Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In addition, when your bid is the first time a government agency learns of your company, you can be sure your proposal is heading for the bottom of the pile. How do you get to the top of the pile or, even better, how do you ensure there is no pile of bids, only your name? Build relationships.

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Press Release Discount PR How To 167

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Edwards Deming described the purpose of an organization in The New Economics , 1993, on page 51, as: The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain – stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment – over the long term.

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Deming Long-term Proposal Tactics 67

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent? How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion?

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 3, 2013

This book teaches leaders at any level how to: cultivate political skill, exercise power beyond your place in the organizational chart, defend against political attacks and know when to fight, when to retreat and when to lead. Fortunately, politics is a skill you can learn." says Jack Godwin author of " THE OFFICE POLITICS HANDBOOK."

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Politics Handbook Self-aware Management 135

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2013

How to grow a company that remains healthy long into the future. This is my favorite because it addresses fear, a huge negative (and silent) driver that keeps leaders from speaking up against injustice, lack of ethics, morality issues and other things that damage individuals and people in our organizations. We must "be the leader."

Leadership Development 290

Leadership Development Development Leadership Armstrong 290

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Edwards Deming described the purpose of an organization in The New Economics , 1993, on page 51, as: The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain – stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment – over the long term.

Deming 28

Deming Long-term Proposal Tactics 28

Strategy Driven

APRIL 5, 2012

Rather, reputation, relationships, timing, and persuasive messaging is needed to garner the attention and buy-in necessary to gain action on one’s proposals. Recommended Resource – How to Win Friends & Influence People. Recommended Resource – Reviving Work Ethic. Benefits of Using this Reference.

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Resources Proposal Competitive Advantage Politics 50

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The authors propose three questions you should ask to assess your own leadership potential: How far do you want to go? You will not know whether you have what it takes to be a leader until you try really hard to express it.

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Price Leadership Long-term Short-term 198

Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Send the email you’re using now (this is your control, or “A”)) to 500 names, and send your proposed new email (“B”) to the other 500. If so, How to Drive ROI on Direct Mail Guest post by Elizabeth Lombard, manager of postal carrier education, Pitney.

Marketing 162

Marketing Press Release Direct Marketing Discount 162

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2014

They can be modified if you simply propose an ethical, viable and mutually beneficial alternative solution. Much useful information can be gleaned during casual conversation, including what they value in life, what motivates them, what annoys them, their ethics, etc. However, even rules are negotiable! Get personal.

Short-term 68

Short-term Document Ethics Competitive Advantage 68

Lead on Purpose

MAY 5, 2009

In the series, How to be a Great Product Manager , Saeed Khan shares the four C’s of Leadership that each Product Management professional and leader should strive to embrace. The Four C’s include: Credibility – leadership begins with credibility. Courage – the most challenging of the 4 Cs.

Marketing 113

Marketing Productivity Products Ethics 113

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Instances like these have led critics to argue that deploying defaults without informing consumers is unethical and that people should know how defaults are designed to influence their behavior. Doing so may allay concerns about the ethicality of deploying defaults and enhance their attitudes toward the organizations setting the defaults.

How To 8

How To Participative Influence Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

When obscure financial instruments threaten the global economy, transparency is the proposed solution. In several survey studies, we demonstrated that when employees perceive their leaders as too ethically driven, they demonstrated the same negative behaviors that were shown when leaders were perceived as very unethical.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

When an executive at global services firm UBS Americas challenged trainees to design a cost-saving strategy, one young woman proposed that the company install software that puts a computer into sleep mode after a period of inactivity. Prioritize soft skill development. Measure and improve over time.

How To 8

How To Diversity Teamwork Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

He offers an example of how to present this: “Our normal expected return in a particular region is 18-24 months, and we believe that is attainable, but we’re projecting 24-36 months to achieve those objectives in a way that is sustainable and ethical.” ” Identify “moon markets” and walk away.

Management 11

Management Ethics Cost Bureaucracy 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Specifically, we wanted to look at gender differences in deceptive behavior, the underlying reasons for it, and whether we could motivate both men and women to engage in less—or more—ethical bargaining tactics. Toward More Ethical Negotiations. Lies in the Lab.

Ethics 8

Ethics Participative Tactics Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2018

In prison, the ethics and the tradeoff were apparent. The research on how to educate people about sexual harassment, while limited, is equally discouraging. Another study found that employees learned more and were more likely to change their attitudes about harassment during training if they believed their employer was ethical.

Policies 8

Policies Ethics Training Library 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

Last night, President Obama laid out a set of goals and proposals for his next year in office, with a substantial portion of the speech focusing on business and economic issues. As the President sets out on a post-speech tour to sell his policies, here are management experts’ perspectives on some of those proposals: Minimum Wage.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Health Care Proposal Meyer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

Better, then, the authors argue, to work underground until you have a more defensible proposal. And how to get the resources needed to gather the data, do the research, build the prototype, or formally test the idea? You beg, borrow, and steal, the authors advise. You build a coalition of the willing.

Innovation 8

Innovation Proposal Article Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Unfortunately, most of us don’t know how to make the job decisions that lead to satisfaction. ” As a result, we often pick jobs for the wrong reasons, says Karen Dillon, coauthor of How Will You Measure Your Life. How Will You Measure Your Life? Ethics Feature. What the Experts Say. Further Reading.

Career 8

Career How To Finance Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

In 1971, philosopher John Rawls proposed a thought experiment to understand the idea of fairness: the veil of ignorance. Specifically, it defines how to understand “unintended consequences“ and whether a decision process’s outcomes are fair. Laurence Dutton/Getty Images.

Credit Risk 8

Credit Risk Tools Objective Ethics 8

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

When Navy budget officials proposed cuts related to training and developing people as part of the annual planning cycle, Clark wouldn’t allow it. To Bono, U2 is “the best example of how to rely on others.” Instead, he increased the training budget. These experiences have shaped them in important ways. why is everyone smiling?

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Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals. Here’s How to Create It. It wasn’t until she was removed that others stepped up to build bridges and enthusiastically tackle languishing initiatives and propose new creative solutions. New Managers Should Focus on Helping Their Teams, Not Pleasing Their Bosses.

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Cost Learning-by-Doing Commitment Proposal 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Acutely aware of the competitive edges timely data offers sophisticated investors, the company's ever-entrepreneurial cofounder once proposed that Google launch a hedge fund. Yes, this exercise will surface all manner of ethical — and possibly legal — conflicts and risks. How to Repair Your Data. More >>.

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Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Issues bearing significantly on the business emerge not just in legislative, executive, or regulatory settings; they can also arise in litigation or transactions or adoption of ethical standards necessary to pre-empt policy proposals. They can be cross-cutting issues which impact the whole corporation (e.g.,

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2015

The consequences of such insidious biases can be quite costly to an organization, from leading it to hire or promote the wrong candidates to investing in less innovative ideas just because of who proposed them to crossing ethical boundaries. Discuss strategies that eliminate unconscious bias and how to apply them.

Training 8

Training Participative COO Stress 8

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

They want the companies they buy from to trade in an ethical and responsible way, and for the organizations they work for to not only make a positive difference to the world, but to offer them work that is fulfilling and enriching in equal measure.

Entrepreneur 68

Entrepreneur Long-term Crisis Mentor 68

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2015

In research by Frances Milliken of New York University and two colleagues, the majority of 40 employees at knowledge companies reported having concerns about such issues as workflow improvement and ethics — but not speaking up about these issues to their supervisors. Despite her reservations, she came up with a proposal.

Influence 8

Influence Participative Compliance Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

How to Pick the Right Consultants for Your Company. Ask a true business strategist to help you to determine which consultants are needed, draft the requests for proposals, evaluate credentials and recommend contracting options. Pro-bono community involvement is a factor because it indicates character, ethics and integrity.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

national security experts to assess a hostage-rescue strategy and evaluate what “another national security expert” proposed. We also asked participants how intelligent or ethical they perceived the other person to be, based on their recommendation. How to make better decisions.

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Participative Cost Strategy Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Far from just providing insights into how to effectively advertise laundry products, studies into cross cultural communication can provide valuable insights when building new relationships and influencing people from different cultures to our own. Steve Martin CMCT, is co-author of the New York Times Bestseller Yes!

Advertising 14

Advertising Audience Banking Influence 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Super-specialized physicians learned how to attack disease in various organs systems, and fatalism has gone out of fashion. Perhaps it is overlooked because clinicians are so busy focusing on the technical details of care, or perhaps it is due to their uncertainty about how to respond.

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Constraint System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” It is aimed at anyone who wants to use data science to create social good, but is unsure how to proceed. How machine learning can improve public policy. Plus, unlike many other proposals to improve society, machine learning tools are easily scaled. We have distilled what we have learned into a “buyer’s guide.”

Policies 8

Policies Tools Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

CO2

MAY 1, 2012

These include narratives, paradigms, theories, models, schemas, frames, scripts, stereotypes, and categories; they include philosophies of life, ideologies, moral systems, ethical codes, world-views, and political, religious or cultural affiliations. Few critics can pass this test. By rejecting #3, you give up certainty.

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Belief Systems Discount Resistance Proposal 143

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

As the founder and president of a new ethical bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realized that he and his board needed to set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on “values” grounds. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry. Next point?”.

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

A senior leader at a global financial services companies hired us to help them after regulators put them on notice that they couldn’t do any more acquisitions until they overcame systemic ethical issues among their leaders. When my team and I left that night, I was sure that we were done working at this company.

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Ulrich Leadership Diversity Audience 52