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The Advisor’s Corner – Can Ethics Be Learned?

Strategy Driven

Question : Can you teach ethics, or are we ‘hard wired’ and born with or without ethics? YES you can teach the principles and importance of ethics. YES , you can model the ethics you expect within your culture. Therefore, what’s ethical in China is not ethical in Rome and vice versa.

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Regardless of whether your firm embraces a meritocracy, a tenure based system, a highly sophisticated compensatory system, or some form of a benevolent dictatorship, bonuses are always an issue. I personally dont feel bonuses work to promote a good work ethic. As for our staff, they all received an equal bonus for their efforts.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When we view our responsibilities three-dimensionally as if through a prism that simultaneously allows us to keep focused on the MRC concepts, we will make better mission-focused decisions that are based upon how our resources must be deployed to accomplish them, and we will operate in ethical ways that resonate with our partners and employees.

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The Fallacy of No | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The leader has failed to communicate with those around him of what their system does, its current and future capabilities, and the group or individual's vision for the future. You assume that the person asking the question is always right. But are they?

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. On with the exam… Section I: Character. Great leaders do the right thing regardless of circumstances, situational context or other influencing factors.

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Making the most of your brick and mortar premises

Strategy Driven

Making sure that your store reflects your business branding, your business ethics, and your commitment to your customers is a solid business strategy that you should not forget about. If you have a reception system in place, it is also worth looking at backdrops as well, so that your branding is as prevalent as possible.

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. And I have seen others "fall out of favor" as well, Both situations do a lot of harm to the individual and the system. How sad is this?

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