Leading in Context

JULY 21, 2021

Just knowing about ethics and leadership won't get us very far in an information-flooded, globally shifting, and unpredictable world where we are under time pressure and held accountable for making ethical choices under ever-more-extreme conditions including the current global pandemic.

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 26, 2022

Or the platforms who intentionally or unintentionally share false information for profit? By Linda Fisher Thornton Global unrest is being fueled by widespread misinformation campaigns. Who's fueling these campaigns? The bad actors who are creating misinformation? Or the people who believe the disinformation they read and incite violence?

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Leading in Context

AUGUST 12, 2020

As we struggle with compounding challenges around the world, people are more and more frequently seeking information about human or humane leadership. Why is the topic so timely?

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Leading in Context

MAY 14, 2014

"Dumming down" an issue may make the decision easier to make, but it may also lead us to make choices without considering current information, trends or context. Complexity Context Ethical Leader Ethical Organization 7 Lenses business ethics define ethical leadership define ethics ethical culture ethical leadership'

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 15, 2020

The leader groups I work with find that clarity on these and other questions informs their leadership and their decision making. Why is ethics such a contentious topic, and defined in so many different ways by different people? Use this curated collection of posts to shore up your knowledge for the new year:

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Leading in Context

JUNE 20, 2018

With all the information available in a socially connected world, it is easy to fall victim to the quick oversimplified understanding of issues. This "quick glance" way of gathering information doesn't reveal the breadth and depth of what's really going on.

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Leading in Context

JULY 19, 2017

Our information and commerce are globally connected. By Linda Fisher Thornton It has become clear that a global economy requires more than local or regional thinking. Our greatest human challenges are global and must be solved globally. Global changes tend […].

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Leaders and Information Overload In today's world of work, we have to keep up with an overwhelming amount of information scan trends and forecasts and incorporate the needs of multiple stakeholders into good solutions. Our job is to make sense out of all of it in order to make work life easier for those we lead.

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Leading in Context

AUGUST 24, 2011

Grey Areas in Leading Ethically 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

MAY 13, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton In a recent post, I acknowledged that "leaders face information overload, globalization and increasing complexity. And they hold the key to your organization’s future. Make it a priority to help them be ready." How can we prepare leaders to succeed in a socially and globally connected world?

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Or are they being given information that covers some area of perceived risk but has no value to them in their day-to-day worlds? I see so many tweets from people attending ethics classes about how bored they are and how they already know the material that's being reviewed. Are these participants learning?

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Leading in Context

JULY 27, 2011

Case Study: Is Withholding Information From Other Leaders Unethical? As of today, after over 100 posts, these are the Top 10 Most Popular Leading in Context® Blog Posts: Planned Obsolescence: Is it Ethical? Can We Still Have the Newest Gadgets? Ethical Interpersonal Behavior Graphic: Red, Yellow and Green Zones Ethical Leadership Resources.

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

this post features more sources and more recent sources of information about shared ethical values on a global scale. Shared Ethical Values Part 2 - A Reader Asked for More! At the request of a reader via a comment on Linked In (thanks for the suggestion Jan!)

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Leading in Context

MARCH 9, 2011

Sticking to yesterday's conventional wisdom can make us out-of-date, because it helps us ignore any information that contradicts our beliefs. It can lead us to make decisions based on out-of-date ways of thinking, and that may result in missed opportunities or even to bad decisions that can harm others.

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