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Is Your Service Ethical?

Lead Change Blog

The manner my dad handled a Hightower cow invasion and how Mr. Hightower handled the exact same scenario was a powerful lesson in the ethics of service. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company authorizes employees, including housekeepers, to spend up to $2000 to make sure a hotel guest leaves satisfied. He was giving; he was also guarding.

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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

In that piece, he described his team’s efforts to examine a specific hypothesis (“Employee commitment drives customer service”) in the US operations of a major hotel chain. which translated into $250K for each hotel! Tony Simons’ powerful article, “ The High Cost of Lost Trust ,” appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 2002.

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The Entrepreneur’s Faces: 10 Entrepreneurial Types and Their Journey

Leading Blog

T HE leadership we need now can be found in the entrepreneurial mindset—the characteristics found in entrepreneurs. Their work ethic didn’t sink in. One day, having ducked into a luxury San Francisco hotel to avail himself of the facilities, he noticed a conference going on and poked his head in. More importantly, leadership.

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Are You Certified?: The Benefits Of Certification In Business

Strategy Driven

For example, a course in leadership could help to earn you a leadership certificate. It can motivate you to improve your business, making it more efficient and more ethical. Investors : Some investors will only put their money into a company if it is reputable and ethical. Certification gives you something to aim for.

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The Toxic Leader

N2Growth Blog

There is a new definition of leadership in our lexicon. Yet rather than being weeded out, they seem to survive and thrive in an institutional ethic that values by choosing short term greed over longer-term value and culture. Let’s say you have the choice to make between choosing one person for a senior leadership role over another.

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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. Integrity: An Essential Component of Servant Leadership. It is critical for you to be consistent and clear about your ethical standards.

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It's Not About You

CEO Blog

I stayed in a Delta Hotel. Delta is a midsize middle to high end Canadian hotel chain. It tells the story Ben who learns a number of powerful business/leadership lessons: 1. Work ethic was one of my competitive advantages. I am just back from travel. The missed on 2 counts this time. There was no regular tea in the room.

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