Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The need for collaboration is driven by the issues arising from the current economic crisis and supported by the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, specifically Web 2.0. Through involvement, people develop deeper understanding of the issues and goals and become more committed to implementing decisions.

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Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

While the retail industry crisis has been well-reported, particularly with respect to dwindling foot traffic to brick-and-mortar stores. Of course, it’s imperative to leverage these public relations 'wins' in your sales, marketing and business development efforts. Transparency Translates. About the Author. Book value is not guaranteed.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Furthermore, last time I checked a CEO can always be removed for lack of performance, or moral and ethical indiscretions, so what purpose do CEO term limits serve other than to disincentivize the CEO? Why would you ever want the person in charge of corporate leadership, vision and strategy to be a lame duck right from the get go?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The moral of this story is leaders need to be honest, have a demonstrated track record of success, be excellent communicators, place an emphasis on serving those they lead, be fluid in approach, have laser focus, and a bias toward action. Visit [link] to learn more about the leadership system. Kevin Excellent summary.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Development of technical abilities, specialties and expertise. Development of core business supplier relationships. Employees know their jobs, are empowered to make decisions and have high morale in carrying the company banner forward. Professional development plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Don’t get caught up in attempting to develop something catchy to be encapsulated within a piece of framed artwork that hangs in your reception area yet never put into practice. Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” Great leaders help people get to a yes - in other words, they teach them how not to receive a no.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. " used to be ingrained into the moral fabric of our society. How sad is this? Are these extreme statements?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. They aren''t going to be adopted anytime soon. But maybe they will help advance the debate a notch.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 7, 2016

Most crisis plans that are actually completed these days are so complicated and compartmentalized that it defies even the most skillful leader’s abilities to lead effectively. Too many crisis plans focus on external issues and the media rather than providing a simple, sensible, constructive, achievable response strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

On April 6, 2009, as the world was reeling from the impact of the global financial crisis, the Guardian ran a feature titled "Academies of the Apocalypse?" As the public developed their own views on whether or not MBAs were to blame, we felt that a key voice was being omitted from the debate: that of young business leaders themselves.

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Leadership Ethics Crisis Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

I believe that this is due to the discrepancy in the two dominant approaches in rationalizing why corporations should be ethical. The German philosopher argued people should act out of moral obligations. The company is there to make money, but it also tries to appear to meet the public expectation of acting ethically.

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Ethics Competitive Advantage Crisis Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Virtually every 21 st century business scandal is reducible to a morality tale of a technology that allows us to do things we couldn’t before, coupled with major institutional failures that were enabled by failures of omission and commission of corporate leaders. Consider the Columbia and Challenger space shuttle disasters.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Improvement can be quantified by increased productivity, reduced turnover and heightened employee morale. 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. Payroll is the biggest overhead item.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

Leaders who lose their way are not necessarily bad people; rather, they lose their moral bearings, often yielding to seductions in their paths. Self-reflection: a path to leadership development. Sometimes they develop an impostor complex, caused by deep insecurities that they aren't good enough and may be unmasked.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

But businesses and professions that have been around for years tend to develop codes or ethics or at least norms of acceptable behavior. This was apparent in the role the big investment banks played in bringing on the 2007/2008 financial crisis: were they advisers? It would be a tacky, and morally suspect, thing to do.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

But when managers favor one employee over another, morale and productivity suffer. “You’re not giving others the opportunity to grow and develop strength and breadth.” Playing favorites also dents your own professional development. Including Natalie in the pitch gave her an opportunity to grow and develop.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. Bert Ron Another great post Mike.Stonewall Jackson understood very well how “attitude reflects leadership&# and impacts the morale of subordinates. Great post.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis. 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. Or, do we now see the need and importance to embrace longer-term approaches?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

That professionals can get by without developing public speaking and writing skills. Once this crisis is past, we can think about the future.” Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The addictive system does not encourage managers to develop thinking and reasoning processes.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Business development. Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Crisis management.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

That professionals can get by without developing public speaking and writing skills. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The addictive system does not encourage managers to develop thinking and reasoning processes. Morale is low or uneven. Addictive Organizations.

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Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

As brands assume more and more AI functionality, businesses must proactively manage any potential ethical and legal concerns. In Hong Kong Hanson Robotics is developing robots with human features. Take, for example, Robyn Ewing, who used to develop and pitch TV scripts to film studios in Hollywood.

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Brand Disintermediation Ethics Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The banking industry is mired in a state of permanent crisis. A lot has changed in the banking industry since the crisis in 2008 , especially in terms of regulation and compliance. This crisis reveals the three most toxic perils of depth. We have entered the world of ultra specialists. First, hubris. Third, lack of foresight.

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Career Banking Crisis Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street, the crisis has exposed a deeper distrust and implacable resentment of capitalism itself. Capitalism degenerates into narrow self-interest without a strong ethical foundation.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. The audit committee of the board would not sign off on behalf of the deals, which just kept happening and developing secret lives of their own. Running the business. Body of Knowledge.

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