The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The past few years have seen a growing call for businesses to be ethical in both what they do and how they do it. Research from the University shows how ethical practice can have both an immediate and long-term impact for social entrepreneurs. Both enterprises operated in areas where people lived in challenging economic circumstances.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s the board’s prerogative to chart a strategic course, oversee the operational ambit, and instill a culture of accountability—morphing it into a cornerstone of organizational governance. It orchestrates the operational rhythm, supervises decision-making, and enforces accountability across the hierarchy.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Stay sharp, or you might find your company on the dull side of the business blade." These technologies can streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and provide insights that drive strategic decisions. Investing in their well-being and professional growth isn't just good ethics; it's smart business. article) 2.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Analyze which areas of your operations could benefit the most from AI integration. Promote an Ethical AI Culture: With great power comes great responsibility. As AI gains more influence in decision-making, addressing ethical considerations is essential. Is it customer service? Supply chain management? Product recommendations?

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Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2024

Use data-driven decision-making to guide your strategic choices and optimize business operations. Develop Ethical AI Practices: Be a role model and lead by example in the responsible development and deployment of AI technologies. Ensure that ethical considerations, such as fairness and transparency, are central to AI implementation.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 16, 2019

Digital transformation is something most companies seem to be doing, but there is incredible variance in the success of these initiatives. The survey, which saw around 4,800 senior managers quizzed, showed that digitally mature companies are both more innovative, and indeed innovating in a different way to less digitally mature organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Armed with this knowledge, they meticulously search for candidates with the necessary technical skills and experience that align with the company’s culture and long-term vision. They remain current with industry regulations and compliance requirements, ensuring their organizations operate within legal boundaries.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Say a hard no to ethics and values violations. In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” Say a Hard “No” to Values Clashes and Ethics Violations. That doesn’t sit right with me ethically.

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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. Executive search firms serve companies looking to place executive, board, and C-suite positions, by identifying top-tier candidates who are well aligned to t the role.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The conditions that we thought of as a strength are actually operating like a vice. Cultivate awareness: The paradigm shift starts with a clear understanding of what character is and how it operates. Extensive research and analysis concerning this can equip leaders with the necessary means to scale it in their own organizations.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2024

Corporate Social Responsibility is neither a trend nor something only for the large companies with millions in revenue. It’s something every company can adopt to give back to society and make a positive impact. Support Local Charities and Nonprofits Charities and nonprofits operate with donations from other companies.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’ve condensed this research into what I call the “Lucky 13” (I’m not superstitious): critical elements that set apart leading companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Innovation isn’t just the breakthrough concepts which often sets the course for extraordinary companies, but ongoing innovations small and large.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

As a result, a more sustainable, ethical operational approach is now just good business sense; minimising the risks of climate change to the business, meeting stakeholder and investor needs, and increasing consumer appeal. Here are three more examples of pioneering companies that might give you some sparks of inspiration.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In order to succeed and thrive in modern society, all private and public sector entities must live by codes of ethics. It is an ongoing dialog that companies have with themselves. Ethics and profits are not conflicting goals. Financial statements by themselves cannot nor ever were intended to determine company value.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Various studies show that the failure rate of executives coming into new companies is 30 to 40 percent after 18 months. Several of these publicly traded firms have good reputations, but they have historically catered to Fortune 500 companies,” she said. “If Vukelic served as the chief operating officer of N2Growth. Earlier, Ms.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. The Campbell Soup Company has been doing more and more for decades. Nike began as a shoe company. Nike is a Do Less Better company.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

In essence, executive coaching prepares future leaders for the next leadership level by honing their skills, enhancing their understanding of the business dynamics, and aligning their vision and strategy with the company’s overall objectives. One notable case involved a Fortune 500 company struggling with internal leadership conflicts.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Leaders have the responsibility and power to shape the course and outcome of their companies by influencing the organizational structure, culture, decision-making process, and employee performance. The company takes a highly tailored, holistic view of each executive’s growth journey.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 9, 2019

In that piece, he described his team’s efforts to examine a specific hypothesis (“Employee commitment drives customer service”) in the US operations of a major hotel chain. According to Deloitte’s 2010 Ethics & Workplace Survey, one-third of employed Americans planned to look for a new job when the economy stabilized.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

And continuing using the metaphor of head and heart, whilst the head gets things done (20 th century leadership) it is the heart that is essential to pump blood around the body, and so enable the head to operate. Buyers Reward You – 80% of the general population would rather pay more for products and services produced ethically.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2024

Companies like Costco, Salesforce, Amazon, and Patagonia demonstrate the power of understanding and capitalizing on unique market differentiators. Strategic clarity is more than operational proficiency; it’s about deeply recognizing a company’s distinctive strengths and aligning every operation with this core identity.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Sample Prompt: Write a draft for a company-wide memo announcing the new remote work policy (attached). <POLICY Sustainability Ideas: Generate ideas for sustainability initiatives that align with your business values and operations. <ATTACH COMPANY & INDUSTRY OVERVIEW / SUMMARY> 6.2.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

How is your company living out its values amidst the storm? In this video post, Chris shares: “ Moving forward, employees expect companies to make morally just decisions. They expect companies and their leaders to be a force for good in the world. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared Values Amidst the Storm.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JANUARY 21, 2012

What was operating in the culture of the company that the senior leaders were not aware of standard practices? Curious what company values were driving these behaviors, I searched the Costa Cruises website to find out. When values are not infused throughout a company, people are left to use their own judgment.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 17, 2021

New research from Carnegie Mellon argues that customers have a moral right to know how algorithms that affect them operate. “In most cases, companies do not offer any explanation about how they gain access to users’ profiles, from where they collect the data, and with whom they trade their data,” the researchers say.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Prior to the Covid pandemic, remote working was a relatively rare occurrence, and while contingent workers were growing in number, the proportion of the workforce operating remotely was relatively low. The researchers recruited around 4,000 volunteers from the Mechanical Turk platform to understand how online gig workers operated.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2024

“If we think about how technology actually operates, we realize that there is not one point in the history of humanity when technology is not directly related to specific cultures and values, beliefs and biases, religious beliefs or gender stances,” the author argues.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This includes evaluating whether the board composition is diverse and well-aligned with the organization’s goals, whether there are clear roles and responsibilities defined for board members, and whether the board operates with transparency and integrity.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2021

A survey was conducted of 280 global organizations and 71 policymakers to understand the relative importance they placed on various ethical principles in relation to 12 different AI use cases. “For efforts to be fruitful, companies and policymakers need to be aligned. Differing priorities.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There has been a longstanding concern across the continent that the lack of tech companies to rival those emerging from Silicon Valley is undermining the vibrancy of the European economy. By contrast, the research found that when companies try to achieve profitability over growth, they’re actually 2.5

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 18, 2021

Plenty of proactive companies are shifting and adjusting their operations to incorporate sustainable practices. Companies have plenty of opportunities to ‘go green’ such as reducing wastage and pollution, using renewable energy and biodegradable materials, community volunteering, and more. Improved operations and lower expenses.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Finally, leading through questions builds unity and consistency between espoused and practiced company values. ” Addressing gaps between talk and action promotes an ethical culture. ” “Is there alignment between our stated and operating values? ” “How can I elicit more diverse perspectives?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As an entrepreneur, one of the best things that can happen to you is for your company to do well and for you to make a killing selling your company or shares in your firm. Some people have special needs, such as members of the Islamic community, who need to make investments in companies that align with Islamic philosophy.

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 24, 2012

My good friend and work-ethic expert, Eric Chester , (author of the fantastic Reviving Work Ethic: A Leader’s Guide to Ending Entitlement and Restoring Pride in the Emerging Workforce ) recently shared with me his perspective on the relationship between passion and work. Please read his words and comment away!

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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 owns and operate 7 breweries in Russia. These leaders have not delivered on that promise.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 12, 2018

They aren’t thinking about others, they’re thinking about their bonus, or promotion, or trip on the company jet, or even faults they can point out in others to make themselves look better. Leaders like this can be Radical, they are Ethical and Authentic Leaders. There’s a word for this, it’s called Transpersonal – beyond the ego.

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HR Digest

MAY 4, 2023

They were operating dangerous equipment such as deep fryers and grills without adequate training or supervision. The fast-food giant has faced similar allegations in other states, indicating a systemic problem within the company. These violations have serious consequences for the children involved.

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