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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

Accelerating globalization, technology convergence, volatile world financial markets and demands for ethical, environmentally responsible business practices are presenting organizations and their leaders with unprecedented challenges. The business models of the past are transforming at a breathtaking pace.

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How Do We Feel When We Know What Our Colleagues Earn?

The Horizons Tracker

Similar laws exist in the other Scandinavian countries, and they have prompted much debate about the ethics of such a policy. As public debate on the matter provided little in the way of consensus, a new paper attempted to provide quantitative evidence to bring to the discussion.

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We Took a Vote. You're Fired.

Harvard Business Review

Instead, the decision to fire (or hire or promote) someone is based on group consensus. growth in digital ads between 2013 and 2014. Ethical Quandaries. Even more disturbing, one in six say they''ve been personally bullied into doing something counter to their ethical values or their customers'' interests.

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The Tech Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2015

Harvard Business Review

Smart virtual personal assistants: SVPAs started entering the market in 2013. In the coming year, we will also begin questioning the ethics of how algorithms can be used, and we’ll scrutinize the tendency of some algorithms to go awry.

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Kicking Leadership Clichés

Great Leadership By Dan

In the era of big collaboration, the ethicization of business, and the complexity that comes with globalization 2.0, Great leaders will need to be great collaborators, guiding teams and companies forward by providing a long-term vision, creating group harmony, achieving consensus and generating new ideas.