Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve. We are committed to creating an ownership culture that unleashes the creativity of our colleagues around the world. Pfizer people care.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Contrast this with a statesman who keeps commitments, is motivated by service above and beyond self, and by making a lasting positive difference. The politician makes speeches and promises motivated by pride, ego, notoriety, power, position, stature, and personal success. Do you see the difference yet between politicians and statesmen?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Willingness requires complete and never-ending commitment by management. In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. If committed, the person turns the quest for knowledge into a life priority. 7) Purpose and Commitment. Don't base the training decisions on 'apples to oranges' comparisons. Knowledge. 4) Education. (5)

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Furthermore, once we start down a path and invest resources in it, we tend to justify our past investments by continuing down that path even when new information suggests that the path is unwise, a phenomenon known as the escalation of commitment. Change management Human resources Operations' Take the issue of productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But there is a pattern among these critics, which is that they rarely ask how well the systems they analyze would operate without algorithms. This is not an argument for algorithmic absolutism or blind faith in the power of statistics.

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