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Leadership Pathways

Coaching Tip

A bank nearby then hired him to run their BankAmericard franchise, and from there, the rest is history. According to Dee, your first management priority, outside of your personal ethics and intentions, was to manage your superiors. A true visionary, entrepreneur, and leader, he literally dragged the U.S. His mantras became our own.

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Lafley's Ambiguous "Gift" of Innovation Failure

Harvard Business Review

We certainly learned how to defend leading brand franchises. Legalities aside (and I am assuming that world-class companies like Clorox and P&G obey the law), the competitive ethics of innovation seem shrouded in gray. Let me know what you think: Was what Clorox did to P&G ethical? I don't know.

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Statesman vs. Politician | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is the distinction between what he terms the 'Character Ethic' vs the 'Personality Ethic' The prior depends on deep changes within each of us including our view of creating a legacy for future generations. I AGREE 100%!!!! Another key distinction is one highlighted by Stephen Covey in his 7-Habits books.

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The Economics of Why Companies Don’t Fix Their Toxic Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Over the last decade, industries, academics, and the public sector have turned their focus toward culture and ethics in response to the financial crisis as well as misconduct at a broad range of corporations. naqiewei/Getty Images. But what role does culture play in corporate misconduct, and why do these problematic cultures persist?

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How Marketers Can Start Integrating AI in Their Work

Harvard Business Review

On the other hand, there are also real philosophical, ethical, or at least policy decisions to be made on the value exchange between marketers and consumers when data is shared and used to optimize marketing experiences. The good news is that, as an industry, we are starting to see meaningful progress on both fronts.

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Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

Issues bearing significantly on the business emerge not just in legislative, executive, or regulatory settings; they can also arise in litigation or transactions or adoption of ethical standards necessary to pre-empt policy proposals. They can be cross-cutting issues which impact the whole corporation (e.g.,

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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

They’ve never franchised. Intuit is successful because they bring their ‘do less better’ cultural ethic to their customers. Simplicity is the culture; it is the cornerstone of customer service – even extends to geographies. They’ve been in business since 1948 and 80% of their 290 outlets are in California. and going public?

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