N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. Reb [link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: Thanks for spending so much time on this piece and I apologize for not better communicating my position.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

Using these publications as the main “currency” for career advancement has produced four unintended consequences. For example, if a researcher wants to understand how employees respond to particular incentives, the results of a study measuring how undergraduate students in the U.S.

Metrics 9

Metrics Ethics Incentives Policies 9

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Quarterly goal attainment is a visible measure of success, and often a determinant of incentive pay. In extreme cases, the sales culture can become toxic, as salespeople make minor ethical compromises to reach short-term goals, and those behaviors evolve and spread. They avoid rushing to fill a position.

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Short-term Succession Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement. Commonly, researchers develop a theory, then build a career gathering support for it.

Conflict of Interest 8

Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

When I met Jill (not her real name), she was struggling to make sense of her career setback. Jill was one more victim of what I call the “Kumbaya” school of leadership, which says that being open, trusting, authentic, and positive — and working really hard — is the key to getting ahead. What happened?

Politics 8

Politics Cialdini Open-book Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

As graduates explain their career choices to family and friends, they will confront the idea that our best and brightest are wasting their talent in an industry that doesn’t do anything worthwhile. But this anti-finance sentiment is detached from the reality of the profession and obscures the promise and peril of a career in finance.

Finance 8

Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Beware of purely ethical arguments around diversity and fairness. Inviting people to courses on “bias” or “stereotyping” is not the best way to prime them for working well together — so seek to be eye-opening and positive, putting your focus on generating opportunities that blind spots may once have concealed.

Diversity 8

Diversity CEO Skills Training 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2018

At the same time, the need to win can blind us to ethical considerations. In one study, we asked 164 MBA students to read a hypothetical scenario (based on a true story) about an investment banker facing an ethical dilemma, and to estimate the likelihood that this banker would indulge in unethical behavior. Our Studies Study 1.

Ethics 13

Ethics Comparison Participative Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

” She suggests making a list of all the work that needs to get done and then assigning tasks according to each worker’s specific function, position, and strengths. Make a list of all the work that needs to get done and then assign tasks according to your team members’ specific function, position, and strengths.

Delegation 8

Delegation Project Team Short-term 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Finally, after tough negotiations with Republican leaders, the President announced a comprehensive tax package that not only addressed income, capital gains and estate tax rates, but also the AMT, unemployment insurance and many expiring individual and business tax credits and incentives. What’s in the Tax Bill?

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