N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

Many companies today operate like Russian nesting dolls, where one large figure is actually made up of many smaller one. Yet the associated moral hazard often goes unnoticed. The hired hands at News of the World , however, did not have to respect this code of ethics. What part of your iPad is made by Apple?

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Morale Apparel Ethics Media 10

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2019

You need to build a strong brand image so that you can stand out from the crowd, be memorable, and establish yourself in your particular industry. It can be a challenging an lengthy process, especially if you are in a competitive industry, but there are a few steps to take, which should deliver powerful and lasting results.

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Brand Mission Statement How To Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In his Nicomachean Ethics , Aristotle states that it is a fact that “all knowledge and every pursuit aims at some good,” but then continues, “What then do we mean by the good?” ” That, in essence, encapsulates the ethical dilemma. ” Unraveling Ethical Dilemmas. Cultural Norms vs. Moral Values.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2015

While the retail industry crisis has been well-reported, particularly with respect to dwindling foot traffic to brick-and-mortar stores. This asks that we operate with openness, clear communication and accountability. At the most fundamental level, credibility translates into trust, and trust translates into sales.

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Crisis Strategy Brand Telemarketing 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Thinking that quality needs apply to some other department, company or industry, not your own. Improvement can be quantified by increased productivity, reduced turnover and heightened employee morale. Quality is the sum of impressions made on the customer.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

If you’re into movies, you might imagine the android from the new movie Chappie , a machine with artificial intelligence that learns morally questionable behavior. If you think more about industry, you might imagine a mechanical arm programmed to install parts on a production line. Quick — think of a robot, any robot.

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Definition Ethics Industry Automotive 8

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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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2014

I teach a course on ethics at the McCombs School of Business and have run the McCombs Speaker Series on Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility for the last seven years. Allowing employees to speak up and take an active part in the decisions of organizations has been shown to be an effective strategy across industries.

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Loyalty McCombs Ethics Follow-up 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

Chick-fil-A, an Atlanta-based privately held company, has long been known for operating on Christian principles and values, most notable of which is that all 1,600 of its restaurants are closed on Sundays. They also contribute to groups that advocate for a traditional definition of marriage and support ex-gay conversions.

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Ethics CEO Letter Globalization 12

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Moreover, ethical followers can help leaders avoid making questionable decisions and high performing followers often motivate leaders to raise their own levels of performance. There are some situations where many people seem all too willing to abdicate responsibility and simply follow orders, even when it is morally offensive to do so.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Listen in on MBA classes and corporate conferences and you will hear a lot of talk about the need for inspiring missions, ethical behavior and transcendent purpose. Our system of financial accounting rewards quarterly profits, but struggles mightily to place a value on ethical behavior. That should keep the accountants happy.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

Integrity in all dealings means taking the interests of other parties taken into account, operating with a long-term perspective rather than short-term greed or sensationalism. Anything for a deal or anything for an advantage is just as bad as anything for a story, even if it violates moral, ethical, and legal standards.

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Long-term Short-term CEO Ethics 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

industries, and a review of hundreds of academic studies on the psychology of human performance, shows that most leaders and organizations tend to focus on just one type of performance. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects. Every high performer needs both.

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Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2017

A leader in the health industry recalled an incident from 40 years ago that still haunted him. This is an atypical story that stands out because of its drama — in many cases, the morally right course of action is murkier, and the consequences of speaking up are not so devastating. ’ So I did desist.”

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Power Chief Operating Officer Politics COO 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Iron Men live for the operating room, dismiss post-op care as boring, scorn rest (“I am hardcore and I need no sleep!”), and brag that a surgical residency program has a 110 percent divorce rate (“Guys would come in married, get divorced, get remarried, and get divorced again”). Another group rejected Iron Men’s work-all-the-time ideals.

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Diversity Ethics Report Engineering 12

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

My latest post Do it Right…and They Will Come: Where Passion Meets Purpose draws on some personal experiences in the hospitality industry. Examples: an accounting manager could shadow HR for a day or an person in operations could learn more about the sales process. I share a bit of my journey in Leadership Development Made Easy.”.

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Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If your attitude is impeding your relationships, your talent, or your health, it might be time to consider making some changes…If you have any great stories about how attitudes impact leadership and morale please share them in the comments section below. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] William Powell So nice to see this being addressed.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How much further should we extend ethics?

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Most of these pitfalls are common to so many industries. It is big and grandiose.

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Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Morale is low or uneven. Multiple factors cause momentum, or the lack thereof.

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Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The banking industry is mired in a state of permanent crisis. Most think banks are part of an elite establishment that’s lost sight of the broader mission to serve customers and would prefer they operate more like nonprofits. It no longer makes sense for banks to be run and operated exclusively by career bankers.

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Career Banking Crisis Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Across industries, that number has climbed to 55%. Employees who don’t trust their managers usually point to big-picture, obvious things: Their superiors skate the edges of ethical behavior, hide information, take credit for others’ hard work, or flat-out deceive people. As Stephen M. And you get what you give.

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Policies Micromanagement Reference Covey 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Employees, Morale, The Workforce.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

It''s a dangerous trap, not just for the media companies that I know best but for any company trying to operate or expand in China. The media business is far from the only industry that has struggled to find its footing in China (it''s just the one I happen to know best). China Ethics Global business'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

This is still unfamiliar territory for executives who lack a proper understanding of how activists operate and what makes boycotts successful. Activists are not merely trying to change the behavior of one specific firm, but want to change industry practice as a whole. The main driver is moral outrage.

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