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4 Ways to a Better Bottom Line

Lead Change Blog

Even more, we have a moral and ethical business obligation to be savvy in how the world works. Personnel in human resources, public relations, and corporate communications support those executive leaders. The fact is, global business is the new norm. In new sales or vendor meetings, you’ll be seen as credible.

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Want to Cut Complexity? Kill Your Darlings.

In the CEO Afterlife

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. The principle then travels down through the various functions, and ends at sea level with an individual’s daily “to do list.” The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better.

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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

They ensure their people have access to both the financial and human resources they need to get the job done and cut them loose to do their thing. Effective leaders set the right tone at the top, which becomes the organization’s ethical standards. These leaders never micro-manage. Tone at the top is critically important.

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Navigate Your Path to Success

Women on Business

Gretchen Glasscock said: Navigate Your Path to Success: I have always traveled quite a bit for business, and before every trip I would d… [link] [.] Categories : Uncategorized 3 Comments 1 Tweets that mention Navigate Your Path to Success :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 11th, 2011 at 7:47 am [.] Thanks for the post!

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Why Leaders Believe that Tomorrow is a Better Place

In the CEO Afterlife

Easily definable” is the element within visions that facilitates the ethic of simplicity, and doing less, better in this complex world of business. Travelling back and forth the nine inches between the head and the heart is the tough part. Great leaders envision a better place for every stakeholder”. Nodding to the premise is easy.

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Living Without the “K” On Your “_eyboard” :: Women on Business

Women on Business

My other option is to use the small lightweight laptop I use for travel. I can then choose the correct word from a list of possible word options, but I have to hope it’s on the list. Otherwise, I have to revert to Ctrl V. But because it’s for convenience, it’s really not ideal for lengthy projects, marathon typing, and other assignments.

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

” “In announcing the arrival of “the ethical consumer,” Time magazine noted: “We are starting to put our money where our ideals are.” ” If companies want to succeed in this ethical age, they had better live up to those ideals.”

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