Lead Change Blog

JULY 5, 2017

It’s an ethical imperative” Find Linda on Twitter at @leadingincontxt. Miki writes, “There is a sad result from the current intense focus on STEM curriculum, with enterprise pushing its own short-term hiring agenda, and media hype that a tech career is the be-all and end-all.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Guest post from Bernie Swain : Leadership requires all sorts of qualities: judgment, character, confidence, an unshakeable commitment to a work ethic guided by a moral compass. He couldn’t walk, his short-term memory was gone, his speech was severely compromised. “We We willed ourselves to go on,” Judy recalls.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

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Thin Difference

JUNE 25, 2019

They wished to cut their losses, and neither my mother’s loyalty to the company nor her famous work ethic could save her. My communication was short, brisk, and focused only on the necessities. Times of crisis show us our true character. I also realize that the crisis — and it was a crisis — revealed my true nature.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Improving public services Finally, a short update on another area we are currently working in: CMI is partnering with the Social Market Foundation to explore how to get improved results from the UK’s public services. Being an ethical and inclusive leader is a central pillar of CMI's Professional Standard. Catch up here.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 5, 2011

Here are brief excerpts from two articles featured by McKinsey & Company. I suggest you read them in the order in which they appear here, then click where indicated to read each in its entirety. I presume to suggest, further, that you register to receive email updates on other resources that are also available at [.].

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Yet, without the right culture, organizations cannot succeed short term, nor can they endure. Teams with strong positive cultures can weather short-term blows to engagement, such as economic downturns, anxiety over mergers, or increased competition. Don’t short-change culture. Culture Spark. Sixth, size matters.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

But as more organizations fall prey to complex intangible risks, from unwanted disclosure due to rampant cyber threats to breaches of conduct driven by skewed incentive systems, the aperture of risk management is expanding from protecting the balance sheet to promoting ethical leadership and values-based decision making.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. 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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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. You have and regularly update-benchmark a strategy for the future, shared company Vision, ethics, Big Picture thinking and “walk the talk.” In short, never stop! Planning, tactics, organizational development. Culture and Mission.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

To prove my point, here’s a portion of the question and answer interview I did: Jeffrey, everyone needs to increase sales, especially during this economic crisis. How is the role of the salesperson changing, and what’s changing in terms of which sales channels are being used right now? How about sales channels? as ways of selling.

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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. Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct. How sad is this?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. The brand may continue to prosper financially, but until it gets its external perception in line, it faces obstacles in the long-term.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

The financial crisis of 2008 was not some once-in-a-lifetime event; rather, it was one of six financial crises since 1986. It's easy to get caught up in daily buzz and the latest trends, but these principles are critical for long-term solutions. So, it's critical that you establish for yourself a clear code of ethics.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Over the long term, truth will out, and it well may destroy not only your reputation but all the good you hoped to do. There are major costs in the short term too. You really want to make a difference and people want to be inspired. There is a powerful feedback loop that encourages playing fast and loose with the truth.

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Roundtable Talk

APRIL 5, 2010

Personally… Be clear on your values and ethics… don’t compromise these to please. Don’t create short-term satisfaction to the detriment of the longer term strategy or position. Here are just a few of the top tips from our panel on managing yourself, your teams and your boss.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

How does the concept help business people make critical trade-offs between short and long term or between competing, legitimate concerns of stakeholders — employees, suppliers, customers and shareowners? Among the questions they raise: shareholder value over what time frame? Does stock price accurately reflect intrinsic value?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

Over the last decade, industries, academics, and the public sector have turned their focus toward culture and ethics in response to the financial crisis as well as misconduct at a broad range of corporations. Think about the trader who is compensated on short-term profits and losses and not long-term value creation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Millennials score lower than any other generation in terms of believing that people can be trusted, and that that cynicism rose in the years following the Great Recession. When they are attracted to social impact organizations, they’re those that are designed to be short-term commitments, like Teach for America or the Peace Corps.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

My colleagues and I did an experiment in which I gave participants difficult ethical challenges where there seemed to be no good choice. But when we think in terms of “could,” we stay open-minded and the trade-offs involved inspire us to come up with creative solutions. ” or “What could you do?”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2012

The headline : "Jonah Lehrer Was Going to Give a Speech on Ethics. Take the people responsible for precipitating this devastating economic crisis. If we ourselves fail in this, we will betray our own principles and fall short of our own promise. His peers have been indignant, even scathing. It's Canceled, Obviously".

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

If a lapse does occur, come clean immediately : If you try to hide ethical lapses, you can be sure that that they — and your cover-up — will eventually be broadcast and amplified via Twitter, Facebook, and other digital channels. That's the only way to demonstrate your commitment to ethical behavior.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Since the collapse of Enron, through the financial crisis, to the insider trading and LIBOR scandals, the question just keeps recurring: How did those institutions of higher learning, whose claim is to develop business leaders, influence the conduct of leaders who let so many people down? These critiques have brought about some change.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

If a lapse does occur, come clean immediately : If you try to hide ethical lapses, you can be sure that that they — and your cover-up — will eventually be broadcast and amplified via Twitter, Facebook, and other digital channels. That's the only way to demonstrate your commitment to ethical behavior.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The announcement made the board seem oblivious to the fact that these issues have been center stage since the beginning of the financial crisis and, in fact, are of signal importance to the whole financial services industry and, indeed, to all major corporations. Boards Ethics Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Use an evaluation system that links the company’s strategic requirements with the prospects’ individual capacities and performance, with the latter focusing on their integrity and ethics, team building, execution excellence, shareholder return, and personal gravitas—and ability to work in the boardroom. Boards Leadership Talent management'

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

85% of the time, a formal program of crisis preparedness will help the organization to avert the crisis. 70% of corporate CEOs think that business is too much focused on the short-term. According to research conducted by the Ethics Resource Center: Employees of organizations steal 10 times more than do shoplifters.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term. Without goals, one never really succeeds…he-she merely averts-survives the latest crisis.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Values in terms of savings: Time and motion savings. Values in terms of efficiencies: Meantime between new product introductions. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Inventory costs.

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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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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Our experience with oil has been fraught; fortunes made have been balanced with dwindling resources, bloody mercenary conflicts, and a terrifying climate crisis. Or until we start to see long term effects from 'data pollution'? Second, we need to have a more open conversation about data & ethics.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2011

Call it a hiccup or a long-term slump; every brand faces a crisis. Whether self-created or a swipe from the blind side, crisis recovery can be elusive. The J&J folks set the crisis management standard for all others to follow—to be prepared for that inevitable day when disaster WILL strike. Leadership.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

First, good leaders can articulate the need for change because the organization is on the brink of failure- cost reductions, reputational crisis, shift in customers and so on and seek to manage those changes. Day-to-day support work is concrete, urgent and short-term. Strategic work is ambiguous, conceptual and longer-term.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

In extolling his own work ethic, President Donald Trump notes : “Don’t sleep any more than you have to. But it is also a mirage; you may be able to complete more tasks, at least in the short term. In simple terms, caffeine blocks the signals that tell our brains we need sleep. That’s simple math.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

mid-term elections staring us right in the face, I thought it would be an interesting time to examine the difference between statesman and politician. I have long been an opponent to term limits, believing that "we the people" are smart enough to figure out who should serve. Now is the time for term limits.

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