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Is give-and-take an old-fashioned notion?

Lead Change Blog

Professor Walter Fluker writes in his book Ethical Leadership , “In a world of winners and losers, there is little room for principles of equity, reciprocity, and impartiality.”. Has the expectation of returning a favor become a quaint, old-fashioned notion in world where opportunities to take abound? What’s Being Pondered.

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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

More than that, we had confidence in the idea that we were truly going to be introducing a new kind of shopping experience to the fashion-forward customer. We did it because we knew we that we were ‘in the right,’ so to speak—that we had the skills, the knowledge, and the passion necessary for opening up an online retail business.

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The 10 Elements of Positive Performance Management

Great Leadership By Dan

Clearly, beyond the need to hold yourself to a higher character standard as a leader, there are significant ethical and legal reasons for ensuring that you are executing PPM in a fair, honest, and objective fashion. You told me last year right in this office that I was doing great work.”.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. There is so much unethical behavior (what I refer to as situational ethics) at the executive level that continues to create an us versus them environment.

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10 Steps to Creating a Talent Advantage

N2Growth Blog

Hiring in a team based fashion eliminates many of the typical mistakes that can be made in the hiring process. People, their traits, attitudes, and work ethic (or lack thereof) are contagions. Don’t allow your culture to evolve be default, create it by design. This can be positive or negative – the choice is yours.

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The Future Is Where Brands Must Focus

Great Leadership By Dan

And the actions that these brands take to demonstrate their credibility must clearly illustrate a blend of corporate ethics and brand authenticity. And the ‘actual’ difference between ethical brands with a moral code and those exposed as being without one, is increasingly a key factor in consumer brand adoption or rejection.

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Lessons in Cambodian Silk Supply Chains

Mills Scofield

She''s just your ''average'' 20- something creating an international supply chain in the fashion industry, and succeeding. It has been a year since that first trip and I am still learning just how challenging, complex and rewarding it is to develop an ethical supply chain Figure 2 (Figure 2).