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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 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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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

Guest post by John Hooker : Everyone knows that an organization can’t function without physical infrastructure communications, transportation, computer technology, and the rest. The field that provides this kind of know-how is called ethics. This means that ethics is serious business.

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25 Actions That SHOUT Strong Work Ethic

Frank Sonnenberg Online

Work ethic is a set of essential values that strengthens your character , boosts your career, and leads to a more fulfilling life. In addition, a strong work ethic is instrumental in helping an organization achieve success. Work ethic is as much an attitude as it is an activity. Do You Have a Strong Work Ethic?

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Do You Have a Strong Work Ethic?

Frank Sonnenberg Online

And when they’re not whining or complaining about their organization, they’re gossiping or criticizing what other people do (ugh). And yet, because they put in the time “working,” they think they have a strong work ethic. 13 Key Ingredients of a Strong Work Ethic. 13 Key Ingredients of a Strong Work Ethic.

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How Sabbaticals Help Our Careers

The Horizons Tracker

A survey conducted by the recruitment platform Applied last year revealed that while around a third of employees had taken a career break of six months or more, the majority felt reluctant about disclosing that fact to potential employers during the recruitment process. What’s more, this figure rose to over 75% among executives.

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