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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

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Higher Ground : How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World by Alison Taylor Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains.

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Ethical Dilemmas: Free Choice or Corporate Memes

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A good example of a corporate meme expressed during the financial crisis (even as the subprime crisis worsened) by Charles Prince, former CEO of Citigroup: "As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance," he said. Taylor Caldwell. We're still dancing. The financial crisis, the BP oil spill, the collapse of Enron etc.

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An Oxymoron: $1-to-2 Billion Penalty With No Wrongdoing

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SAC CEO Steven A. Many know that there is something very wrong in their country , but do not know just what it is in Wall Street, international banks and the lack of timely and ethical governance. Taylor Caldwell: Captains and the Kings. Books Business Coaching Current Affairs Ethics Games Leadership Memes Tips U.S.

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Five championship strategies

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If my final score is who I want to be — a man or woman of integrity, of honesty, of virtue, of hard work, of ethics — then I can sustain setbacks and difficulties that come. He has proven this as a coach and as a successful CEO. Living these five championship strategies will make an incredible difference in your success.

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Trust in business

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Jim Burke, former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson Filed under: Leadership , Trust , Uncategorized Tagged: | business , relationships , Speed of Trust , Stephen M.R. Covey , success « Keeping the best A new Leadership Development Carnival » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Where to start

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If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Reply Stewart Rogers , on June 16, 2009 at 5:59 am said: “50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Nice quote!

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Leadership and Product Management

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The same holds true for the CEO and executives at smaller companies. In big companies product managers need to work effectively with the directors and VPs of the groups listed above. They should know these leaders personally and be able to walk into their office and have a discussion.