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Are Bosses With Integrity Less Innovative?

The Horizons Tracker

They only analyzed companies where the CEO was hired between 2011 and 2013, and who had also stayed in post until at least 2018. The study validated the integrity measurement by comparing it with companies ranked as the most ethical by independent observers like Forbes and found a high correlation between the two.

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Why Being an Ethical Leader Can Help Your Organization

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Andrew Leigh: First let’s get a little clearer about what being an ethical leader means. You may not be able to “see” someone is an ethical leader. So why should an organisation bother about having an ethical leader? Do they, for example, do any better at the job than less ethical ones?

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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! presents Big-Bang in Practice: Antifragility, Innovation and Leadership. presents Which of These is Ethical Leadership? The graphic in this post illustrates the point that leaders are interpreting “ethical leadership” at very different levels.

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Sam Ford: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

His 2013 New York University Press book, Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture, was co-authored by Henry Jenkins and Joshua Green. The book was named one of the best business books of 2013 by Booz & Co.’s Sam Ford is Director of Audience Engagement for Peppercomm.

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Motivate with a Memorable “Vision Phrase” that Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

Another example is Zach Freeman, a 2013 graduate of TCU’s Neeley Business School with degrees in supply chain management and entrepreneurial management, who founded Veterans Moving America, a “values-based company” that strictly hires American veterans to do residential moving work. TCU’s “Learning to Change the World” is a great example.

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The Biggest Firms Are Most Likely To Commit Fraud

The Horizons Tracker

We might imagine that prestigious and high growth firms with excellent brands will be more inclined to toe the line, ethically speaking, for fear that their brands may be tarnished by any scandals. The researchers assessed the corporate profiles of 250 firms that were involved in financial securities fraud between 2005 and 2013.

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The Language Of Leadership

Lead from Within

For leaders, language is a vehicle for making decisions, resolving disputes, enacting practices, measuring results, and sharing innovation and creativity. Ethos i s the Greek word for character (and the source of the English word “ethic”), representing leadership with open will. © 2013 Lolly Daskal. All rights reserved.