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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

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Furthermore, last time I checked a CEO can always be removed for lack of performance, or moral and ethical indiscretions, so what purpose do CEO term limits serve other than to disincentivize the CEO? They also seek the advice and counsel of their board and executive team in addition to a plethora of outside advisers.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

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” Research supports the same – with neuro discoveries that show why this advice is a leader’s best neuron pathway forward to fix this dysfunctional dilemma! I am always so refreshed by the centrality of ethics, doing the right thing, and people as capital – in your work! Great insights Susan.

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Wal-Mart Leadership Sweeps $24 Million of Bribes Under the Rug

Coaching Tip

Is Bribery an Ethical Condition of Doing Business in the Global Economy? But in handing the investigation off to one of its main targets, they disregarded the advice of one of Wal-Mart’s top lawyers. In September 2005, Wal-Mart dispatched investigators to Mexico City, and within days they unearthed evidence of widespread bribery.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Do people seek your input, advice, and counsel ? Unless an untreated psychological, neurological or psychiatric condition exists, an inability to change is likely self-inflicted by one or all of the following: no recognition of needed change; no desire to change, or lack of work ethic needed to cause the change.

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Going Freelance

Harvard Business Review

As with any career transition, it’s important to seek advice from those with more experience and expertise than you. “You need to be self-motivated, have good organizational skills, and a strong work ethic,” explains King. But over the 2006 Christmas holiday, she finally decided to take the leap.

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The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

When my organization, Education For Employment , began operations in 2006 as a demand-driven answer to Arab youth unemployment, I felt that creating a social franchise model was the best way to meaningfully address an issue of this scale. To those doing the same I would offer the following advice: Get local "skin in the game."