The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Over the second round of drinks, the conversation turned toward the company’s growing morale problems. In The Greatest Miracle in the World , Og Mandino spins a tale of his encounters with Simon Potter, a humble and learned wise man. Goals, plans, reports, and numbers take over. I’ve got too much going on today.”

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Writing out the employee feedback can be tiring though, and establishing a structured way of doing it can make things a lot easier. Learning how to write a performance review requires a delicate touch and careful consideration of what needs to be said. Image credit – Pexels) What is a Performance Review?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Instead of seeing your role as providing answers, learn to ask really good questions. Learn to tolerate ambiguity. People can do their job better when they have easy access to the information they need. You can’t hide your morals behind closed doors. You can’t hide your morals behind closed doors.

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Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Employee recognition is a powerful tool in building morale, motivation and job satisfaction. Learn how to create an excellent customer service strategy and motivate your service team to provide superior service, inspiring customers to return and spread the word. Employee Recognition Ideas Drive Motivation and Job Satisfaction.

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Webinar Library Motivation Video 154

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

How do you turn yourself into a leader? But how do you do it? Do you have to be a born leader as they say? What should you do in order to become a leader? Although achieving a high position in an organization constitutes recognition of leadership, the two do not always go hand in hand. What does it take?

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Self-aware 150

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

” Employee recognition is a powerful tool in building morale, motivation and job satisfaction. Learn how to create an excellent customer service strategy and motivate your service team to provide superior service, inspiring customers to return and spread the word. Employee Recognition Ideas Drive Motivation and Job Satisfaction.

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Webinar Library Motivation Video 133

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As technology has advanced more and more discussion has revolved around ensuring it develops in an ethical way and to the benefit of all of society. Learn about negative impacts of technology from stakeholders and in turn educate stakeholders about these impacts and how they can be mitigated or avoided. Responsible usage.

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Technology Real Estate Ethics Banking 52

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2013

What can leaders learn from the makers of fine cognac? 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. What should I do?

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Leadership Development Development Armstrong Leadership 290

Next Level Blog

JULY 21, 2010

The problem was that when you watch the entire speech and learn the history behind her story, Sherrod is not a racist but someone who learned through experience to look beyond race. The way it usually went back then was a report would be made to HR about someone and the story would just curl your toes. It was unfair to her.

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Leadership Executive Coaching Blog Learning-by-Doing 176

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. It is the vision that defines the end game, and the mission is the road map that will take you there.

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Blog Mission Statement Tactics Objective 395

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This is the first book that teaches the ‘whats’ and the ‘hows’ of trust.&# – Ram Charan “After you turn off the projector, quit PowerPoint, and end your pitch, most deals come down to a simple question: Do you trust each other? The act of trusting others and trusting yourself is vital success.

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Succession Covey Trout Godin 154

Your Voice of Encouragement

MARCH 18, 2013

She had eagerly volunteered Jane’s services when she’d learned we were looking for a babysitter. I explained that stealing is a criminal offense and I could call the police to report the theft. Although I assured them I was not going to do that, I did tell her there would be a significant consequence.

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Ethics Morale Learning-by-Doing Report 89

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Most companies have ethics and compliance policies that get reviewed and signed annually by all employees. “Employees are charged with conducting their business affairs in accordance with the highest ethical standards,” reads one such example. Creating an Ethical Workplace. You and Your Team Series. Mark Chussil.

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Ethics Compliance Policies Supply Chain 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. 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.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 12, 2010

In my thirties, I learned about patterns of behavior that people tend to follow in many areas of their lives and in many situations. The model I learned, and eventually studied to the point of becoming a master trainer, is the DISC model of human behavior. Divide a circle in half horizontally.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2016

However, one of the more unsettling and unintended consequences of a singular focus on ethics-as-compliance is a checkbox mentality that gives the illusion of reducing risk without really doing so. So what can a company do to excel ethically? Plato emphasized a virtue-based system of ethics 2,400 years ago in his Academy.

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Compliance Ethics Self-aware Agility 8

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

How do you treat people at home?' Do you really want to have a funeral that no one attends other than for business reasons?' Mike reflected on that, and said, 'I'm going to change, and the reason has nothing to do with money or with this firm. The moral: Anybody can change, but they have to want to change.

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360-Degree Feedback Gordon CEO Learning-by-Doing 115

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The school summarized its decision in a revealing 23-page investigation report , which serves as a useful case study for the way organizations, leaders, and individuals fall victim to moral biases — rationalizations for behaving unethically usually due to one’s self-interest. Performance over principles.

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Meyer Ethics Self-aware Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2014

Toward a Theory of Moral Insight Working Knowledge When we’re faced with an immediate moral dilemma, most of us are so thrown off that we’re not exactly able to think in complete sentences. Once we’ve pulled ourselves together and we’re thinking more rationally, though, chances are we’ll ask ourselves something like “What should I do?”

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Morale Taylorism Taylor Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

And yet, many leaders wrongly believe the path to consistent, proper conduct is special methods to reward whistle-blowing — offering incentives to truth-tellers who report major lapses. Is a multimillion-dollar payday the key to corporate ethics? First, small ethical lapses are already happening in your company.

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Ethics Report Long-term Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

How do we handle individuals who are prone to unethical behaviors, especially if they are talented and hard to replace? First, morality is hard to define, especially without getting too philosophical, and management writers are typically allergic to metaphysics. Pair them with ethical peers. Lead by example.

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Management 360-Degree Feedback Ethics Morale 10

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. As concerning is that approximately 70% of shoppers who do add items to their online shopping cart do not complete the purchase. well above April 2014's 81.7

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Crisis Strategy Brand Telemarketing 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2018

Our research was built on moral cleansing theory , which says that people seek to balance their moral and immoral actions and maintain their moral self-image around a desired equilibrium point. For example, a 2014 study found that people who made an unethical decision were more likely to donate to charity.

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Morale Construction Real Estate Sample 9

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

The Changing Expectations for Followers There was a time in the not too distant past when followership essentially meant, “be quiet and do whatever I tell you to do.” The Civil Rights and more recent Tea Party movements are good examples of what happens when angry followers decide to do something to change the status quo.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 2, 2024

After all, lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned. Parents also promoted the value of a strong work ethic. One of the most potent ways America showcased its moral values was through wholesome entertainment. And parents were expected to sign your report card and return it. Why Learn the Hard Way?

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Airlines Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Ethics 97

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Virtually every 21 st century business scandal is reducible to a morality tale of a technology that allows us to do things we couldn’t before, coupled with major institutional failures that were enabled by failures of omission and commission of corporate leaders. Have we created collaborative, learning-focused cultures?

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Ethics CFO Technology Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Given the ethical issues surrounding deception, how can one be sure when telling a well-meaning lie is the right thing to do — and when it’s not? Some would argue that deceiving others is never ethical, especially in today’s corporate climate. Three specific inferences underlie this judgment.

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Participative Ethics Reputation Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

They reported above-average morale, unlike many teams in the company. Too strong a desire to be liked can get in the way of fully productive management because it can make you reluctant to do the things you need to do. “Is this work the absolute best you can do?” I still remember his exact words.

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Micromanagement Management Human Resources Self-aware 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

Indeed, a 2012 Royal Society report emphasized that these “enhancements,” along with other technologies for self-enhancement, are likely to have far-reaching implications for the business world. The drug improves their ability to plan and make decisions and has a positive effect on learning and creativity. billion in 2015.

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Ethics Stress Policies Morale 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the UK alone, a 2014 report from the chief medical officer for England estimates, the number of sick days lost to “stress, depression, and anxiety” increased by 24% from 2009 to 2013. The omnipresence of these devices mean they are well positioned to do so. Growing numbers of managers worldwide know they need help.

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Stress Self-aware Software Emotional Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

It’s never been easier to collect information on what we’re doing and to share that information with the world. That in turn hurt morale and left employees feeling mistrustful. Only leaders perceived as moderate in their ethical requests were effective in promoting positive employee behavior.

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How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

This is an important facet of what leaders do but it''s not the only thing leaders need to do. Do employees believe their leader acts with integrity, doing what they say they will do? Do employees believe their leader acts with integrity, doing what they say they will do?

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Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This helps explain why, in a recent global survey , more than 1,500 corporate and public sector leaders reported that creativity is the most important quality a leader must have. Research has shown that while creative people are adept at coming up with new ideas, they can also be more likely to engage in morally questionable behaviors.

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Creativity Participative Morale Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

How do we renew the soul of capitalism and fundamentally reimagine it for a new age and a new set of challenges? We learned about initiatives and transformation at the firm level and the ecosystem level, from the realms of nonprofits, for-profits, hybrid organizations and coalitions of competitors. Hack by Chris Allen.

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McKinsey Innovation Diversity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

Examples abound of other recent failures: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd resigned for submitting false expense reports concerning his relationship with a contractor. Why do they risk great careers and unblemished reputations for such ephemeral gains? Self-reflection: a path to leadership development. When you achieve good results.

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Ethics Stress Charisma Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

But when you’re the boss, treating direct reports differently — and especially playing favorites — is unwise and unfair. But when managers favor one employee over another, morale and productivity suffer. What Great Managers Do. Learn how they do it with this 6 minute video slide deck. .

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Management Video Team Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

In the still-raging debate over my two posts about why "Great People Are Overrated," the one (and perhaps only) question that went under-discussed might be the most important question of all: How do you know a great person when you see one? If people do poorly on the M.M.I., The technical term for the process is the M.M.I.,

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Airlines Health Care Consensus Policies 15