News PRWeek Sam Ford: An interview by Bob Morris Social Media Week NYC South by Southwest Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked (..)

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Word of Mouth Marketing PR Committee Wilde 80

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

Foreign Policy (The Ethics of American Foreign Policy) the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom The Office Politics Handbook: Winning the Game of Power and Politics at Work Tom Davenport University of California/Berkeley University of Hawaii Voltaire'

Handbook 75

Handbook Seminar Wilde Drucker 75

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JULY 11, 2012

Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations Bob Vanourek and Gregg Vanourek McGraw-Hill (2012) “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”

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Review Ethics Books Leadership 70

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AUGUST 6, 2011

Here is an excerot from an article written by Alaina Love and featured by the BloombergBusinessweek website (August 6, 2011) To check out all the resources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Completing ethics training is just the beginning of an introspective process U.S.

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Ethics Training Process Resources 75

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Bob''s blog entries A brilliant explanation of how to apply the most valuable lessons to be learned from Peter Drucker (1909 –2005) A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World''s Greatest Management Teacher AMACOM Benjamin Franklin Confucian Ethics Drucker''s four paths to an engaged worker Four Approaches to Entrepreneurial Marketing Peter (..)

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Drucker Books Review Class 75

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Bob''s blog entries A brilliant explanation of how to apply the most valuable lessons to be learned from Peter Drucker (1909 –2005) A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World''s Greatest Management Teacher AMACOM Benjamin Franklin Confucian Ethics Drucker''s four paths to an engaged worker Four Approaches to Entrepreneurial Marketing Peter (..)

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Drucker Books Review Class 75

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

After a rather full 24 hours, which included winning a Super Bowl, the MVP award, and going to Disney World, Aaron Rodgers then flew to New York to finish the day on Letterman. I watched the segment, which included a completion from Rodgers to Letterman (and a lucky adience member getting the football). There were [.].

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Teamwork Ethics Succession Leadership 172

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APRIL 18, 2013

.” Thomas Aquinas This is the sixth and most recent volume in the “50 Classics” series edited [.].

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Kahneman Books Review Ethics 75

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JANUARY 24, 2011

It has been a while since a book has sparked such interest, such controversy, such applause and disdain, and almost furor, as Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Yale Professor, and mother, Amy Chua (currently #5 on the overall list of bestsellers on Amazon). If you haven’t heard about it, you really must be [.]

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Ethics Books 106

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MAY 29, 2011

I look for people who have a very strong work ethic,” [.]. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Liz Elting, president and C.E.O. of TransPerfect, a translation service. “I

Ethics 75

Ethics Execution How To CEO 75

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JANUARY 28, 2013

This has nothing to do with me. It has to do with the incredible people who are in this movie. The people you see on stage. The more than 150 actors… they spoke in English, they spoke in Farsi. And the one thing they had in common was they came to work every single day, [.].

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Ethics Blog 123

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

There are times when I feel something close to a sense of despair. It has to do with a simple question – should a business take seriously the call to do right? The despair comes from what I read — in a lot of places/books/articles, but especially in the book I have recently completed, All [.].

Article 118

Article Books Morale Ethics 118

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Collegiate Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a partner at the RBL Group a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value.

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Ulrich Marketing Leadership Consultative 70

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Daniel Korschun is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. He works with companies to develop innovative CSR practices that generate value for both the company and society.

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Review Marketing Innovation Company 70

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MARCH 31, 2011

News Item: Justified (the program on FX) just won a Peabody Award The entertainment programs selected included The Good Wife, a CBS dramatic series about a political spouse’s life after her husband’s scandalous downfall, and Justified, FX’s modern-day Western set in the wild, wild hills and hollows of Appalachia.

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Wilde Politics Ethics Blog 131

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Who can we trust? Who can we trust to tell us the truth? Especially, when the truth really matters? This is not a new concern. And, the sense that more and more people seem to be so untrustworthy may be a false sense. I suspect that if we picked any decade, from any century, thoughtful [.].

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Collins Ethics Blog 103

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Here is another in the CONVERSATIONS AT EDGE series, in this instance a conversation with Nassim Nicholas Taleb. “The point we will be making here is that logically, neither trial and error nor “chance” and serendipity can be behind the gains in technology and empirical science attributed to them.

Definition 85

Definition Technology Hedge Engineering 85

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Kevin Cashman is a Senior Partner, CEO & Board Services, Korn/Ferry International. He is recognized as a pioneer in leadership development and executive development, focusing on optimizing executive, team, and organizational performance.

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CEO Execution Globalization Consultative 85