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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by John Hooker : Everyone knows that an organization can’t function without physical infrastructure communications, transportation, computer technology, and the rest. When does pharmaceutical pricing become price gouging? Employees and managers in the autonomy stage are ready for mature leadership.

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Car-Mileage Targets: Only One Part of the Solution

Coaching Tip

government environmental regulators fuel economy standards are out-of-step with reality due to cheap gasoline prices causing buyers to purchase larger vehicles with higher mpg rating. "Oil The standards.function as insurance so that fuel prices don't stall progress on cutting greenhouse gases.". 2017 Ford Fusion Energi Prices.

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America’s Transportation Infrastructure Needs Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Sensors, smartphones, tablets, wireless networks, and Big Data are starting to transform transportation and infrastructure. After extensive consultation with pilots and other experts, the FAA has proposed a rule change that might allow operational use of tablets. Photo by Andrew Nguyen. But not fast enough. infrastructure problems.

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30 Leadership Lessons

Skip Prichard

Oleg is a thought leader, author, business educator and consultant with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500. Thirty Lessons I Learned About Leadership. Leadership is a lifelong journey through different experiences every day. Leadership is not a dictatorship. Leadership is an art.

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How Bold Corporate Climate Change Goals Deteriorate Over Time

Harvard Business Review

Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. Today, businesses often operate on short-term objectives of profit maximization and shareholder return. Each of these five companies were at the leading edge of corporate engagement with this issue.

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. Aldi offers not just low prices, but convenience. Everyone shops at Aldi.

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

But I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership. Uber’s lower costs brought lower prices to consumers, with resulting popularity and growth. It was Lyft that first invited drivers to provide transportation through their personal vehicles. Fixing the Problem.