In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In every vocation, from academics to business to politics, the knowledge theorem and its power corollary is seemingly undeniable. . To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. How many times have you heard that “knowledge is power?”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Recently, she’s been spotted in the company of politicians and Presidential candidates creating speculation that she may leave the corporate world for a stint in the political world. That remains to be seen, but one thing seems certain – Meg Whitman will undoubtedly be successful in any endeavor she pursues in the future.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I wasn’t getting the answers I wanted from the one person I was talking with – he kept saying “no” – so I politely ended the call. Last week I called my cell phone provider to modify the service, cancel a line, add a data line, etc.

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Building Personal Strength

JULY 15, 2010

I could pay my dues, and my work ethic would help me move up. On the other hand, I knew about university politics. If anything, they were nastier than politics in the military. I loved poetry and fiction and had established myself as an authority on the contemporary American novel. There were job openings.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Strong yet Others are from books, films and politics. I believe we can stand on the shoulders of the past by exploring the legacy of the women who held out a hand when the terrain was rocky, gave us courage when it looked hopeless, encouraged us to keep on keeping on no matter what. The others can get a silent salute from the heart.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues. Good intentions and political correctness are not enough. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. It means making the most of the organization that we can.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. I connected again with him on Facebook through the online version of that same political group, and I let him know what I do for a living. Recently, his company needed a web designer.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

They are extremely ethical and believe that honesty, effort, and reliability form the foundation of success. It’s true: a diverse workplace brings along with it diverse cultural, political, and spiritual beliefs—many of which may be unfamiliar or even a bit scary to those who aren’t familiar with them. Accommodate all beliefs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2012

By contrast, encouraging an under-performing subordinate to lose 25 pounds, get a hair transplant or contact-lenses would likely inspire a formal complaint to Human Resources and/or a possible lawsuit. Indeed, is it ethical to discourage or ignore an option that might help an employee be more productive and keep his or her job?

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Branding has proliferated big time – we now have personal brands, country brands, political brands, cause-related brands, even cultural brands. This top management ethic is essential to brand resilience. The conversation in the world of branding is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

But these tactics fall flat when faced with disputes of an ethical, moral, or legal nature. How might an ethical but job-dependent employee respond to these disputes effectively? Here are some tactics, gleaned from the literature on political activism, presented in sequence from low to high heat. I’m concerned about you.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. It is essential to build in a framework of virtuous and ethical principles.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2015

All people expect their employers to treat others fairly, behave ethically and be proactive in their business practices—toward their employees, suppliers, business partners and other stakeholders (the “our” proposition). However, the difference between human resources and human relationships is significant.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Place ad in an unusual venue, attend a political events, support a new cultural organization, or even be friendly at the Health Club. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Curiosity is necessary to develop cross-sectoral techniques. Try new approaches. Curiosity instigates imagination.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

On the other hand, please note it commits you to nothing with regard to changing your lifestyle/romantic relationships/politics/personal grooming choices/childrearing policies, or any of the other topics that appear to be fair game when any family gathers to give thanks.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2018

At the same time, the need to win can blind us to ethical considerations. It’s a potential problem in all kinds of areas: colleagues who have a strong rivalry at work, managers who need to make their numbers for the quarter, even political parties that spend campaign funds to attract votes. Our Studies Study 1.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

Here are a few ideas: If invited to a meeting, request an agenda if one is not provided When attending the meeting, help to keep it on task by politely asking, “where are we in the agenda?&# You can be a positive influence on your next meeting whether you called it or not.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Criticizing others may be cloaked as a subtle or even polite dialog. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Our human resources department takes care of that. Some people and organizations go to great extremes to place spins, rationalize or save face. Interest rates are too high. Learn to live with it.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Political fund raising. Without visioning, other functions (marketing, human resources, financial, production, quality control, public relations, etc.) The Strategic Plan comes off the shelf and alive into action by being relative to all levels of the organization: Resource. Sales or marketing support. Culture-Mission.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

Let me couch this for you in the pedestrian terms of financial hydraulics — the tawdry terms which seem to substitute for thinking in what's become of our thin, shallow economic and political discourse. The most basic function of a financial system is to price money.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

He is convinced that the zaniness of virtual environments plus the steep learning curve of making your avatar function from a keyboard is an effective icebreaker, especially important when partners need to overcome differences in cultural traditions, languages, work ethics, and political systems in order to complete a project together.

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