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Leadership Lesson From General McChrystal: Get Onboard or Get Out.

The Recovering Engineer

On the other extreme, I heard speculation that General McChrystal may have made a public statement as a way to make his concerns known and to drive policy changes to protect his soldiers with full knowledge that it would lead to his removal from command. If you see a moral or ethical dilemma, get out of the organization.

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Definition of Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S.

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The DISC Model of Human Behavior – A Quick Overview | Guy Harris.

The Recovering Engineer

They tend to be Inspiring and Influencing. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. From time to time the result will change as influenced by some external factors. It is just like any other tool.

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DISC Model FAQ's: Is Changing Your Behavior Phoney?

The Recovering Engineer

As I see it, choosing a behavior, word, or tone that will improve your communication effectiveness is not a moral or ethical issue. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. . It is just a matter of style.

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business Review

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Here are five questions to ask: Do your company’s incentives match its policies? Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. At first glance, this policy looks reasonable. But it is the employee incentives that really matter.

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The Tightrope Google Has to Walk in China

Harvard Business Review

The company last entered China in 2006 with a censored search engine, but pulled the plug on the operation four years later after it discovered that human-rights activists’ Gmail accounts had been hacked. It’s unlikely that this policy framework will change any time soon.

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The Big Picture of Business: Lessons About Business Planning To Be Learned from the Y2K Bug

Strategy Driven

When they want to do so, company leadership will provide leadership for change management and re-engineering… two of the many worthwhile concepts that should be advocated every business day. Repairing ethically wrong actions. Inability to read the warning signs or understand external influences. Recovery and Restoration.