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James Mattis: My Favorite Books

Leading Blog

The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command by Andrew Gordon. War, Morality and the Military Profession by Malham Wakin. Strategy, Ethics and the War on Terrorism by Albert Pierce. The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant. A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne.

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Strategic Planning Alternatives: Mission Discernment

LDRLB

My colleague Dr. Gordon Self has developed a Mission Discernment Tool for use within Covenant Health (Disclaimer: I also work for Covenant Health). Mission Discernment also gives us a framework to wrestle with moral decisions our organizations inevitably face. But how exactly does one ‘discern’ the mission? 2010, Nov-Dec).

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Self-Assessment

Marshall Goldsmith

In the movie Wall Street, Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his portrayal of the rude, larcenous wheeler-dealer Gordon Gekko. The moral: Anybody can change, but they have to want to change. He communicated clear expectations for ethics, values, and behavior. He also doubled his income. From the beginning, Kent led by example.

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Strategic Planning Alternatives: Mission Discernment

LDRLB

My colleague Dr. Gordon Self has developed a Mission Discernment Tool for use within Covenant Health (Disclaimer: I also work for Covenant Health). Mission Discernment also gives us a framework to wrestle with moral decisions our organizations inevitably face. But how exactly does one ‘discern’ the mission? 2010, Nov-Dec).

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Hired by the Data, Fired by the Data

Harvard Business Review

But the power of analytics as a mechanism for making decisions about hiring and firing is still growing, and the "application of predictive analytics to people’s careers … is enormously challenging, not to mention ethically fraught." Despite the economic euphoria and the joshing, China still faces an accelerated demographic decline, Gordon G.