Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Posts from Top Leadership Bloggers Published by Michael Lee Stallard on October 9, 2010 04:47 pm under employee engagement Check out this sampling of posts from top leadership bloggers as part of a leadership carnival hosted by Mary Jo Asmus.

Leadership 244

Leadership McCarthy Gilbert Sample 244

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

When your customer service team loses their drive, it’s detrimental to productivity, profits and personnel. Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover: Strategies to Boost Morale and Work Ethic Among the Front-Line Staff. Customer Service Training Video Library.

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Webinar Library Motivation Video 154

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

When your customer service team loses their drive, it’s detrimental to productivity, profits and personnel. Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover: Strategies to Boost Morale and Work Ethic Among the Front-Line Staff. Customer Service Training Video Library.

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Webinar Library Motivation Video 133

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 2, 2011

Check out recent favorite blog posts from a sampling of top bloggers on leadership below. Linda Fisher Thornton gets us thinking about ethics with Ethical Thinking: 5 Questions to Ponder for the New Year posted at Leading in Context LLC. posted at Bret L. Simmons – Positive Organizational Behavior.

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Leadership Lewin Blog Leadership Development 186

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Peer Review Leadership Human Resources White Paper 124

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

And socially focused companies like Toms, which appeal to consumers with their “buy one, give one” promise, also praise consumers’ purchasing behavior with their altruistic tag (e.g., “With every product you purchase, TOMS will help a person in need”). But do such messages truly promote altruism?

Ethics 8

Ethics Licensing Self-aware Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

In a recent study , the Bureau of Labor statistics found that the average person in their sample held eleven jobs between the ages of 18 and 46 — meaning a job-switch once every 2.5 So, it's critical that you establish for yourself a clear code of ethics. Write down a situation in which your ethics might be tested.

Ethics 15

Ethics Reputation Trends Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

We'd spent most of the launch money on sampling and couponing. Clorox effectively trashed P&G's new product initiative. What vital lesson did Lafley take away from this new product debacle? "We Let me know what you think: Was what Clorox did to P&G ethical? We certainly learned how to defend leading brand franchises.

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Innovation Franchising Ethics Disruptive Innovation 13

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2018

At best, such experiences can be frustrating and demotivating ; at worst, they can lead to reduced productivity or even to someone deciding to quit. To test this, we conducted a pair of studies sampling 99 leaders and 140 immediate followers in China over a period of two weeks. Did you notice a change in their behavior?

Morale 10

Morale Construction Real Estate Sample 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

This research was recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics. This suggests that while goal setting may indeed have negative consequences on ethical behavior in organizations, only people with particularly susceptible personality traits may be prone to the effect.

Goal 8

Goal Morale Ethics Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

But while they are waiting for the next big breakthrough, companies have to fill their product line with clinically similar drugs to market as "better" than their competitors' similar drugs. Safra Center for Ethics , some fellows study how these institutional practices corrupt medical science and clinical practice.

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Business Model Company Pharmaceuticals Price 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

When such simple randomization is not feasible due to logistics, ethics, cost, or sample size, more sophisticated analytical techniques can be employed. Take the issue of productivity. Yet it turns out that people are actually more productive when they work a bit less rather than a bit more.

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Flextime Call Center Human Resources CRM 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2012

These characteristics are prior success, intelligence, work ethic, and coach-ability. At the end of their first month, each new hire must pass a 150-question exam, as well as six different certification tests on the HubSpot product, our sales methodology, and the concept of inbound marketing.

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Team Analysis CRM Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

They’re “lazy,” and lack the admirable work ethic of their elders. Our recent 2015 Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults , asked a national sample of 1,000 21- to 29-year-olds a wide range of questions related to education and the entry to work. As we all know, young workers are a contemptible bunch.

Motivation 8

Motivation Bottom-up Media Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

One of her primary duties during the summer would be helping him with market research by reaching out to other technology firms, including direct competitors, for information on products, services offered, customers, sales, and other data. “When I saw him speak, he talked about how important ethics were in this field.”

Case Study 8

Case Study Follow-up Ethics CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

And while some question whether such special treatment is appropriate , it’s clear that this group has outsize influence: high-performers have been estimated to be four times as productive as average workers, and research has shown that they may generate 80% of a business’s profits and attract other star employees.

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Attrition Charisma Cost Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

You should also inquire if the data is unbiased, since sample size alone is not sufficient to guarantee its validity. Even seemingly harmless experiments may carry ethical or social implications with real financial consequences. Finally, ask if the data scientist has enough data to answer the question.

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Analysis Incubator Advertising Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The breadth of article topics was large and the sample of rhetorical styles diverse. In particular, our research revealed that HBR's authors consistently took aim at one of three core business objectives: improved efficiency, greater effectiveness, or innovation of products and processes. How Ethical Are You? More >>.

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

Below is a sample of the research about what happens when algorithms are given control of tasks traditionally carried out by humans (all emphasis mine): In 2002 a team of economists studied the impact of automated underwriting algorithms in the mortgage lending industry.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Policies Finance Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Some of the most influential papers from the 1970s featured simple correlations and occasional regressions on cross-sectional data for modest samples, any of which might be rejected out of hand today. For some researchers, that spreadsheet could have been an ethically questionable window into contemporary corporate practices.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

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Mentor Mission Statement Tips Advice 55

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

One of your executives comes to you with a proposal: she wants to lower the quality of service at the restaurants, reduce product safety standards, use deceptive marketing practices, lower employee pay, and adopt worse environmental practices. In the sample of firms we used, KLD scores were positively correlated with firms’ incomes.

Company 8

Company Short-term Long-term Price 8

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 11, 2010

Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? A big thank you to that group for this valuable list. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

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Books Leadership Mentor Mission Statement 64

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

If we limit the sample to mothers with at least a college degree, the number rises only slightly, to 13.9 For upper-middle class men, notes sociologist Michèle Lamont, ambition and a strong work ethic are "doubly sacred. Okay, okay, it might boost productivity," was the argument, "but it inhibits innovation." It''s identity.

Morale 9

Morale Class Cooper Ethics 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But so is the trepidation: as with all new “products,” there is potential for misuse. For machine learning to be useful for policy, it must accurately predict “out-of-sample.” Then when the vendor comes back with a finished algorithm, you can perform an independent test using your “hold out” sample.

Policies 8

Policies Tools Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recommend you devote the bulk of your marketing budget to developing excellent content and lots of it, with some additional funds set aside for design, production, and maintenance. Your web properties include: websites, blogs, wikis, videos, podcasts, social networking profiles, images, applications, badges, and affiliate sites.

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Press Release Discount Content Directory 145