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Leadership Pathways

Coaching Tip

A bank nearby then hired him to run their BankAmericard franchise, and from there, the rest is history. According to Dee, your first management priority, outside of your personal ethics and intentions, was to manage your superiors. A true visionary, entrepreneur, and leader, he literally dragged the U.S. His mantras became our own.

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Lafley's Ambiguous "Gift" of Innovation Failure

Harvard Business Review

We certainly learned how to defend leading brand franchises. Legalities aside (and I am assuming that world-class companies like Clorox and P&G obey the law), the competitive ethics of innovation seem shrouded in gray. Let me know what you think: Was what Clorox did to P&G ethical? I don't know.

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How Marketers Can Start Integrating AI in Their Work

Harvard Business Review

On the other hand, there are also real philosophical, ethical, or at least policy decisions to be made on the value exchange between marketers and consumers when data is shared and used to optimize marketing experiences. The good news is that, as an industry, we are starting to see meaningful progress on both fronts.

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May the Force — of Inspiring Leadership — Be with You

The Practical Leader

May 4 th has become an annual commemoration of the Star Wars media franchise. When surveys show disengagement and retention problems create staff shortages, weak managers often blame a changing work ethic and ask, “Why don’t people want to work anymore?” Today is Star Wars Day.

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The Economics of Why Companies Don’t Fix Their Toxic Cultures

Harvard Business Review

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. naqiewei/Getty Images. But what role does culture play in corporate misconduct, and why do these problematic cultures persist?

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Your Corporate Purpose Will Ring Hollow If the Company’s Actions Don’t Back It Up

Harvard Business Review

” In the case of employees this is receiving the wage they’re entitled to —or with franchisees, operating within a franchise agreement which is viable. It’s also difficult to espouse corporate purpose if you’re cheating customers.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The second was at what was the fourth KFC franchise to open in the United States. There became too many competitors, too much franchising, too much hype and just as many who exited the industry as quickly as they entered it. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar. The KFC empire grew, and a burgeoning fast food industry engulfed it.