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. Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243. References Adams, J. Avoiding Accountability in Organizations.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. Skills and Tasks.

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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. It’s important to understand that vision statements are design oriented, while mission statements are execution oriented.

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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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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

Skills and Tasks : duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. The more strategic and Big Picture in scope, then planning reaps long-term rewards. Those who do the bulk of project work. Self Appointed.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2014

Make a careless, short-sighted, ill-conceived move and suffer the perilous consequences. Most of the time it merely takes tenacity and good old preparation to ensure you are aptly equipped to assert mutually desirable terms, anticipate objections, and discern what are motivators or ‘hot buttons’ will resonate with your opponent.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2016

If you have leadership skills, that’s highly valued. Think in these terms when you’re in an interview, and you’ll capture the attention of the employer. Are you asking meaningful questions about the company and its long-term goals, or are you focused on your short-term needs? Are you self-aware or self-absorbed?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

No, I bring this up because as we watch the shows that close out the year, as face after face of the celebrities who passed away are projected on our television screens, as tributes and speeches are made about the talent, beauty, genius and uniqueness of a particular dead celebrity or entrepreneur—I am thinking about their estates.

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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. These allow you to work towards something specific in your career whether that’s a better job role or a project that inspires you. What are my strengths and weaknesses?

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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. The brand may continue to prosper financially, but until it gets its external perception in line, it faces obstacles in the long-term.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A Great Year by Starbucker on January 3, 2010 As a leader, I’ve learned that getting off to a great start in a new year is very important. THEN , dive in.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

One of its major suppliers is under an ethics investigation resulting in significant delays. And a very visible acquisition under Mauricio’s leadership is struggling. Mauricio knew that he must carve out time for strategic conversations with his leadership team, but during a one-on-one coaching session he told me he was puzzled.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

NASA/Project Apollo Archive. Legacy building in business contexts can take the form of working to ensure the long-term viability of the organization and leaving it stronger, more productive, and more valuable than it was before. Leadership is changing — fast. Sponsored by Cognizant.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2024

Most of the disadvantages can be handled by asking at a time when you have the headspace and downtime between projects to take on additional work. If you’ve just completed a project or picked up a new skill, that is a good time to ask for feedback so you can improve your performance with the next task.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Listen in on MBA classes and corporate conferences and you will hear a lot of talk about the need for inspiring missions, ethical behavior and transcendent purpose. Our system of financial accounting rewards quarterly profits, but struggles mightily to place a value on ethical behavior. That should keep the accountants happy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

Most human projects, from eating lunch, to buying a house, choosing a career, and setting life goals, measure success along many dimensions. Some want to hold their shares for only a short time and care only about tomorrow's stock price. To maximize calories (again, you are still eating)? Maximize nutrition (you ate only salad)?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

There are many ways that even a good business with good leadership can be damaged or bankrupted. Looking back on my journey, I feel buoyed by this quote from investor Charlie Munger: “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

Three short minutes of explanation usually make excellent junior employees excited, since they feel the immediate benefits of gaining insight into decision-making processes. And if letting them solve it on their own feels like too big a risk for you, reconsider assigning the project in the first place. Set very short-term projects.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

“They all felt the benefit of that,” McIntyre notes, “and wanted me on board for subsequent projects.”. 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.

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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. However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions.

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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. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. It forces you to edit and target with accuracy.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

One is concerned with activities, procedures and project fulfillment. These are the visionaries who advise management in refining the organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics and contributions toward the company’s long-term growth. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. Skills and Tasks.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Short tenure in consulting, believing that recent corporate experience readily translates to the entrepreneurial marketplace. See consulting as an investment (short-term and long-term), not to be short-changed. How do they meet deadlines, initiate projects and offer ideas beyond the obvious?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

In eras following downturns and scandals, it is incumbent upon good companies to go the extra distance to be ethical and set good examples. To say that business and its communities do not affect each other is short-sighted… and will make business the loser every time. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Values in terms of savings: Time and motion savings. Values in terms of efficiencies: Meantime between new product introductions. Speed, accuracy and efficiency of project fulfillment. Team the project. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Unfortunately, one can get caught in a trap of being on the short end of the equation. ” Sizing you in terms of immediate benefit to them, they either probe further or move on. These people couch their requests in terms of your benefit. Ostensibly, all participants benefit from the synergy. Adopt My Interests.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Japan’s educational institutions and cultural work ethic give its managers a jump-start in their careers, but most companies don’t continue the development process as far as it could go. Also look for short-term, project-based assignments that will allow you (or them) to stretch and find new muscles.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

You’ll know as you read this interview – the wealth of leadership wisdom, strategic foresight, and transformative insights shared by Norm Smallwood—a luminary shaping tomorrow’s leadership landscape–will completely reframe how you look at the modern workplace! We labeled these foundational competencies the “leadership code”.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2016

They’re not happy with the results that their recruiters are producing, or at the very least, they’ve come to terms with what their recruiters can realistically produce. In construction, hammers are still used, but the scope of their use is much smaller and the projects they are used on are much more targeted. Keep it simple.

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