Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 26, 2011

While IBM would always fire employees for ethical violations, almost no one was fired because of poor performance. If you wore a white shirt, showed up, and met minimal expectations, you had a job for your entire career. As recently as 10 years ago global outsourcing was largely limited to manufacturing or lower-level service jobs.

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Health Care CFO Competitive Advantage Outsourcing 132

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

Using these publications as the main “currency” for career advancement has produced four unintended consequences. Third, evaluating professors’ scholarly contributions by counting their “A” journal publications incentivizes scholars to produce as many published studies as possible.

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Metrics Ethics Incentives Policies 11

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve. The simple truth is that lowering standards is never a good thing in any environment.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 14, 2019

Personal responsibility can’t be delegated or outsourced. Duncan: What’s your advice for people who are tempted to take shortcuts on ethics? Rodger Dean Duncan is the bestselling author of LeaderSHOP: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice From Today’s Top Thought Leaders. If you’re not responsible for your actions, who is?

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Advice Short-term Follow-up Ethics 77

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

. “The most successful freelancers know how to use their network for all sorts of things, like outsourcing work when they have too much,” Horowitz explains. As with any career transition, it’s important to seek advice from those with more experience and expertise than you. Can you try it out?

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Planning Outsourcing Case Study Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

These relationships were essential in gaining the confidence of customers who had qualms about outsourcing to IBM. He also forced partners and distributors to commit in writing to uphold IBM's strict ethical standards. Patience and a long-term view. Palmisano once said, "The CEO is not the brand! It is not about you.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

With a wealth of expertise available via outsourcing, one can quickly become a ‘kid in a candy shop,’ wanting whatever is readily available or craftily packaged. That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 Pro-bono community involvement is a factor because it indicates character, ethics and integrity.

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