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Ethical Values Are Good For Business (Part 4)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton In Part 1 of this series "Ethical Values Are Good For Business" I shared the importance of clearing up the confusion employees have in balancing ethical values with bottom line profitability. In Part 2, we looked at the importance of aligning strategy with the organization's values.

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Ethical Values Are Good For Business (Part 3)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton In Part 1 of this series "Ethical Values Are Good For Business" I shared the importance of clearing up the confusion employees have in balancing ethical values with bottom line profitability. In Part 2, we looked at the importance of aligning strategy with the organization's values.

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Shaking-up Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Leadership teams who view themselves as a protected class are leadership teams not living-up to their obligations and responsibilities. The bottom line is this…leaders need to possess an extreme bias toward performance. Leadership is not a right of entitlement, but rather a privilege that must be earned. Thoughts?

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3 Ways To Make Obstacles Disappear.

Rich Gee Group

You have to have your head on straight all the time, attack each problem head on, and make sure you clean up the kitchen after you’re done. Sometimes you need to armor-up, get your troops in order, and take on the enemy to make the obstacle disappear. Bottom line, If you are going to have battle scars, so will they.

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Nailing It: How Historys Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together

Leading Blog

Clearly, newspaper publishing, a strong work ethic, and entrepreneurship were in Roberto’s DNA, but was it enough? According to a retrospective on his life published in The Independent , Marinho “insisted on working his way up from the bottom, learning all aspects of the business.” And at a time of personal grief?

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Being a Good Leader is Tough Stuff

Lead Change Blog

These priceless individuals value results and the bottom line. The leaders people want to follow balance bottom-up and top-down decision-making. Ethics, honesty, and integrity matter all the time. On the days in which I fail, I pick myself up (usually with a good someone’s good help) and pledge to do better tomorrow.

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Do You Deliver Good Or Bad Customer Service? | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

See the small (size: 5-point) print on the bottom of your receipt?&# Every year, I take my family out for a hike during the day (even in bad weather) and then we go home, shower, and dress up for a night at a local, but highly rated Indian restaurant (our favorite food). How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail. Smile or Die!

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