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The Advisor’s Corner – Can Ethics Be Learned?

Strategy Driven

Question : Can you teach ethics, or are we ‘hard wired’ and born with or without ethics? YES you can teach the principles and importance of ethics. YES , you can model the ethics you expect within your culture. Therefore, what’s ethical in China is not ethical in Rome and vice versa.

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Execution Businesses

CEO Blog

Some businesses have such barriers to entry and such competitive advantage that they can still thrive even with poor execution. 4 - Look for areas of minor competitive advantage. My work ethic was a competitive advantage. EMJ was an execution business. Track which message gets the most meetings.

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Leading with Character: Integrity

Michael Lee Stallard

Integrity can be defined as always interacting with others ethically and honorably. People with integrity aspire to the highest ethical standards and expect the same behavior of others. It is critical for you to be consistent and clear about your ethical standards. Be a model for ethical behavior. Definition.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. I’m going to assume they’ve identified their competitive advantage and the secrets of success in the business they’ve defined. Competitive advantage is strategy’s ultimate purpose. Chris Glennie. October 31, 2011 at 11:12 am.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.” But if there is not a sense of “accountability” from top to bottom, a work ethic will be sporadic if it exists at all. Fly-bys don’t count.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

Question : Can work ethic be taught? Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.” But if there is not a sense of “accountability” from top to bottom, a work ethic will be sporadic if it exists at all. Fly-bys don’t count.

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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

It’s a provider that a customer or client favors in the purchase of a product or service versus its competition. A preferred provider has a significant competitive advantage over all other providers, because it is the “go-to” provider in the marketplace. You share some tactics for dealing with a toxic boss.

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