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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. A world in flux, now : And it is happening, right now, to businesses in almost every industry, everywhere in the world.

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June 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Economic advantages are created when you surround yourself with the advice, counsel and co-operation of a group of reliable people who are willing to lend wholehearted support, collaborate and promote your cause. Jim Taggart of Changing Winds provided May the Force be with You: Ethical Leadership During Discontinuous Change.

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New Hires 101: WorkBright’s Introductory Overview

HR Digest

It’s about creating a pathway for new hires to understand, adapt, and align with the company’s ethos, vision, and operational methodologies. These are designed to familiarize new employees with the company’s historical background, core values, ethics, and overarching culture.

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Being an Ethical Business in a Corrupt Environment

Harvard Business Review

Our research in Egypt , Zimbabwe , and India shows that organizations should view the prospect of building a strong ethical reputation in such environments as an opportunity, and consider the costs of resisting corruption as an investment in building such a reputation. Ethics Can Be a Differentiator.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

The right culture lays the foundation for any organization’s success, regardless of the industry, company size, or the phase of business growth. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. It all boils down to how you treat people.

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The Tightrope Google Has to Walk in China

Harvard Business Review

The company last entered China in 2006 with a censored search engine, but pulled the plug on the operation four years later after it discovered that human-rights activists’ Gmail accounts had been hacked. It is now clear that companies operating in China are kept on a short leash even when they comply with governmental demands.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Moreover, ethical followers can help leaders avoid making questionable decisions and high performing followers often motivate leaders to raise their own levels of performance. Brown-Nosers constantly check in with their leaders and operate by seeking permission, rather than forgiveness.