Leading in Context

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“Good Products”: Beyond Convenience and Flavor

Leading in Context

We could define a "good product" a number of different ways. For example, tasty convenient clean colorful nutritious.

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Why Making Money Doesn’t Ensure Business Success

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ask for profitability and your company may get it, at the expense of customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and product safety.

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TAP Into Trust With These 12 Principles

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It improves metrics including productivity, employee satisfaction and ethical brand value. By Linda Fisher Thornton Every organization needs to pay attention to trust. It makes organizations better places to work where people want to invest time and plan careers. .

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Respect, Interpreted Part 1

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Without it, trust falls, productivity falls, engagement drops and turnover increases. By Linda Fisher Thornton I believe that respect is a key structural beam supporting the organizational "house." It becomes harder to attract top talent for open positions in organizations where respect is not a minimum standard.

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Global Sentiment About Taking Responsibility

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Customers for our products may live in 50 or more countries. Product parts may be made in multiple countries, each with different laws and regulations. We understand that business leadership includes responsibility for much more than just making a profit and obeying the law.

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What is “Good Food” (In an Ethical Sense)?

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I was reading an article that ranked food products, and I began to think about how many different variables define “good” or “best” when we’re talking about food products. By Linda Fisher Thornton What is “Good” Food? One variable is how good the food tastes. But there are many more.

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Leading to Bring Out Their Best

Leading in Context

While these leadership roles may seem low-key, they are the critical behaviors that lead to strong cultures and productive organizations. Some of the ways we do this include trust building, supporting, guiding, coaching, team building and removing barriers to good work.

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