Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

.   A long time ago, in a more bipartisan age, I helped organize a week long orientation program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for the freshman congressional class of 1986.     I haven’t heard whether or not this year’s class is headed to the Kennedy School. 

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. He not only met with Commanding Officers but also met with Master Chiefs (who are the leaders of the enlisted class).

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

50% of a class is suspected of cheating. They reward unfavorable behaviors, while operating with myopic interests and escalating bureaucracy. Books Business Coaching Career Ethics Leadership Memes Self-Awareness What is Work life' It''s a difficult time to be a leader. John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership. Related articles.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 16, 2024

The entrepreneurs studied can be split into two groups: those who operate in the informal economy and those who sign up as “individual micro-entrepreneurs” (MEIs). ” The “worker’s ethic” emphasizes the importance of working, regardless of the nature of the job, and avoiding criminal activities.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 18, 2024

Furthermore, the UK boasts world-class research universities that are well-positioned to address various challenges in the AI field, from improving data center cooling to detecting AI-generated false information. It also suggests tax credits for all businesses that incorporate generative AI into their operations.

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CO2

AUGUST 14, 2010

What is equally amazing is that is where much of the stuff is made too (so if their is pollution or a stretch in ethics of how something is made we might be able to turn a blind eye)! Often times where it ends up does not seem to matter that much to us, because it may be on another continent. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

You develop a first-class organization by winning hearts and minds. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. They want to work for a company that serves as a role model for ethical and values-centered behavior.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. “Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.” It is an ongoing process of evaluation, planning, tactical actions and benchmarking accomplishments.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

At the time our mission statement was, “ Anything for a buck, as long as it is legal and ethical. &# So we were paid to take a newsletter promotion Sid was doing for his business, we was a gifted writer (and a student of great copy writers), and attach a penny to each of the 18,000 newsletters. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 6, 2019

As technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence have progressed, there has been considerable time and effort given to the ethics of this development. The movement is not operating from a standing start however, as there has already been some fascinating work done to explore how humans interact with industrial robots.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Moreover, ethical followers can help leaders avoid making questionable decisions and high performing followers often motivate leaders to raise their own levels of performance. Brown-Nosers constantly check in with their leaders and operate by seeking permission, rather than forgiveness.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Millions of middle-class manufacturing jobs were lost. Two of Wells Fargo’s key values are “ethics” and “what’s right for their customers”. How can a company with those supposed ethics commit such an act? And give it the same time, importance, attention, and resources as you do the strategic operating plan. But there was.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2017

Our research in Egypt , Zimbabwe , and India shows that organizations should view the prospect of building a strong ethical reputation in such environments as an opportunity, and consider the costs of resisting corruption as an investment in building such a reputation. Ethics Can Be a Differentiator.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

He told me that I must think like a world-class visionary, grow into the role and not just remain a radio DJ. It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar. My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Communication.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.”

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Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Listen in on MBA classes and corporate conferences and you will hear a lot of talk about the need for inspiring missions, ethical behavior and transcendent purpose. Our system of financial accounting rewards quarterly profits, but struggles mightily to place a value on ethical behavior.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. Test scores, grades, class rankings, GPA, SAT, professional certifications, licensing examinations, juried awards. The success of this enables trainers with the 'rank and file employees' to be optimally successful.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

His skills and work ethic suggest that it would be reasonable to assume he could have been a world-class ice hockey player if he had dedicated himself to the sport as a youth. But he wouldn't necessarily be world-class. That's no dig on James. But I urge companies to consider three things. Look for the aliens.

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Sports Christensen Innovation Class 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

What are the operational objectives which express those purposes? How should executives be compensated based on success or failure in attaining the operational goals? customer satisfaction, risk audits, adherence to company ethics).

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Politics Execution Report Risk Management 16

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 13, 2012

I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership. During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently. How Ethical Are You? More >>.

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. The goal is to attract the British middle classes, and it appears to be working.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

Ethical leadership was also mentioned. Others emphasized that strategic thinking also calls for the ability to execute a vision, which one respondent called “operating savvy” and another defined as “a high standard in execution.” One said that hiring companies want “unquestioned ethics.” Team- and relationship-building.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Iron Men live for the operating room, dismiss post-op care as boring, scorn rest (“I am hardcore and I need no sleep!”), and brag that a surgical residency program has a 110 percent divorce rate (“Guys would come in married, get divorced, get remarried, and get divorced again”). Another group rejected Iron Men’s work-all-the-time ideals.

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Diversity Ethics Report Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Do you have a strong work ethic?’” ’” Today, Chris is leveraging his military and leadership experience running a startup operation within a larger company that specializes in security consulting for major sports arenas and convention centers. “It’s very much, ‘Can you learn?

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Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Manager, Operations. Manager, Operations. To: Ioana Romana, VP Operations. He’s part of my operations team now, and he hopes to transition to a management position. Knight, I have class all day, but I can talk this evening after 6. Ethics Job search Managing yourself' To: Patrick Fishburn, Asst.

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Case Study Engineering Commitment Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

During the decade he headed the company (1992 – 2002), Tyco grew from a small New Hampshire conglomerate into a global giant operating in more than 100 countries with 250,000 employees and $40 billion in annual revenue. Boards Ethics Transparency' Kozlowski is the former CEO of Tyco International.

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Golden Parachute Committee Ethics Policies 8

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. Determining who runs your China operations is the most important decision a CEO can make.

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Globalization Operations McKinsey Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A generation of cynical middle-class customers have already decided that McDonald’s is a tarnished brand. Global operations need consistent global standards. Bad headlines about foreign operations tell consumers, “This company still can’t be trusted.” Answer: Appalling.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Change the Rules.

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CEO Incubator Entrepreneur Supply Chain 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

Finding an all-encompassing definition of a robot is actually a difficult problem, even for world-class roboticists. By 1973, there were 3,000 industrial robots in operation. Imagine: Future robots could be built to include a kind of ethical clause that limits what they are allowed to do. How is this so? Today, more than 1.3

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Definition Ethics Industry Automotive 8

Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I took a college class one semester from a guest instructor who had recently been the president of a large and influential organization. I enjoyed the class immensely and was really challenged in my leadership thinking. I even remember staying after class to share some theories I was working on and get his input.

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Leadership Class Follow-up Consultative 176

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Specifically, the Griggs vs. Duke Power Company ruling stated that independent of intent, disparate and discriminatory outcomes for protected classes (in this case, with regard to hiring), were in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It also needed to be easily understandable by the average user.

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Credit Risk Tools Objective Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

The general counsel, not the senior partner in the law firm, is now often the go-to counselor for the CEO and the board on law, ethics, public policy, corporate citizenship, and country and geopolitical risk. From the company point of view, building up a first-class inside team has two striking benefits.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

But after hearing Fastow speak twice to my Financial Statement Accounting class and reviewing independent evidence, I think I have good idea. Instead, the rating agencies downgraded Enron, the trading operations were forced out of business, $4 billion of debt was accelerated, and Enron was forced to file for bankruptcy.

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Price Credit Rating Finance Chief Financial Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

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. Last fall, we joined Bunge and his employees for “sports hour,” a mandatory fitness class for all employees every Friday between 11 and noon. ” from the podium.

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