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Ethical Values Are Good For Business (Part 6)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical values can drive positive business results, but only if leaders continually learn and apply better leadership, and stretch to grow. With the bar for expected leadership set so high, it will be a continual career-long stretch for our leaders.

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Ethical Leadership Development: 15 Important Elements

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Since moral growth is a lifelong pursuit, moral education needs to start early, and it needs to continue throughout our professional careers. This requires quite a bit more effort than just doing an "annual ethics training."

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Ethical Leaders Care (Part 3)

Leading in Context

In addition to caring about what happens in our own careers, we must CARE about people, about their success, and about creating a positive work environment. If leaders don’t seem to care, that numbs the organization’s culture, disabling the natural systems that would prevent and identify ethical risks.

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The Essential Guide to Chief Commercial Officer Search

N2Growth Blog

A successful individual in this role must inspire and motivate teams, build robust relationships with clients and stakeholders, and uphold the highest ethical standards. Companies led by ethical leaders often see increased employee satisfaction and better financial performance.

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15 Timeless Work Habits for Career Success

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve learned these lessons through over 30 years of hard knocks, and have made a career out of helping others be successful. Don’t be one of those people, and you’ll have a long and satisfying career. When faced with an ethical decision , ask yourself: “Would I be OK with my decision being on the front page of tomorrow’s newspaper?”,

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When Position Power and Ethics Collide

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Our responsibilities as a citizen, worker, leader, family member, and friend require us to choose ethics over loyalty. Here's a story about a situation I faced very early in my career, when I was in my 20s. Yet, when we do, it can surprise people. Maybe that's because it is not the easiest path to take.

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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

The field that provides this kind of know-how is called ethics. This means that ethics is serious business. Ethical dilemmas are at least as hard to resolve as engineering problems, and at least as urgent, particularly in our complex and fast-moving world. But how does one recognize ethical competence?

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