Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

And continuing using the metaphor of head and heart, whilst the head gets things done (20 th century leadership) it is the heart that is essential to pump blood around the body, and so enable the head to operate. Buyers Reward You – 80% of the general population would rather pay more for products and services produced ethically.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 21, 2012

In the long run, the accumulative effect significantly impacts the bottom-line. One day the tree service showed up while my son was mowing the lawn. If your team operates a cruise ship, safety needs to be a core value. If integrity or ethics are important, it needs to be listed. Why I fired my tree service company.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me? It means your vision is not understood, your team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par. Bottom line…Yes is not a sign of weakness – it’s a sign of intelligent leadership. It is you who have made assumptions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2020

Organizations have undergone massive shifts over the last decade in terms of how they operate. They prefer a bottoms-up approach, and want to feel involved and valued in the workplace. I took the first letter of each trait and came up with the word … CHAMELEON. Nine clear leadership traits emerged.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

These include giving praise for others’ work, showing integrity in their workplace behavior and not being afraid to speak up to make the company operate better. Do managers demonstrate good business ethics? Hubspot founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah noted certain qualities that characterize a loyal employee.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 13, 2024

The courier industry is competitive, and you need to be on top of your game whether you’re up against Arizona Couriers or you operate elsewhere in the country. Streamline Your Operations To succeed in the courier industry, you need to be efficient at everything you do. Both are effective methods of promotion.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Bottom line: serving oneself just doesn’t work for anyone! We are only as good as the people who surround us, and it’s up to us to set the climate. Patronizing, belittling or sarcastic leaders forgo trust and loyalty to prop-up their ego – big mistake. https://www.managers.org.uk/practical-support/management-community/blogs/why-are-ceos-rarely-fired

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Alternatively, half of the children of parents in the bottom tier work also work in occupations of similar stature. Moving on up. This was underlined by research presented at the National Youth Summit from Co-operatives UK, which found that 66% of young people thought there were insufficient good jobs for young people.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

I’d always appreciated the Code of the West ( from Jim Owen’s book, “Cowboy Ethics” ) – I saw it often on posters in the offices of many of my staff in Wyoming: Live each day with courage. It’s all going down” my Network Operations Center (NOC) manager reported to me. The bottom line was this –. We all screwed up.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The primary motivation for this was to make a positive contribution to society, but there was also a strong belief that speaking up helped to express corporate values. The bottom layer is one of economic survival, as the organization has to be in good financial health in order to do good for society. An overwhelming 77.5% Global reach.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

It has a huge impact on the bottom line. Leaders in the organization serve as role models through their ethical behavior and personal involvement in planning, communicating and developing others. Greg’s latest and most powerful book is guaranteed to get you Fired Up! No excuses. 4) Hire the RIGHT people. More information.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 5, 2013

The goodwill and more passionate relationship generated within the community translates into a far higher demand for our products and services, into more love and loyalty for our brand, and so into major contributions to the bottom line. This creates a virtuous cycle through which everyone is enriched.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Reflection can build up your intuitive abilities as you regularly spend time reviewing past performance and apply what you’ve learned to current and future situations. Even that can be done in 15 minutes (see the link at the bottom of this post). Jake Nady : November 8, 2010 at 3:23 pm I agree.

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Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Definition Long-term 202

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Nowhere is this exchange more evident than in the data annotation industry, where people from around the world help to prepare and tidy up the data used by the tech giants to train the algorithms upon which their fortunes increasingly rest. Ethical data. The hidden bedrock of AI. Moving people out of poverty.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Keeps others informed and up-to-date on relevant information. Consistently showing up on time and being present when scheduled sends a strong message to colleagues and supervisors that an employee is serious about their job and values their role in the organization. Shows up to work on time every day, ready to contribute.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The repercussions of water damage are far-reaching, potentially causing extensive property damage, interrupting business operations, and leading to substantial financial losses. Technology can revolutionize the way businesses operate, offering new tools for efficiency, communication, and data analysis.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2018

It’s easy to be all smiles when you just get your business up and running. If you’re mostly operating online, then you might want to check that you’re not guilty of committing one of the cardinal website sins. Nothing will undo a company’s hard work quite like a poor ethical standing. You’re Not Polite. Your Website is a Mess.

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Supply Chain Ethics Bottom-up Politics 64

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Left to its own devices, culture often bubbles up negatively, hurting the growth and success of the company. The bottom line is that you have to take responsibility to create the culture you want and not let your culture develop and evolve by chance. Culture is also what happens when no one pays attention, and then you pay the price.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

Jobs most at risk: machine operators and assemblers, clerical workers, elementary occupations, crafts and related trades. You could argue that all jobs are at risk: Machines can already analyze data, pick stocks, make decisions that touch on operational efficiency and logistics, sift through resumes and make hiring decisions, etc.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

It is a mindset that must permeate organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. In either, one element still sinks to the bottom. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. The old theory was that society is a Melting Pot.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

That’s a decision for the higher-ups.” Encouraging a bottom-up approach, where employees collaboratively challenge such clichés and present data, anecdotes, or insights demonstrating new approaches’ value, can catalyze meaningful change (Martin, 2020). Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243. It is what it is.”

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

From pop culture, think of the great role models that we grew up watching: Della Street was the loyal secretary to Perry Mason. Back characters on TV shows included restaurant and bar operators, where the stars went top relax. Contribute to the bottom line, directly and indirectly. Behave as a gracious winner.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Followers were expected to keep their heads down, put in an honest days work, and only spoke up when asked. And there are other people who are great at following orders but cause teams to fail because of their reluctance to step up into leadership roles. Followers Get Things Done Better followership often begets better leadership.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Not engaging in planning for future operations: So what are you gonna do about it? Money covers up a lot of ills. The savvy business executive or advisor will offer pro-active follow-ups. Our company has got the most up to date technology. That’s life.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 29, 2023

A similar study by The Economist Intelligence Unit of 343 business found “the firms that ‘slowed down to speed up’ improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating profits over a three-year period.” Multitasking reduces productivity by up to 40%.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It is a mindset that permeates organizations from top-down as well as bottom-up. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. Develop and share own philosophies. Let the buyer beware.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

I certainly have my opinions on the subject ( jump to my comments at the bottom of this post ) , but I wondered what other leadership experts believe is the most important leadership competency from their experience. There are many leadership pearls wrapped up in the complexity of all sorts of leadership books. Keep your promises.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

With the pressure (or excitement) of finding a new job, it's all too easy to pursue a job opportunity or to accept an offer with only a hazy view of how the institution really operates. As he learned more about the company, Sean questioned how he'd be viewed as the first CAO in a company where everyone else focused on bottom-line results.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 28, 2010

And to top it off, they have no technical experience to operate their own machines. Grow up and learn your tools inside out. Screw this up and you cut your sales dramatically. And their attitude is they are ‘too above’ this issue to worry about it — bottom line, YOU’RE NOT. Smile or Die!

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How To Licensing Ethics Creativity 332

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

You’re moving on up. Making your way up the ladder, dodging bullets, using every last bit of your intellect and motivation to deftly ingratiate yourself with key decision-makers. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. Sit at home and map out your operational chain from start to finish.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 18, 2010

And rather than be judgmental, the profiling should help the client understand how they operate and boost their confidence in who they are. If you’d like to know more go to where at the bottom of the page you can also download – “Basic Instincts” an article I wrote– for Dynamic Small Business. How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Have you ever looked up flights or hotels on an app on your phone, only to open your laptop and see different prices? The bottom line, though, is that based on a few characteristics (app or web, signed in as a member or not), a rudimentary type of personalized pricing is occurring: Some customers are receiving different prices than others.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2014

The current lull in the sparring between General Motors and Congress provides a great opportunity to look at what wasn’t discussed in the furor over the company’s recent recalls and its admitted slip-ups in auto safety: namely, rewards and punishments. But even at the top, it can be difficult to speak up.

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Incentives Performance Review Welch Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

While advancements like AlphaGo Zero make for catchy headlines, it is fairly conventional machine learning and statistical techniques — ordinary least squares, logistic regression, decision trees — that are adding real value to the bottom line of many organizations. with no increase in crime rates.”

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

We are witnessing the most progressive organizations operate as engines for learning. Other ‘strategies’ that were once cosmetic, including diversity and inclusion, have been revealed to be both good for the bottom line and for human betterment. It means shedding the old work ethic in favor of a new ethic of work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. A Race to the Bottom. But I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership.

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