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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

The field that provides this kind of know-how is called ethics. This means that ethics is serious business. Ethical dilemmas are at least as hard to resolve as engineering problems, and at least as urgent, particularly in our complex and fast-moving world. But how does one recognize ethical competence?

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance, from the expert who developed the US Navy SEALs mental toughness curriculum and has worked with thousands of top athletes, elite military personnel, business executives, and first responders. It's time to fight back.

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Do We Give Startups A Free Pass On Ethical Behavior?

The Horizons Tracker

Despite this, research from the Kellogg School argues that startups still tend to get an easier ride than other forms of organization when it comes to their ethical conduct. They rated things like the motives of the company, how ethical they perceived them to be, and how customer-focused they were. The benefit of the doubt.

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When will we stop Leadership fetishization?

Mike Cardus

I wonder how do we move beyo nd or stop this leadership fetishization. Below is an image I saw on LinkedIn – it is insulting and used to decrease autonomy – while it pretends to do the opposite. How does leadership and ethics of who and what happen? What can you do as someone in a leadership role?

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How Important Is Coaching in Professional Development?

Leading Blog

A S A LIFELONG communication skills coach, I was asked recently by one of my colleagues how important individual coaching attention is for a person to learn and grow at any stage of their career. Here’s why: none of us can see ourselves as others do. Of course, this is sort of like asking a baker if bread is worth baking.

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3 Strategies to Build Inclusive Teams

N2Growth Blog

If you’ve ever played a team sport like soccer or basketball, you quickly learn that while it is helpful to have an “all-star” player, the best teams leverage the talents of all their players on the field and elevate everyone’s game in order to consistently win. Aligning on values brings the focus on what is shared; what do we care about?

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Are You a Disruptive Mentor?

Lead Change Blog

But, the spirit that blows through the halls of innovative organizations is fanned by leaders with a thirst for learning coupled with a recognition that every great leader today must be a mentor. His impeccable ethics honed values that encouraged wholeness, honesty, and respect. Great Mentor-Leaders Are Participative Partners.

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