Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Lead Ethically Unethical behavior by a single employee is often easy to spot and deal with. This slow spread of unethical behavior is called ethical fading. Great leaders set and hold the bar on ethics. There’s a reason that professional sports teams pay millions of dollars for a coaching team.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 13, 2016

Competition is everywhere: Wall Street, private industry, start-ups, technology, sports, and school. Instead, he used it as motivation to Grind and get ahead of others. They were dedicated and had a great work ethic because they worked more than everyone else. Are you trying to be someone else or are others trying to be you?”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Guest post from Bernie Swain : Leadership requires all sorts of qualities: judgment, character, confidence, an unshakeable commitment to a work ethic guided by a moral compass. You will never outgrow or outlive it, but you can be motivated by it. The lessons young Holtz learned that year “have guided me all my life,” he told me.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Seems to me that the alleged girlfriend effect is for socially inept girls who like being treated badly to cluster around socially retarded boys who play sports. I can give a motivational talk every bit as “good&# as the ex Janitor, the tall one. Rich Gee 11.06.10 Have a great Saturday and keep the comments coming.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 13, 2019

Their success is built on their passion; they love what they do, and their passion is contagious, inspiring and motivating. Work Ethic. Successful entrepreneurs are the people who have an exceptional work ethic. They are the first ones in the office and the last ones to leave. They don’t take the safe and well-worn path.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 15, 2010

This applies to groups of all sizes including classrooms and schools, families, business and government organizations, hospitals, sports teams and the social sector. Strong relationships are key for any group to achieve the benefits enumerated above. why is everyone smiling?

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CO2

JANUARY 29, 2012

Leaders in all spheres–education, business, politics, sports–feel compelled to address short-term concerns, now more than ever. And yet we also want leaders to be mindful of long-term stewardship and to act ethically. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 27, 2023

Additionally, some managers had witnessed their staff facing health issues and loss during the pandemic, leading them to feel a greater sense of ethical obligation towards their employees. Meanwhile, parents with older children welcomed the extra time as an opportunity for some much-needed “me time.”

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 12, 2019

.” Organizational performance is a team sport. Ethics and Fairness. The Purpose Motive: Why Does Your Organization Exist? Organizations need to move “beyond mission statement and philanthropy to learn to lead (their emphasis) the social enterprise — and reinvent themselves around a human focus.”

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Howard Morgan and I recently published an article entitled “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” in the fall 2004 issue of Strategy+Business that involved over 86,000 respondents from eight major corporations. Their answers never have anything to do with ethics or integrity. They are not liars or phonies.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So far I’ve seen good examples not only in the military but also in business, the social sector organizations, families, rock bands and sports teams. Michael Lee Stallard on October 19th, 2010 Brian, It can indeed! Any group of any size benefits from connection. Nice to hear from you my friend. I hope you are well and thriving.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 30, 2010

My curiosity got the best of me, however, once I learned that Lombardi was based on one of my favorite sports biographies, David Maraniss’ When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi. Lots of luck with that, I thought, when I first read about the show. To my great surprise, Lombardi was enthralling and inspiring.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

Champions: Usually associated with sports, the word champions identifies the ultimate winners. Goal-setting research tells us that feedback is necessary for any goal setting to motivate performance. It’s the fuel that gets you going in the morning. It’s the energy that drives you throughout the day. They work together.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

From Google to government, and Science to Sports, the world is full of famous names who were introverts at heart. When someone crosses an ethical line or violates a cornerstone value , don’t pause to consider, speak up immediately and confidently, “We don’t do that here” . Sometimes you have to get comfortable reacting.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Football field - What sports are you into? Wooden tennis racket – What do you do for fun? What are your interests? Bi-plane - Do you travel for business? Did you go on vacation this summer? High school - Where did you go to school? Goal post - What goals are you shooting for this year? All I ask is that you try it. Unported License.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Howard Morgan and I published an article titled “Leadership Is a Contact Sport” in the fall 2004 issue of Strategy+Business that involved more than 86,000 respondents from eight major corporations. Their answers never have anything to do with ethics or integrity. They are not liars or phonies. Realize how busy they are.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 7, 2021

Wish people a happy birthday, congratulate them on good feedback, ask about the kids or bust their chops about their favorite sports team. This “ethical visibility” isn’t crying for attention or being a diva. These things happen naturally when we’re co-located, we just need to make sure they happen when we are apart.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. But what we also need is hope and motivation. We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. We might simply vote without doing our homework first.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

And according to a newly-released study , women executives who once played competitive sports, in college or elsewhere, prefer to hire other people with athletics in their background. Of these top executives, over half (52%) played a sport at the college or university level. Women executives are no different.

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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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Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 23, 2011

That’s what sports are for. In addition, all these jobs kept him in top physical condition, reinforced his work ethic, and made him a better athlete on the baseball team. As a teen, Shane was too busy with sports and work to get into trouble. Today, accumulating wealth no longer motivates him. Let’s talk about that.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Reading the report with that lens can help leaders better understand the biases that get in the way of ethical conduct and ethical organizations. However, in competitive environments such as work and sports, the classic findings flip : competence is prized over character. Performance over principles. Gain awareness.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. Everybody had to do the sports hour.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Sports competition, for example, allows people to experience the exhilaration and excitement that come from the sweet tension of the game. Decompetition invariably leads to problems both in terms of productivity and ethics. What is really motivating me? Through intense competition, the whole of society benefits.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Supreme Court, which said that closely-held for-profit companies don’t have to provide the full range of birth-control options to employees, this interview with Wharton legal studies and ethics professor Amy Sepinwall is worth reading (or listening to, on podcast). Gender Work life balance'

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Bob Nelson – Recognized as a Top Thought Leader by the Best Practice Institute, he has sold 5 million books on management employee motivation and engagement, including 1501 Ways to Reward Employees.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Patience seems to run counter to what motivates promoters! Talk to other entrepreneurs, but only accept advice from the successful. Seeking ideas from other industries does not take as much time as it takes paying attention to hone an awareness.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 12, 2011

A few of the most important and valuable leadership traits are: honesty, intelligence, work ethic, decisiveness, ambition, compassion, and creativeness. As a result, women are more likely to be transformational leaders, helping employees develop their skills and talents, motivating them, and coaching to be more creative.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Supreme Court, which said that closely-held for-profit companies don’t have to provide the full range of birth-control options to employees, this interview with Wharton legal studies and ethics professor Amy Sepinwall is worth reading (or listening to, on podcast). Gender Work life balance'

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Our prior research had found that increasing employees’ sense of play, purpose, and work potential can increase their adaptive performance, improving sales, customer experience, creativity, ethical behavior, and grit. Previously, working in the call center was a solo sport. First we reduced tactical performance pressure.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

I have no trouble motivating myself. Most of the sports or activities I have enjoyed are individual ones.   Doing so causes us to pull our focus away from the areas where we are naturally endowed, depletes our confidence, and drains our motivation.  I live by the verse, "To whom much is given much is required."

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented. Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. Use print to provide detailed information.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 11, 2010

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails When To Coach And When To Counsel Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders ► September (14) Definitions Of Key Business Terms Be A Manager Who Makes Decisions How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company How Sports (Or Band) Can Make You A Better Leader How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

As a result of these feelings, however, you can lose motivation and succumb to the negative effects of stress or become angry. She was able to come up with creative new ways of building relationships and demonstrating her work ethic in her new workplace. 4) De-identify from the situation.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2010

That’s the time it takes to feed it into your motivation machine, and move right along. As it turned out, my boss relished those “millisecond” motivation boosts – in fact, he had a poster in one of his offices that later cemented my banishment of “can’t” from my own vocabulary. Thanks for the morning motivation.

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