N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. To speak "your truth" is perceived to be a potentially career limiting, if not ending move. How sad is this?

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Coaching Tip

APRIL 1, 2013

Traditionally the thinking has been that employers should appeal to workers’ more obvious forms of self-interest: financial incentives, yes, but also work that is inherently interesting or offers the possibility for career advancement.

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Social Capital Cialdini Mentor Incentives 139

HR Digest

JUNE 15, 2023

Whether they are knee-deep in filling the talent gaps of the organization, reviewing performances to amp up incentives or enhancing employee wellbeing, the best HRs keep the cogwheels running by turning disgruntled employees into motivated individuals. The podcast is renowned for its lively conversations that challenge myths and thoughts.

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Trends Talent Management Diversity Technology 98

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The act of inflating one’s career achievements is usually viewed in negative terms. Some aspects can be verified, like education level and previous employment, while others, such as leadership qualities and work ethic, remain unverifiable, incurring high costs for verification.

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Education Report Incentives Ethics 62

Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Looking at our first point, leaders do not necessarily have to be charismatic to inspire others, they can have deep values, be highly ethical, champion a cause and such-like descriptions. Within this aspect we can introduce elements of continuous professional development, coaching, mentoring and career opportunities.

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Leadership Long-term Cooper Charisma 71

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

Ethics 12

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

Incentives are a potent tool for shaping human behavior, but they’re famously tricky to get right. New research , published in Basic and Applied Social Psychology, has uncovered an alarming wrinkle that complicates incentives even more: they may make powerful people less ethical.

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Incentives Power Participative Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Here are five questions to ask: Do your company’s incentives match its policies? Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. But it is the employee incentives that really matter. billion in inflated profits.

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Ethics Company Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

And yet, many leaders wrongly believe the path to consistent, proper conduct is special methods to reward whistle-blowing — offering incentives to truth-tellers who report major lapses. Is a multimillion-dollar payday the key to corporate ethics? First, small ethical lapses are already happening in your company.

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Ethics Report Long-term Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2018

At the same time, the need to win can blind us to ethical considerations. In one study, we asked 164 MBA students to read a hypothetical scenario (based on a true story) about an investment banker facing an ethical dilemma, and to estimate the likelihood that this banker would indulge in unethical behavior. Our Studies Study 1.

Ethics 15

Ethics Comparison Participative Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

Using these publications as the main “currency” for career advancement has produced four unintended consequences. For example, if a researcher wants to understand how employees respond to particular incentives, the results of a study measuring how undergraduate students in the U.S.

Metrics 12

Metrics Ethics Incentives Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement. Commonly, researchers develop a theory, then build a career gathering support for it.

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Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 10

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

As I reflected upon my career at Goldman Sachs, though, what stood out was the importance of its organizational structure. One of the changes I document in the book is how Goldman drifted from a focus on ethical standards of behavior to legal ones — from what one “should” do to what one “can” do. Compensation Ethics Finance'

Banking 9

Banking Ethics Long-term Hedge 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In other words, how do you handle a situation in which the incentives seem to be telling you to do something you believe is bad for your customers and clients, or maybe even illegal? In what specific ways does the practice that concerns you violate ethics, customers’ interests, or even the law?

Ethics 8

Ethics Objective Short-term Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Quarterly goal attainment is a visible measure of success, and often a determinant of incentive pay. In extreme cases, the sales culture can become toxic, as salespeople make minor ethical compromises to reach short-term goals, and those behaviors evolve and spread. It’s understandable: The sales team wants to be successful.

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Short-term Succession Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

When I met Jill (not her real name), she was struggling to make sense of her career setback. The Kumbaya school is doing the Jills of the world a great disservice, leading them to often act in ways that are detrimental to their careers. She should have better managed decision makers, her boss, her image, and her own career.

Politics 8

Politics Cialdini Open-book Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

As graduates explain their career choices to family and friends, they will confront the idea that our best and brightest are wasting their talent in an industry that doesn’t do anything worthwhile. But this anti-finance sentiment is detached from the reality of the profession and obscures the promise and peril of a career in finance.

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Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Beware of purely ethical arguments around diversity and fairness. What it does take is changes to business systems (career management, leadership criteria, product and service design and delivery). Nor is it the result of German government quotas. It’s simply good business. Again, this does not require a huge culture shift.

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Diversity CEO Skills Training 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

To answer that question, I believe, we need to look beyond personal ambitions and corporate incentives and norms, and look at our relationships with work itself. Research shows that managers choose to work for those companies early in their careers not because they pay well, but for the future opportunities stints there might afford.

Long-term 8

Long-term Loyalty Uncertainty Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Because we crave the illusory status and credibility gossip carries, we have an incentive to endow it with greater credibility. There are risks to holding boundaries like these: you could lose your job, damage your career, or be ostracized at work. This creates a suspect feeling of trust between the two. We want to believe it.

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Performance Review Politics Follow-up Information 8

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 23, 2024

Poor incentives. Do You Have A Strong Work Ethic? As the famous cliché says, “What gets measured gets done. ” So, ask yourself, “What counts that we’re not counting?” Lacking follow-up. It’s not enough to establish goals and objectives. Progress must be evaluated on a regular basis. It’s Your Life to Live.

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Follow-up Micromanagement Commitment Goal 118

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

“You need to be clear to this person about how his level of effort has consequences in terms of his chances of promotion, financial incentives, and choice assignments,” she says. Earlier in his career when Kyle headed up a team at Reuters, he managed a star performer named Janice. ” Be flexible.

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Delegation Project Team Short-term 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Finally, after tough negotiations with Republican leaders, the President announced a comprehensive tax package that not only addressed income, capital gains and estate tax rates, but also the AMT, unemployment insurance and many expiring individual and business tax credits and incentives. What’s in the Tax Bill?

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Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Incentive and ‘random acts of kindness’ programs were deleted. A career is all about devoting resources to amplifying talents and abilities, with relevancy toward a viable end result. Community Relations.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Such plans frequently include giving managers financial incentives to do what they should have done before — concentrating on the most promising lines, selling off dud businesses, and "leaning down" operations, often including headcount.

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Due Diligence Incentives Hedge Collins 14