Leading in Context

MAY 17, 2017

By Linda Fisher Thornton I blogged a while back about the Critical Roles of the (Ethical) CEO. I realized later that these important ethical roles apply not just to CEOs, but also to all senior leaders in an organization.

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 1, 2014

These timely articles published in Fox Business, The CEO Magazine, the Management Excellence Blog and the LeadBig Blog, detail the mindset for ethical leadership success and the specific action steps that leaders can take to be intentional and proactive about ethical leadership.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

This post is by Linda Fisher Thornton the author of 7 Lenses: Learning the Principles and Practices of Ethical Leadership. Our understanding of "ethical leadership" has not been clear enough to guide us through today’s complex ethical choices. To one leader, leading ethically means carefully protecting the environment.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

On the one hand, automation at the top tier brings the potential to focus on value-added tasks, mitigate human error, and enhance productivity – aspects that seem enticing to many organizations. Encouraging continuous learning and digital literacy is thus a crucial aspect of the CEO’s role in this information age.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today, Chief People Officers and CHROs are not only responsible for the high-value functions of talent acquisition and employee engagement, but they play a crucial role in shaping organizational culture, driving diversity and inclusion, and ethically leveraging technology for effective HR management.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Over two decades of research and observations have revealed the key factors that enable the best organizations to succeed and dominate. Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Establishing open communication channels within organizations is critical.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2022

We increasingly want the organizations we deal with to be purpose-driven and to behave in an ethical way. Research from Rice University suggests that we’re more likely to perceive an organization in such a way if they have a diverse workforce.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But what has become abundantly clear is that disregarding the science of leaders’ character has led to incredible dysfunction for organizations and society as a whole. The anatomy of character explains the persistence of toxicity in organizations — and these are matters of character, not matters of competence.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep. times more likely to trust their leaders. “Our

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Succession Planning Succession planning is crucial to any organization’s growth strategy, and its importance cannot be overstated. This process helps organizations align their current and future business goals, promotes employee career development, and ensures smooth leadership transitions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 7, 2020

Five key principles leaders must keep in mind and demonstrate if they are to successfully lead their organizations through disaster are transparency, consistency, accountability, empathy, and resilience. Jason Richmond is President/CEO and Chief Culture Officer for Ideal Outcomes, Inc., This is particularly true in times of crisis.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Earlier in the year, I wrote about new research from Stanford that explored how narcissistic leaders can destroy their organization during COVID. Their confidence and ability to self-promote can make them hugely attractive, especially to organizations in the midst of turmoil. The distinction is what motivates them.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 11, 2024

Today’s guest post is b y Paul Bramson, CEO — The Paul Bramson Companies In the modern hiring processes, the evaluation of candidate integrity stands as a cornerstone, often determining an organization’s long-term success and cultural health.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2020

Guest post from Mark Brown: Leaders in the outdoor leadership space are quite familiar with a wilderness ethic and organization called Leave No Trace. LNT has become the gold standard for organizations who operate in America’s backcountry environments. New York Life has existed for 175 years.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

THE CEO NEXT DOOR is based on an in-depth analysis of over 2,600 leaders drawn from a database of more than 17,00O CEO's and C-suite executives. CEO's are destined for greatness from an early age but 70% of CEO's didn't set out to become CEO's early in life. . Source: Elena L.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Kelli Vukelic, CEO of N2Growth examines the nuances that distinguish boutique search firms from their larger counterparts. Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. So how do you find those top performers and disrupters that can take your organization to new heights? There are thousands of U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. You’re moving on up. Know this area cold. Where are the dependencies?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Either way, this workaholic behavior is unhealthy and counterproductive for workers and for organizations. We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes. It's time to fight back.

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 11, 2023

Heineken CEO Dolf van den Brink, Unilever CEOs Hein Schumacher (June) and Alan Jope (prior), Philip Morris CEO Jacek Olczak, Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put, and Nestle CEO Ulf Mark Schneider have all demonstrated a lack of ethical behavior. Heineken (CEO: Dolf van den Brink | LinkedIn ) ??Unilever

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A thriving corporate culture is the bedrock of an organization’s success, influencing everything from employee engagement to business outcomes. Communication Breakdowns: Effective communication is the lifeblood of any organization. However, even the most robust cultures can benefit from a periodic reset.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 27, 2012

While there are many examples in today’s headlines of organizations which have drifted so far off-course that it’s hard to see a viable turnaround in their near future, few illustrate the risks and fallout from such situations as the ensuing drama around the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Italy.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. You’d think executives from the same organization would offer the same responses. The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. The CEO said, “We’re in the peace-of-mind-business.” © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

Guest post from Bruce Hartman : The CEO of Footlocker, Matt Serra, once said to me, “It’s lonely at the top. This meant a significant amount of change within the organization. Making ethics a part of the culture A critical trait I noticed in great leaders was a consistent set of ethics.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 1, 2012

CEOs by nature are time-starved species. Critical to their success and that of their organization is how they carve up the hours on the clock. Those who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Maybe they’ll work for you or for your CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Best-in-class organizations require best-in-class leaders because nothing impacts a company’s trajectory more than the people in executive positions. Next, although executive hires can truly be make-or-break for an organization, studies reveal that about half of new executives hired are considered to fail in their role.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It takes effective leadership with the right tone at the top and leaders who will nurture the right culture to build the organization needed to become the preferred provider to your markets. They communicate with everyone within their organization about the vision, and the role of each individual in achieving that vision.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Lorrie writes: “ We often work with clients who aim to improve communication within their organizations. Linda Fisher Thornton of LeadinginContext contributed It’s Tine For Ethically Adaptive Leadership. As we try to find stable footing in unstable times, ethical agility will be a factor in our success.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 31, 2010

It applies to organizations as much as it does to individuals and families. When difficult seasons arrive, an organization’s culture often makes a difference to whether the organization survives or doesn’t. If you lead an organization, do you invest time to develop relationship excellence in your organization?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

In this second post on thought leaders affecting the evolution of organizations, I highlight the work of Martin Seligman. Seligman, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, founded the positive psychology movement when he became president of the American Psychological Association. why is everyone smiling?

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HR Digest

JULY 4, 2023

When it comes to building a robust company culture, it’s not just the CEO’s show to run or the HR department’s responsibility to shoulder. The Old Guard: The Top-Down Approach Once upon a time, company culture was more of a top-down decree , a legacy passed down from the CEO’s ivory tower.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. When that happens, the CEO is working for the front-line employee.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. When that happens, the CEO is working for the front-line employee.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 3, 2018

If the answer to these questions is “yes,” you may be suffering from the effects of the “silent killer” of individuals, and it may also be holding back your performance and the performance of your organization. . These effects of loneliness sabotage performance and can shave years off of the lives of both individuals and organizations.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 14, 2012

Triple Crown leaders have the goal of building and sustaining organizations that are excellent (high performance), ethical (do the right thing), and enduring (stand the test of time). Triple Crown leaders integrate five practices that build excellent, ethical, and enduring organizations : Seek “head and heart.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Another CEO colleague told me that his company had a wonderful culture described in detail in his company presentation. I suggested to the CEO that he pour himself a glass of wine and sit in a quiet corner to review the results. At the same time, it can offer an effective roadmap for organization improvement.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2017

Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Create New Organization Hero Stories to Lead Change. Anne writes, “The organization hero stories you tell as you launch your change initiative will get people on your change bus. Let’s Get Started. How you tell the story is as important as the story you create.”

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