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Three Ways to Say No to a Reference Request

Harvard Business Review

Christopher, a seasoned real estate executive, left his job in early 2013 to move to a competitor’s firm. Christopher was dumbfounded — he had left his former firm precisely because of Theo, a terrible manager whom colleagues found intolerable. It’s tactical: how do you actually say no when you’re put on the spot?

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. Through these tactics, Uber muddied the waters. How is an Uber manager to know which laws should be followed and which ignored?

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million. billion to $8.6

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The Big Picture of Business: Fine Wine, Aged Cheese and Valuable Antiques. Professionals Who Go the Distance.

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Learn about planning, tactics, organizational development, systems improvement. Core Values: Ethics. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This holds true for any company, institution and for any person. by Hank Moore.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. by Hank Moore. All rights reserved.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar. The ethical conduct of business has a direct relationship on the ability to grow and prosper.). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. by Hank Moore. ” Song by Connie Francis.

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A Framework for Reducing Suffering in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Lee’s essay “The Word that Shall Not Be Spoken” in the November 7, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine.). We believe that a comprehensive approach to measuring and reducing suffering is not just an ethical imperative; it makes strategic sense for health care organizations. Compliance rates may be said to “suffer,” but not patients.