Leading in Context

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Ethical Leaders Care (Part 2)

Leading in Context

Caring shows that we know that people are more than task-doers and that leading is more than tactical, more than obligatory, more than just a job It helps us remember that each person is important and that treating each other with care is part of our shared human experience.

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Ethics Isn’t “Out There”: It’s Us And Our Choices

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Much attention is paid to the tactics of ethics - the ethics codes, compliance plans and such. We can easily begin to think that ethics is something we can see and touch. Something finite. Something written in stone. Something outside of ourselves. But that''s not where ethics lives.

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Ethical and Unethical Sales Leadership: What’s The Difference?

Leading in Context

It seems that is more tempting now than it would be in a booming economy to use high-pressure tactics or other unfriendly approaches in order to get business. Times are still tight for consumers and salespeople are concerned about their jobs. And pushy, unfriendly sales techniques stand out even more in difficult economic times.

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