Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Phrases like ‘Don’t rock the boat’ or ‘It’s not in the budget’ often serve to halt innovation and maintain the status quo.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

To compete effectively, speed, innovation and intense customer focus are of essence. So how do agile organizations square the circle – obtaining the speed, innovation and flexibility they want – while employees get the fair deal, at least in terms of development, flexibility and empowerment, they want?

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 22, 2021

This week the EU released its long-anticipated regulations around AI. While a comment from the US Federal Trade Commission issued on the 19th of April may have slightly more teeth in the short-term, we have seen with GDPR the influence the EU has on global regulation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2013

Importantly, “That perspective enables us to rein in our smartness and harness it to serve a larger purpose in an ethical and appropriate manner.” Some focus on short-term goals and on deepening their depth of knowledge in their domain of interest. It’s about “transcending it and gaining a broader perspective.”

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Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 25, 2023

Consumer non-durables refer to products that have a relatively short lifespan, like food, beverages, and personal care items. Product Development and Innovation For those who enjoy creativity and problem-solving, a career in product development and innovation within the consumer non-durables industry can be incredibly rewarding.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2020

People have been worried about machines taking over jobs and lives for a long time. John Maynard Keynes warned in 1930 “about the new scourge of technological unemployment”, which he termed as “unemployment due to our discovery of means of economizing the use of labor outrunning the pace at which we can find new uses for labor.”

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 5, 2017

Dana Theus of InPower Coaching contributed How Long Should You Stay At Your Job? John Hunter of Curious Cat submitted Technological Innovation and Management. John recaps: “Technological innovation brings great opportunity for improving results and our quality of life. ” Find Dan on Twitter at @greatleadership.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. The report went on to show this has been a long-term downward trend rather than a temporary decline due to the Great Recession. It’s how we are wired.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 3, 2009

The focus on near-term ‘valuables’ at the extent of long-term ‘values’ can prevent companies from reaching the success to which they are striving. It’s obvious that values are not necessarily associated with long-term thinking, nor are valuables necessarily connected to the short-term.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Yet, without the right culture, organizations cannot succeed short term, nor can they endure. Teams with strong positive cultures can weather short-term blows to engagement, such as economic downturns, anxiety over mergers, or increased competition. Culture Spark. Organizational culture is often seen as an elusive topic.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2016

.” Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, announced that shareholders should sell if they did not agree with his decision to stop giving quarterly results and focus on the long-term creation of value that is “equitable, shared and sustainable.” Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Certainly, there will be implications for your personal life – raising questions not so much about balancing work and family in the short term, but about finding a sustainable mix for the long term. This often leaves you doing your “work&# at weird hours after your coworkers are long gone.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct.

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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. People need purpose, especially at work.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

To Boost Organizational Performance, Connect with the Core Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau It is essential to every organization’s long-term success that employees align their behavior with organizational goals and give their best efforts. These issues are referred to as strategic alignment and employee engagement.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some are short-term, meant for immediate action and achievement. Others are long-term and involve multiple stepping stones to get there. Where do I see myself in the short term (1-2 years) and long term (5+ years)? What are my strengths and weaknesses? Upskilling is never a bad idea.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

How does the concept help business people make critical trade-offs between short and long term or between competing, legitimate concerns of stakeholders — employees, suppliers, customers and shareowners? Yet this has been a long process of product design, introduction and success. And, of course, Steve Jobs.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 23, 2019

There are many types of managers but it takes a certain skill set for a manager to consistently lead their team to long-term success. Good communication skills involve really listening, keeping it short, asking questions, noticing body language and repeating back a summary of what has been discussed. Fair, ethical and honest.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Of course, copying what your competitors do — especially when it is illegal and inefficient – is the opposite of innovative. Some markets — for example, several in China — are too rife with bribery to get around it, and no amount of innovation can change that reality. How can companies kick this habit?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

Some want to hold their shares for only a short time and care only about tomorrow's stock price. Others are investing for retirement or to pay for a child's college tuition, and care about long-term returns. The old "efficient markets" idea that stock prices perfectly measure future returns has long been discredited.)

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Patience and a long-term view. Palmisano warned against prioritizing shareholders or other constituents, calling this "a false choice," and explaining that "Long-term management is a serious challenge in a world driven by short-term thinking. Directness. He's personable, but blunt.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

But everyone else was making similar loans and as long as they could be off-loaded through securitization, the company could continue to make money and was under pressure to do what all the other major banks were doing. If the analyst didn't like the fact that this might constrain profits in the short term, he could sell the stock.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 5, 2011

Here are brief excerpts from two articles featured by McKinsey & Company. I suggest you read them in the order in which they appear here, then click where indicated to read each in its entirety. I presume to suggest, further, that you register to receive email updates on other resources that are also available at [.].

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

In business settings, competition in the marketplace can promote those values we all read about in our economic textbooks: excellence in efficiency, innovation, service, and production. Decompetition invariably leads to problems both in terms of productivity and ethics. Through intense competition, the whole of society benefits.

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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

APRIL 26, 2012

I've long been a fan and chronicler of the company's green efforts (full disclosure: I've spoken at multiple Walmart events, including a sustainability summit held by Walmart Mexico in 2010), and this report did not disappoint on that front. Should other companies avoid the cost-saving, innovative, best practices of the bad actor?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The “ accelerated recognition of commercial income and delayed accrual of costs” undoubtedly flatters short-term results, but it soon catches up with you, as four suspended senior executives have found out. UK retail, like the rest of the developed world, is witnessing a few big long-term trends.

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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. Self-assuredness.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The perception has been eroding our industry's image and has caused many in our industry to assume that R&D, innovation, and social contribution are unaffordable luxuries in a fiercely cost-based competitive game. We strive to build a long-time dedicated partnership and to share knowledge and experience with them.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Most business schools have introduced mandatory ethics courses and revamped curricula to incorporate concerns about personal principles and social responsibility. Their relationships with employers are often instrumental, lasting as long as each side brings value to the other. These critiques have brought about some change.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2018

Advocates for rapid technology adoption often argue that humans are no better at explaining decisions than machines, and so we should table the question to accelerate innovation. It’s hard to measure and get feedback on long-term outcomes, but these known unknowns can be the most valuable for a system’s performance.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Don’t be timid.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Loyalty manifests in many different ways: trust that’s earned through repeated demonstration of a dedicated work ethic, commitment to a shared mission, and allegiance to the firm. He was amenable to that as long as I kept it private,” Tiger recalls. “We In short order, all four women acquired sponsors and were promoted.

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