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Building Trust: A Leadership Imperative

Lead Change Blog

And the bottom line is that trust is anything but soft. Customer satisfaction occurs when a companies products and services live up to brand promise thereby improving reputational value and trust. Customers are willing to speak up, organize, and boycott when their expectations aren’t met. What is trust?

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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. In 2022, he upped the ante, investing $10 billion in OpenAI to acquire just short of a majority stake. Innovation powerhouses don’t leave innovation up to chance. From top to bottom, everyone was expected to get on board.

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How To Increase Your Influence—Up, Down And Across

Lead from Within

If your skills are more focused in other areas of leadership, here are some tips that can help you increase your influence in every direction—up, down and across. They understand every level of their organization, top to bottom. Develop a solid reputation. The Leadership Gap. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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117: Return on Character: Moral Habits & Reputation of CEOs Who Win | with Fred Kiel

Engaging Leader

When you’re the CEO or senior leader, bottom-line results matter. But for most of us, that intuitively […] When you’re the CEO or senior leader, bottom-line results matter. But for most of us, that intuitively […] When you’re the CEO or senior leader, bottom-line results matter. What does the data say?

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6 Tips to Improve Your Hiring Process

Leading Blog

O NE OF THE MOST significant ways a leader can impact their business is through the quality of their hiring, yet this is rarely listed as a critical leadership competency and often overlooked. How well does your company communicate and live up to its employee value proposition to its existing employees? Review your hiring process.

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Defining Leaders In Today’s Sustainability Movement

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development In recent years, eco-savvy consumers have driven up the demand for sustainably sourced products and services. Business leaders looking to secure the most reputable triple bottom line performance ratings need skilled sustainability leaders.

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Importance of Team Building in a Corporate Environment

Great Results Team Building

When a team is no longer functioning, it hurts the bottom line, the reputation of the company, and it can cripple a business. Even teams that have been established for a while can end up back at this stage for numerous reasons, such as new team members, new goals or tasks, or a change of leadership.