Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Legal Considerations and Best Practices in Choosing a Vanity Phone Number While exploring available vanity numbers, it is essential to be mindful of regulatory requirements and ethical considerations. Adhering to these guidelines fortifies the trust between a business and its customers and safeguards its reputation.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Investing in technology is crucial for staying competitive, and this might include upgrading to more efficient software systems, utilizing data analytics to inform business decisions, or adopting new communication tools to enhance customer engagement. Staying abreast of regulatory changes requires constant vigilance.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 10, 2016

Integrity can be defined as always interacting with others ethically and honorably. People with integrity aspire to the highest ethical standards and expect the same behavior of others. This builds the Servant Leader’s reputation for reliability. Ann Mulcahy, former CEO of Xerox Corporation, had a reputation for being candid.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Then there is a need to examine your own behavior on how you conform to some sensitive ethics in a corporate environment. While the problems may be obvious and easy to fix, there is a need to reflect on the systems already in place to avoid creating competing goals. You must be ready to listen. Do you take your words seriously?

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Reputation Discount Proposal Ethics 65

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. These factors form a formidable foundation for effective organizational governance when paired together.

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HR Digest

APRIL 25, 2023

The reasons why good employees get fired can vary from performance issues to ethical violations. Such behavior can damage the reputation of the organization and create a toxic work environment for colleagues. We’ll also delve into the different factors that contribute to their departure and the impact it can have on the organization.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Understand the clash of belief systems. Whereas a lawyer is paid to win the case for his or her client by any legal and ethical means possible, a judge is not. Develop a reputation as a person who, rather than talking a good game, actually plays a good game. Be a judge, not a lawyer. Be who you say you are.

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Influence Emotional Intelligence Belief Systems Long-term 280

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic. A flight attendant’s response showed how management just didn’t get it, “We’re smiling in spite of the fact that we’re doing our job with fewer flight attendants, a system that often breaks down, and a product that’s deteriorated.”

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2024

Specializing in an area and building up your reputation as an expert in the field can take you a long way within an organization. When you hear of them having achieved a new milestone, you aren’t surprised because you’ve seen their work ethic in action and know they deserve it.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

They assertively trash your reputation. If your customers’ experiences with your “parking lot” were a picture of your whole service system, what would it tell them about what you value and your top priorities? Clearly there are circumstances where rules are crucial to safety, ethics and fairness. This is not a plea for revolt.

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Policies Follow-up Banking Bureaucracy 150

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Regardless of whether your firm embraces a meritocracy, a tenure based system, a highly sophisticated compensatory system, or some form of a benevolent dictatorship, bonuses are always an issue. I personally dont feel bonuses work to promote a good work ethic. As for our staff, they all received an equal bonus for their efforts.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. Reputation drives your ability to attract new customers, retain those you have, and even to increase your prices. You developed a five-step system for culture change. Authenticity matters a great deal.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 3, 2013

This is also how ambitious people fool themselves because they underestimate how "completely sucked up by the system" they will be by the time they climb to the top of the ladder. Political astuteness, combined with ethics and integrity, can produce positive results for us, our team, and our organization. .

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Corporations often approach ethics as an individual problem, designing oversight systems to identify the “bad apples” before they can turn the organization into a “rotten barrel.” They replicate despite changes in leadership and in management systems. Vince Streano/Getty Images.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2018

Larger corporations might be able to deal with a bad customer service reputation for a while, but it might spell the end for a small business. Here are some tips for creating an outstanding customer service team that will build your company’s reputation. It might mean additional training or a change in the way a system is used.

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Company How To Reputation Morale 51

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

When we view our responsibilities three-dimensionally as if through a prism that simultaneously allows us to keep focused on the MRC concepts, we will make better mission-focused decisions that are based upon how our resources must be deployed to accomplish them, and we will operate in ethical ways that resonate with our partners and employees.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 28, 2017

Factories are intricate, with many working parts, working systems, and working employees all applying themselves to produce your intended material good. This is where the quality, safety and reputability of your firm is crafted. Even if they’re being outsourced, they are still ‘your’ employees by proxy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. For example, compensation tied solely to landing a contract invites abuse of the system. A company could have a terrific ethics policy, but actions speak louder than words on paper.

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Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Many times it’s the seemingly small things which cause the most damage to a leader’s reputation and damages respect. It always be available, but you can create systems where people feel genuinely valued and heard. Have good work ethic. But, having a good work ethic doesn’t mean over-working either.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Systems and Processes. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. You maintain a well-earned reputation and are awake to company obligations. You have and regularly update-benchmark a strategy for the future, shared company Vision, ethics, Big Picture thinking and “walk the talk.”

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. On with the exam… Section I: Character. Great leaders do the right thing regardless of circumstances, situational context or other influencing factors.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The leader has failed to communicate with those around him of what their system does, its current and future capabilities, and the group or individual's vision for the future. You assume that the person asking the question is always right. But are they?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 2, 2012

You’ve placed a value on yourself that reflects in your selling skills, your attitude, your belief system, your truthfulness, and your ethics. Your personal reputation and your company’s reputation play a major role in the customer’s perception and judgment of value. That’s you. And then there is the customer.

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Reputation Customer Loyalty Belief Systems Seminar 50

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The ongoing unrest and power vacuum in Egypt illustrates what happens when the old “freedom from” system is not followed by a sustained effort to introduce institutional frameworks that gives citizens the freedom to live (or work) in a better, more fulfilling manner. 4) Seek to inspire, not just motivate. 8) Measure HOW, not ‘How much.’

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How To Airlines Media Innovation 110

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 25, 2014

In life and work, there are many boundaries, personal ones,interpersonal ones and systemic ones. Here’s what it might look like: You may notice that the Legal and Ethical boundary appears at the bottom of both images. It is in no way flexible and serves as the foundation for any reputable organization’s dealings.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2016

Here’s your self “why” test: Belief system failing in product – you don’t think your product is really better than the competition’s. Belief system failing in company – you’ve lost faith in the company’s ability to perform. Leave ethically. Leave with your reputation in tact. more rules apply: 1. Give notice.

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Belief Systems Customer Loyalty Seminar Bottom-up 50

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

On that score, the company’s Code of Ethics claimed that “gaming” (the manipulation and / or misrepresentation of sales or referrals) was against the rules and grounds for dismissal. Ultimately, lousy cultures put reputations and actual business performance at great risk. But that’s not the only thing rotten about that culture.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 5, 2012

If you want to establish a minor league system that the National Football League pays for—which they should, given that they are the greatest beneficiaries of college football—that is fine.". Bissinger writes, "I actually like football a great deal. I am not some anti-sports prude. It has a place in our society, but not on college campuses.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 3, 2011

For example, there are personal ones; interpersonal ones and systemic ones, just to name a few. Here’s what it might look like: You may notice that the Legal and Ethical boundary appears at the bottom of both images. It is in no way flexible and serves as the foundation for any reputable organization’s dealings.

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Succession Creativity Bottom-up Ethics 58

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

After all, those that find themselves embroiled in bribery scandals, for example, face a host of consequences, including business disruption, steep financial and legal costs, and harm to their brand and reputation. It covers bribery in all of its forms — direct and indirect, inbound and outbound.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. And I have seen others "fall out of favor" as well, Both situations do a lot of harm to the individual and the system. How sad is this?

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 317

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Goldman Sachs: what happens when you lose sight of your brand promise Goldman Sachs, on the other hand, has seen its reputation tarnished in 2010. After emerging relatively unscathed from 2008’s financial, Goldman Sachs has since faced enormous animosity from the public, as information about its conduct over the past 10 years comes to light.

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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. You might call it the Golden Ruler.

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Intangible Assets Ethics Short-term Reputation 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Today’s young professionals grew up in an age of mind-boggling technological change, seeing the growth of the internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the development of machine-learning systems. Automated systems are usually very bad at recognizing context. An ethical compass.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Leaders build the Vision bridge by developing and communicating a mission, set of values, and reputation that connect with employees. This is problematic when you consider the Navy’s sophisticated surveillance, navigation and weapons systems and the importance of maintaining the readiness of national defense.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

This is somewhat surprising, given that his management system is very different from those of other publicly traded companies. Buffett is only “very” likely to intervene in matters that impact the reputation of Berkshire Hathaway as a whole or in the case of a severe financial restatement.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

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