Leading Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Of all the business and career memes to gain popularity, few have compromised integrity in business, leadership, and personal success more than the expression “Fake it till you make it.” But it has been wrongfully used to justify all kinds of poor behavior and outright lies, as Sabrina Horn correctly points out in Make It, Don’t Fake It.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 1, 2025

While not every belief may resonate with you, use this list as a springboard to discover what truly matters in your life or risk letting yourself fall into a cycle of uncertainty and compromise. It provides strength in adversity, hope in uncertainty, and trust that everything will align as it should. Work ethic. Consequences.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2013

Joel Garfinkle from Career Advancement Blog presents How to stop employee turnover in the first 90 days. “We presents Which of These is Ethical Leadership? The graphic in this post illustrates the point that leaders are interpreting “ethical leadership” at very different levels. Which one of the 3 represents ethical leadership”.

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Chart Your Course

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Moreover, experts say employee engagement is doubly important in times of economic recession, uncertainty or boom, because this is when the human element differentiates those who fail, survive or thrive. Career Advancement Opportunities. Employees care that their companies are ethical in how they do business and treat people.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 11, 2024

By cultivating these strategies, leaders can position themselves and their organizations for success in the face of uncertainty and change. Leading with Ethics and Social Responsibility In the future of work, leaders will be expected to demonstrate ethical and socially responsible leadership.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 12, 2025

Employers are looking for job candidates with ethical judgment, adaptability, and critical thinking, according to Drexel Universitys 2025 Annual College Hiring Outlook Report. Only 21% rate the job market as excellent or very good, reflecting economic uncertainty. Optimism among employers is at its lowest since 2014.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Do employees feel that their boss honors their career aspirations, building needed skills that serve their organization now and in the future? Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog , says “ Improve Your Perception: A reputation that took decades to build can be threatened by a single event.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2017

Despite our VUCA world (characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) that has made both time and money endangered species, it’s never been easier to drive massive engagement throughout your organization. It’s about having career path conversations (i.e., This confusion is unnecessary.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. After a further two years, during which I was looking for a new career start, I finally decided to work from home and be closer to my wife and beautiful eight year old daughter whom I had neglected a lot while running these businesses in the first place.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 27, 2024

This creates uncertainty and instability within the team. Leading by Example: Winning leaders consistently lead by example, demonstrating the work ethic, integrity, and passion they expect from their team. Consistency: Consistent in their expectations and personal behavior, winning leaders set a reliable example for their team.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Read article Videos and Webinars 1y+ Topic: Flexibility Agility in an Era of Uncertainty and Disruption Find out how organisations and individuals can embrace agility to help them navigate these more uncertain times. 15th Jan 2025 - Online Moving Into Consultancy This is your first step into your consultancy journey!

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Supercharge your career. Want to lead a more meaningful, ethical, and enjoyable life? Frank Sonnenberg’s new book, Listen to Your Conscience, helps today’s leaders find a place of centeredness and inner peace in a time of trouble and uncertainty. Build trusting relationships. Raise your personal standards. Live a balanced life.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 15, 2011

What would you do or advice to give someone starting their career? The message is work ethic counts. Once you have established a reputation of a strong work ethic and great attitude, people and opportunities will find you. What is the greatest change you have seen in the workplace since you began your career?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

And, in times of crisis and uncertainty, communication is more important than ever. They are extremely ethical and believe that honesty, effort, and reliability form the foundation of success. Over the course of a 40-year career, this amounts to average of $900,000 in lost earnings. [2] 4) Support. ” -John Wooden.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The conversation around Gen Z in the workplace receives a lot of negative attention whether we’re in discussion about their work fashion or their work ethic. A survey by Kantar found that 40 percent of Gen Z workers are combining at least two roles, especially those at the beginning of their careers.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. Crafting a few sentences that distill your career essence and aspirations into something memorable will help you go a long way towards cutting through the noise in the world as well as help you home in on what you are best at.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 8, 2024

From job uncertainty revolving around layoffs to still-toxic work cultures, the last year was an overall difficult one for employees across the board. Companies have struggled with retention in the past few years as employees have grown more comfortable with moving on from an opportunity that does not suit their needs.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

Most corporate compliance and ethics programs comprise less than five hours of employee training per year, notes Abbott Martin in a Corporate Executive Board blog. Ethical breaches are at their highest during organizational changes that have a material impact on an employee's role or compensation (promotions, reorganizations, and so on).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

You shouldn't set your career path in stone, or else you'll be tremendously vulnerable to external events beyond your control. Prepare for change by maximizing your options at each step of your career , so that you can be ready to react to whatever the world throws at you. Get comfortable with uncertainty. Embracing Change.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2012

Money should be secondary in career decisions , but if you're out of work and financially squeezed, you'd be an unusual person if you didn't rate the importance of money highly and accept a job you didn't like. At best, your career isn't advancing. Finally, there's uncertainty. Questionable ethics.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

These talented leaders were highly successful in their respective fields and at the peak of their careers. Why do they risk great careers and unblemished reputations for such ephemeral gains? There is no way to avoid the constant challenges of being responsible for people, organizations, outcomes, and uncertainties in the environment.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Approaching or already in the prime of their lives and careers, they are prepared and poised for leadership. Yet their career progress has been blocked by Boomers who are postponing retirement and threatened by impatient Millennials eager to leapfrog them. Show them the route to the top. Encourage entrepreneurial instincts.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 10, 2010

The funny thing is, you wouldn’t believe the myriad of ways the fear, uncertainty, and doubt took over in my mind to stop me from doing this. Is Your Career A Rollercoaster Or Are You Driving It? Are you driving your career? What’s Killing Your Career? Can Change Your Career. Just watch my pain. Your choice.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Let’s be honest — the only reason why they are still in business is because they sensationalize and titillate to get your attention and spread fear, doubt and uncertainty. Spend your time building your strengths, developing solid connections in and out of your company, and plan for the future of your career. So start TODAY!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We’ll explain the process and how one leader used it to turn around her career. People harboring this fear are extremely focused on rules, ethics, standards, and “right vs. wrong.” Nonetheless, she believed her career had stalled, and some feedback she’d received gave her a clue as to why.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

Ethics alert: this account is shamelessly self-plagiarized from something I wrote a few years ago.). On the theoretical side, there seems to be much less consensus than there was 50 years ago about what rational behavior under uncertainty even looks like. Physicists, in his experience, didn’t do that. In macroeconomics, too.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The funny thing is, you wouldn’t believe the myriad of ways the fear, uncertainty, and doubt took over in my mind to stop me from doing this. Next post: Do You Have A Career “Plan B&# ? I used the same process I coach with my clients everyday. Same template (modified), same process, same delivery. Smile or Die!

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

But relatively little has been written recently on the benefits of self-disciplined articulation of a philosophical worldview and core values that help us weather the storms and devastations that inevitably rock our lives and careers. They become leaders who show others how to embrace eternal values regardless of current circumstances.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2018

While there is no well-defined career path for data scientists, and little support for junior data scientists, we are starting to see some forms of specialization. Ethics is among the field’s biggest challenges. You may gather that the profession offers its practitioners a great deal of uncertainty.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

They assure that the firm’s legal and ethical practices allow for overseas flexibility while maintaining corporate compliance by: Benchmarking competitive practices in country to ensure willingness to compete. The tool consists of 28 statements, four for each of the seven ‘tudes.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

Regardless of the prospective customers'' confident demeanor, on the inside they are experiencing fear, uncertainty, and doubt while making their selection. Mid-level managers suffer competitive pressure because all are striving to advance in their careers and move upward in the organization. The reasons may surprise you.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

And that means providing world-class training, clear and lucrative career paths and, increasingly, a work-life balance that allows people to enjoy the fruits of their success. The work ethic of Chinese employees is still fierce. So they are very demanding that their multinational employers also “do their best” and “be the best.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Mark Bennett , from the Oracle team, starts us off with Uncertainty, Fear, and Our Response posted at TalentedApps , saying, "How leaders respond to uncertainty shows whether they think they even have a choice and how their choices can seriously affect the future.". OK, any posts about labs are automatically included.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

After a year of uncertainty and tumult, Congress finally got around to making some crucial decisions in the last month of 2010. The Bush tax cuts, set to expire after December 31, 2010, had lowered most income tax brackets, capital gains and dividend tax rates over the past decade.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

As with any career transition, it’s important to seek advice from those with more experience and expertise than you. Freelancing can come with a lot of uncertainty — you may not always know who your next client is going to be or how much you’re going to earn in the coming year. Do you have the right temperament?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. Henrik Bunge is one such leader.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 5, 2014

Insecurity is a species of discontent--an anxious uncertainty about your worth or place in society, a feeling of worry that you or what you''ve done or what you have is in some fundamental way not good enough. Everyone of America''s extremely successful groups fosters a belief in its own superiority. INSECURITY.

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