N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission. While values and ethics remain consistent, delivery models must change with time to in order to endure. Vision never drives mission. impact the competitive arena.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. And it is truly fascinating.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

Unless accompanied by a tremendous amount of reasoned dialog, the use of “no&# is rarely informative much less instructive. Does it leave you feeling better or worse? Does it make you feel like your contributions and opinions are valued? Most leaders simply don’t take the time to have the needed conversation surrounding a no.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

As the CEO you have final say, but your employees can provide thoughts that you may have overlooked, which can actually add to your business plans. They will feel like you value their input, and take it into consideration when making decisions. What are tips would you add to this list?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

You suspect that your finance colleague might be fudging numbers, your boss isn’t telling his manager the truth about an important project, or your co-worker is skipping out of the office early but leaving her computer on so it looks like she’s just down the hall. I don’t have all the information.

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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. One of my favorite sayings is: “People without access to information do not have to take responsibility for their actions. How sad is this?

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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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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. There is a direct link between empathy and commercial success. compared to weighted average of 5.2% of all the companies in the index). Technology.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

I’m sure you’ll enjoy his wisdom about the intersection of character, trust, and ethics. We are prone to make bad, and sometimes unethical judgements when there is greater pressure to “get’er done,” versus to get things done ethically, safely, or legally. Some people would call these virtues and they are.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. As a CEO, how can you expect to inspire, motivate, engender confidence, and to lead with a lousy attitude? Leaders are not perfect, and as CEO, trust me when I tell you that you’re going to have your fair share of bad days.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2015

In order to provide visitors to the Lead Change Group with the background about how this site came to be, and because much of the information is timeless, we are sharing excerpts from The Character-Based Leader occasionally. Community Involvement book Book Excerpt ethics Leadership' An excerpt from chapter one appears here.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

After all, what company on earth enjoyed greater access to more insights more quickly from more people searching for more information? Then–Google CEO Eric Schmidt was appalled : "Sergey, among your many ideas, this is the worst." (The The legal and regulatory entanglements were apparently deemed too daunting to confront.)

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. Another challenge is that this financial information has become widely known and shared, meaning that the investor insights it affords are hardly unique. An index guides investors to make more informed choices.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Sales could be developing a behaviorally informed strategy, while operations looks for ways to cut costs. If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? Be Clear About Governance.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The essence of the Times story was the allegation that Walmart Mexico, under the direction of the then country CEO and his General Counsel, bribed officials to get permits and clearances for new stores — and falsified records of these transactions. Think GM and its delays in addressing problems with an ignition switch.).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" or "My condolences on your plight."

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] bosxs Thanks for this [link] CEO Success…It’s not Random | N2 Growth Blog [.] see “Leadership DNA“) [.] Mark Oakes Good post, Mike!

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

Questions such as, How strong is the evidence that Gupta knowingly shared confidential information gleaned from his service on the boards of Goldman Sachs and P&G? Starting managerial salaries were a lot lower than consultants' — they still are — and even client CEOs didn't make all that much. The desire to be an insider.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. We wanted to explore whether the diversity of CEOs’ networks might affect their firms.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Nathaniel Koloc, the CEO of ReWork , which provides recruiting services to companies that offer purposeful work, says that’s because no one really ever teaches us how: “Very few parents, teachers, and mentors urge us to think about this or give us mental models to use,” he says. Ethics Feature. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Major banks in the global financial system are under investigation because LIBOR rates are based on information provided by them, and JP Morgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland are among the institutions reported to be in settlement discussions.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2014

When Denis Coleman was promoted from finance to management in a fast-growing electronics manufacturer, he didn’t have any experience leading a team. I took that feedback and cascaded it down so that what we were doing was informed by the organizational strategy,” he says. Case Study #1: Clarify in order to move forward.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Imagine, for example, that you’re a pharmaceutical CEO deciding whether to recall a new drug. A recent exchange between Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, and an activist shareholder dramatized these legal realities. In these cases, running the numbers and grasping what they tell you is important, but it isn’t enough.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

But I was working off of woefully incomplete information. Important information to have before you judge yourself or anyone else as being too much of a micromanager. Maybe the CEO isn't a very good innovator because he suffers from depression, has undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder, or is having an affair.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

We have developed a framework to help boards make decisions concerning corporate political spending — decisions that are informed; consistent with company strategies, policies, and values; and that mitigate risks as much as possible. ” Yet the freedom bestowed on corporations by Citizens United comes with serious risk.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

I believe the real answer will be found in a more informed electorate that puts the needs of the people, and the needs of the country as a whole ahead of special interests and personal agendas. I think one can effectively argue both sides of the term limit debate, and candidly, I go back and forth on this issue. I AGREE 100%!!!!

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