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Building an Ethical Leadership Culture (Webcast)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton I was recently invited to co-present an ASTD Public Manager Webcast “Developing Ethical Leaders and an Ethical Government Brand” with John Umana. While the Webcast which aired on March 19, 2013 was customized for government HR and Training leaders, the content is applicable across industries.

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Untangling (Social and Mainstream) Media Ethics

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Anyone can post content on social media. Today, I'm sharing resources for understanding the ethical responsibilities of media leadership. Today, I'm sharing resources for understanding the ethical responsibilities of media leadership. There are many variables complicating media ethics.

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Is Your Service Ethical?

Lead Change Blog

The manner my dad handled a Hightower cow invasion and how Mr. Hightower handled the exact same scenario was a powerful lesson in the ethics of service. But generous must be coupled with conscientiousness or it turns contentment into caution. Ethics is far more than morality—it is the very substance of all relationships.

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The Paradox of Power – Weakness Isn’t Virtue

Leadership Freak

Discomfort with power is contentment with weakness. Expand power ethically. Weakness isn't virture. The paradox of power is it grows when it’s shared and shrinks when it’s hoarded. Power is the ability to get something done. Embrace power responsibly. Here's how.

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Self-Check For Sharing Opinions (Responsibly)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Lately weve been seeing too much content that is not grounded in understanding. Some of it is intentionally misleading and some of it is well-intentioned but misinformed.

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Leadership is Black and White

N2Growth Blog

I was skimming through headlines on my RSS feed this past weekend when a particular title caught my eye – it simply read: “ Situational Ethics.&# Situational Ethics – Really? Life is full of areas that benefit from flexibility, fluidity, context, and other forms of nuanced thinking, but ethics isn’t one of them.

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The Power of Framing

Leading Blog

Recently, we have seen many examples of leaders creating unintended “realities” from the content of their communications alone that only served to make a big problem, bigger. Rule 3: Apply Ethics. Framing a subject is an act of persuasion by leaders, on imbued with ethical choices. Reality” is often contested.

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