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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

It is critical to understand that character is not just about morals and ethics but, in its fullest form, about human flourishing through better judgments and well-being. Furlong held senior global leadership roles at TD Securities, retiring in 2012 as vice chair.

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When Good Employees Do Bad: Six Surprising Behaviors that May Precede a Scandal

Leading Blog

Commitment, integrity and transparency keep an organizations core values aligned with each other because they serve as counterweights to our human tendencies to go off-track. Not so in 1996, when the company lost billions in government contracts for ethics violations after an employee stole 25,000 pages of proprietary documents from Lockheed.

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8 Things Collaborative Leaders Know

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

In their 2012 global workforce study, Towers Watson found 46% of workers are not engaged. Through involvement, people develop deeper understanding of the issues and goals and become more committed to implementing decisions. It might once have been possible to get away with questionable ethics, but there’s nowhere to hide anymore.

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Challenge Up: A Key to Organizational Integrity

Marshall Goldsmith

If the last two years have taught us anything, it should be that ethical violations can kill even the most successful companies. The cost of preventing ethical problems will never exceed the cost of dealing with ethical problems. ” No one should be allowed to pass the buck on ethical issues. It is never an option.

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If They Understand, They Will Do

Marshall Goldsmith

Many of the leaders (about two-thirds of the total group) actually did what they committed to do and, as a group, they were seen as becoming much more effective. Their answers never have anything to do with ethics or integrity. They not only saw the value in what they committed to do, they understood what to do and how to do it.

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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. Like anything, there are good and poor ways to apply a system or tool. How do you show ethical values i.e. honesty and fairness, non-discrimination? Personally and professionally I am influenced heavily by my ethics and standards.

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U.S. College Football at Risk--Leadership Needed

Coaching Tip

In the May 3, 2012 " Football A Game at Risk " at [link] the posting began, "We all love football, you wouldn't be on this site right now if you didn't. Academically, the student athletes' year-round commitment and the demands of the game makes the "student" half of the equation secondary and superfluous. It's a great watch.

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