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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

By seeing the difference that we are making with and for others in reality; developing myself and my team; whilst also continually developing new relationships and product offerings. What separates you or makes you different to your competitors? Personally and professionally I am influenced heavily by my ethics and standards.

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The DISC Model of Human Behavior – A Quick Overview | Guy Harris.

The Recovering Engineer

It has no moral or ethical standing on its own. For example, I can use a hammer to build a house or to attack my neighbor. In both cases, the hammer is just a hammer. I guess that’s a by-product of working as a consultant and trainer of conflict resolution, communication, leadership, and team dynamics skills.

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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming’s list of 14 points for western management : Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. In those cases where the slogan is actually used as a hammer to blame employees when results disappoint is when it does cause damage.

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Addiction Marketing

N2Growth Blog

It was at that moment I realized the real power of one of Starbucks key business drivers, if not their most critical business driver – Starbucks sells products that cater to peoples addictive tendencies. What about companies in the luxury products sector? What about other fast food outlets?

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. How Ethical Are You? We also analyzed the top 50 ranked HBR articles of all time (by reprint sales). HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters. More >>.