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Trust in Business Leadership

Coaching Tip

The 2008 global financial crisis, a series of corporate scandals that have eroded organizational trust, including Volkswagen, BP and Enron, and an emphasis on transparency brought about by the combined impact of globalization, technology, and demographic changes have all combined to bring trust in business to what may be an all-time low.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When there’s enough intrigue to keep a film crew busy, enough &# ah-ha&# moments for disconnected CEOS, and enough shock and dismay to satisfy a nationwide TV audience then I submit to you that the issue we’re discussing today is a very real one…Many CEOs are simply out of touch with their businesses.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Yet, it’s essential to your reputation. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. The CEO’s reputation for trustworthiness had been wounded forever. No wasted film, slides, or prints. Strive to disclose the maximum amount of information appropriate to the situation.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Yet, it’s essential to your reputation. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. The CEO’s reputation for trustworthiness had been wounded forever. No wasted film, slides, or prints. Strive to disclose the maximum amount of information appropriate to the situation.

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The Flipside of Cisco's Flip Decision

Harvard Business Review

It did not hold on in the face of likely technological oblivion. A case in point, the Photo CD, a way of taking film to photo shops and bringing a digital product home. The problem was, you still had to pay for film and development, the precise thing that a pure digital route would bypass. But there is another concern.

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How to Prepare for a Crisis You Couldn’t Possibly Predict

Harvard Business Review

Traders blamed Nasdaq for hundreds of millions of dollars of losses, and the mistake exposed the exchange to litigation , fines , and reputational costs. Some teams, such as film crews and SWAT teams, face surprises all the time. In the film industry, this knowledge comes from how people progress through their careers.

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The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services

Harvard Business Review

The technology most likely to change the next decade of business is not the social web, big data, the cloud, robotics, or even artificial intelligence. It’s the blockchain, the technology behind digital currencies like Bitcoin. Blockchain technology is complex, but the idea is simple. They make it difficult to cheat.