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JULY 12, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton "Do Laws Set the Standard For Ethics?" may be a simple question, but the answer is complicated. They do and they don't set the standard. .

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Each day will bring new challenges, and to succeed within ethical boundaries, we’ll all need a clear picture of “good leadership.” This series is an annual tradition and this year’s posts include 22 quotes (each linked to a post with leadership guidance) to inspire you to grow your leadership skills to be ready for whatever 2022 may bring.

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Leading in Context

MAY 17, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton I blogged a while back about the Critical Roles of the (Ethical) CEO. I realized later that these important ethical roles apply not just to CEOs, but also to all senior leaders in an organization.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Many Programs Focus on Risk While many ethics programs focus on the risk side of ethics - compliance with laws and regulations, avoiding lawsuits, etc., there is an equally important side of ethics that involves helping others develop their own skills and abilities in ways that support the organization's mission.

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Leading in Context

MARCH 18, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton I have been thinking about how lightly some leaders take the subject of ethics. Some ignore ethical issues altogether or think ethical issues are unimportant compared to money concerns. It’s a risky choice to take ethics lightly. We are responsible for our choices.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton Developing competent ethical leaders is a huge challenge. Complexity Context Ethical Leader leadership and management leadership competence leadership skills what is ethical leadership' Why is it so difficult? We live in a globally-connected society, and are expected to be globally-aware.

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Leading in Context

MAY 27, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton Have you had an insight while attending a conference? While listening to a speaker, you hear a new idea that strikes you as important, and you jot it down to follow up. But do you ever follow up?

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Leading in Context

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton Today I'm taking you inside the mind of the ethical leader to explore ethical thinking. Inside the Mind of an Ethical Leader “I make decisions based on values, not money pressures.” “I I need to constantly learn in order to stay ethical.”.

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AUGUST 19, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton Leaders and organizations can get into real trouble if they oversimplify ethics. Some examples of what that might look like include lonely ethics statements (that look good on paper but are not brought to life) and grand statements (that are vague and not well understood).

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Leading in Context

AUGUST 9, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton Using the commonly-taught types of thinking is very useful in life, and helps us be better professionals and business people. But there's a catch.

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Leading in Context

MAY 8, 2019

By Linda Fisher ThorntonEthical thinking and critical thinking are both important and it helps to understand how we need to use them together to make decisions. .

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Leading in Context

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Each day will bring new challenges, and to succeed within ethical boundaries, they’ll need a clear picture of “good leadership.” This series is an annual tradition and this year's post includes 18 quotes (each linked to a post with leadership guidance) to inspire you to grow your leadership skills to be ready for whatever 2018 may bring. .

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Leading in Context

JUNE 19, 2013

Ethical Leader Ethical Thinking ethical ethical leadership ethical leadership in a global society ethical responsibility what are leadership skills what is ethical leadership' One way to help people respect cultural differences is to build what UNESCO calls "intercultural competence.".

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JUNE 28, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton As leaders, we are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethical behavior, and that includes interpersonal behavior (HOW we get the results we get, and how our behavior impact others). This week I'm sharing a review of behaviors that are a "NO GO" for ethical leaders.

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Leading in Context

AUGUST 22, 2018

There Will Always Be Grey Areas There will always be ethical grey areas. We see plenty of information about lying, cheating, stealing and other obvious ethical violations. It is more difficult to know what to do when we encounter behaviors that fall into ethical grey areas, particularly in term of relationships with other people.

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Leading in Context

JULY 31, 2013

By Linda Fisher Thornton Recently, I released the Leading in Context Manifesto, a bold statement of belief about the kind of ethical leadership that I believe we need to use every day. Ethical Leader 7 Lenses ethical leadership ethics ethics in leadership Leadership what are leadership skills what is ethical leadership'

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MAY 1, 2019

By Linda Fisher ThorntonThe question of the day is "How does "shallow thinking" leads to ethical mistakes?" Think about how these characteristics describe the kind of thinking that leads to ethical mistakes and decision gridlock. . By shallow thinking, I mean thinking that is limited in breadth and depth.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Talking About What Matters In the post Talking About What Matters (Part 1) I explored how talking about ethical values engages people, helps them find meaning and improves the organization’s metrics.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Ethical Leader Ethical Organization Ethical Thinking ethical business leadership leadership development leadership skills Responsible Leadership' But when we ask the teams we lead to be respectful, I wonder if we''re aiming too low. Shouldn''t we be asking for more?

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton This series includes 18 quotes (linked to posts with leadership guidance) to inspire you and help you develop an ethical leader's mindset. Part 1 included the first 9. Here are 9 more:

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JUNE 21, 2017

I shared this important statement in a previous post - it was an aha moment from a Tweetchat I guest-hosted on Leading With Ethics. We should consider all stakeholders as we lead – those we serve, those we lead, the powerless, the silenced, the planet, and all of humanity."

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 4, 2017

To succeed within ethical boundaries, they'll need a clear picture of "good leadership." By Linda Fisher Thornton Are your leaders prepared for the year ahead? Each day will bring new challenges. This series includes 20 quotes (linked to posts with leadership guidance) to inspire you and help you improve your leader development.

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MARCH 2, 2016

This interview explores my business journey and includes advice for leaders about learning and applying ethical leadership. It addresses issues that concern leaders including: qualities of ethical leaders the multidimensional nature of ethical leadership learning ethical thinking identifying ethical leaders measuring leadership success.

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 27, 2021

It will take a healthy dose of skepticism, critical observation and research skills to find out if what we see is as it appears. There are many new ways that bad actors are usual digital sleight of hand to trick us. And the list is growing. Educate yourself and your teams about these methods of trickery and how to spot them:

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In a connected global society, it's an essential skill. More information and more choices would be great if we had the time to research and decide, but the reality is that it's difficult and time consuming to sort out which information is reliable and which is not.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

There are broad ethical implications of over-solving problems, and this post will explore some of them. By Linda Fisher Thornton Sometimes out of fear, convenience, profit (or marketing promises) we use a solution that goes way beyond what is necessary to solve the problem.

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 4, 2012

To understand the evolving definition of "leading ethically" in a global society (Review Selected Posts) ? How to Use The Leading in Context® Website Consider how you want to find information and then click on the link below: ? To follow my curiosity (Scan the Blog Index for titles that interest you!).

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This Center for Creative Leadership video succinctly introduces 6 paradoxes in the essential leadership skills required in a post-COVID world. COVID-19 has brought us many challenges including balancing economic and human factors, moving quickly but taking time to show compassion and so on.

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MAY 23, 2012

Is it a skill? What is Creativity? In the leadership development world, creativity is getting a great deal of attention now. But what is it? Can you learn it? How do we lead in ways that encourage it? This post begins to answer those important leadership questions. When we explore the question "What is creativity?"

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APRIL 6, 2016

This close-up view can be helpful for fine-tuning our leadership skills, but then we may begin to think that this close-up view is all there is to good leadership. By Linda Fisher Thornton Leadership is multifaceted, but leadership books are not often written about that.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 20, 2012

This new work environment requires new leadership skills, including a willingness to lead when the situation is complex and the outcome uncertain.

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Leading in Context

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Institute for the Future and the University of Phoenix Research Institute list transdisciplinarity as #7 in a list of skills critical for Workforce 2020. What is Transdiciplinarity? They define it as "understanding concepts across multiple disciplines.".

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JULY 7, 2021

By Linda Fisher Thornton Whether it's cute cat videos or shocking (and sometimes untrue) headlines, we've all found ourselves "down the rabbit hole" of distraction. We suddenly realize how much time has passed, and that we have abandoned important tasks to take an "infotainment journey.".

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton. Sifting through mountains of information, people who want to do the right thing are finding it harder than ever to find the truth. We find ourselves dealing with the challenge of too much information and too little insight. This timely series will explore truth and misinformation.

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Leading in Context

JULY 15, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton To wrap up a recent series of posts about truth, misinformation and how to spot false narratives, here is a summary of key points and questions for discussion.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By Linda Fisher Thornton In this video, Michael DePass of CCL gives a brief introduction to polarity thinking and how it affects our communication and relationships with others. Polarity Thinking Risks and Limitations Thinking in an either/or way about a problem that has multiple sides/variables/perspectives limits our effectiveness.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

By Linda Fisher Thornton October is Bullying Prevention Month. Most of the people I know were bullied at some point in their lives. As I look back on dealing with a 6th grade bully, I realize that I learned some things from that difficult time. Today I share that story along with resources for preventing bullying. .

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