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June 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Toot Your Own Horn. Economic advantages are created when you surround yourself with the advice, counsel and co-operation of a group of reliable people who are willing to lend wholehearted support, collaborate and promote your cause. Thoughts on leadership ethics.

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Is There Hope for Leaders?

Persuasive Powerhouse

August 15th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Yet another Fortune CEO has fallen due to ethics violations. Is there hope for ethical, moral power to prevail? Consider belonging to an “advisory group” of external, non competing peers (such as a Mastermind group). Am I acting ethically in this situation?” Certainly.

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Thought-full Thursday: The Inspiration of Questions

Persuasive Powerhouse

What is the most ethical action we might take?” Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. ~Albert Einstein; the question that led to the theory of relativity. What might DNA look like in a 3D form?”

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Are We Responsible for Bad Leadership?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. At one point in my career, I worked for a man who was a tyrant, bigot and sexist. We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. Worse yet, we may not vote for anyone.

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Where Are the Rewards for Reflection?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Then develop an understanding of whether or not a reaction or decision was appropriate, emotionally, professionally or ethically is the only way to recognize character flaws and improve them in the future. Recognizing how you behaved in a social situation with a peer, coworker or family member is important.

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Being Wrong is Good

Persuasive Powerhouse

Yet it is always the moral and ethical thing to do. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. If you are in a work environment that simply doesn’t get it, get out asap! Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Core Business. Enron (like many other companies) got into areas beyond their core competencies. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode.