Leading in Context

MARCH 18, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton I have been thinking about how lightly some leaders take the subject of ethics. Some ignore ethical issues altogether or think ethical issues are unimportant compared to money concerns. It’s a risky choice to take ethics lightly. We are responsible for our choices.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 4, 2011

It’s a high-end establishment, most of their prices are top dollar (even the sale items), but I like going there because they always have the best clothing. In fact, they had the same pricing they always do, but in addition, they offered free dessert for my whole family — no charge — wishing us a very happy new year.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 15, 2011

Since then, I have had more and more discussions with my clients about their pricing strategies and being squeezed in this market. In a lean economy, many sales and business development people feel obligated to discount their prices; at least, the discussion of price and where it fits in the sales strategy becomes more important than ever.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

However, there’s a price to pay for those extra rewards and perks. conflict ethics management challenges performance issues' Management has its share of perks and rewards. You get a fancy title, maybe an office, and a big chair. Being a manager means you also have to deal with the tough issues that can cause you to lose sleep at night.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

She explores each of these questions in depth, as well as the six key qualities of leader humility: a balanced ego, integrity, a compelling vision, ethical strategies, generous inclusion, and a developmental focus. Where are we going? Do you see me? No Rules Rules : Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Most entrepreneurs are imbued with a super-strong work ethic and boundless optimism. It’s hard to get the price you want when you want to get out. The idea that the price paid for companies is based on past performance is only partly true. Treat the equity in your business as your most valuable asset. Mistake #5: The Wrong Team.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Who are the best salespeople that can educate you on the Z4 and get you the best price? Investigate alternatives to the Z4 – cheaper, better, other brands. What are the best dealerships? How much will insurance be? What is the resale value? Lease or buy? Return policies? Warranties? Set up goal markers to check off during this process.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Jet Blue does it with customer service and price (and great seats!). Trader Joe’s excels in products, price, and customer service. Next Step: Look at your pricing, your product, or your customer service and tweak a bit. Nordstrom’s excels in customer service and quality. Get where I’m going? Unported License.

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General Leadership

MAY 21, 2021

The purchase price is part paid in cash and part in shares of the buyer. Rental applications are a demonstration of a good work ethic and its the first step toward becoming a successful landlord.… Suitable agreement for any size of company, in any industry. … Read the rest.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

During his decade long tenure, the stock price skyrocketed nearly 10X. “Well, my intelligence didn’t increase after that terrifying episode, but my work ethic did,” Brad told us. Making matters worse, she berated Brad and told him he couldn’t be her boyfriend because he was too stupid.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 28, 2020

Here are 6 ethics you can do better , now that you have the chance: It’s Your Life. Perhaps, for the first time in your life your primary thought is the price of life. On one page, Frank calls attention to the factors that matter most while we are here in this world. The race robs us of time. You are home and doing less.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

One might assume the answer lies in the price tag. Expenses are the price of today, investments are the promise of tomorrow. Moral values foster ethical leadership, social harmony, and a commitment to doing what’s right, ensuring the well-being of present and future generations. How much does it cost? A basic question, right?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 1, 2021

Whether through anecdotes or personal experience, we’re all familiar with business leaders who cut corners, inflate prices, make misleading product claims, slander the competition—and worse—yet sleep soundly at night. In conjunction with the spirit of the law is your business and personal ethics. This belief is wrong.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JULY 30, 2012

Few of us can appreciate the price each of these competitors has paid, just to make it to the games. What do you care about so deeply that you’re willing to pay a high price – in terms of effort, time and mental energy – to achieve it? In your own life, do you have a goal so ambitious that others sometimes question your sanity?

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General Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2015

We count on stores to give us fair prices, on students to do their own work, and athletes to play by the rules. Guest Posts character character matters core values Hippocratic Oath honor code Integrity Leading Leaders leading with integrity NSPE professional ethics Ronald Reagan Texas A&M' … Read the rest.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

It might once have been possible to get away with questionable ethics, but there’s nowhere to hide anymore. But there’s a price to pay if you don’t – having to redo work and wearing people out. Values-driven leadership is essential. You can’t hide your morals behind closed doors. Diversity is the bedrock of innovation. .

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

Global trade had driven down agricultural prices, eroding the traditional sources of wealth for the great estates and gradually starving the aristocracy of income. It was a system that remained essentially unchanged for centuries, and it assured these families a continuous flow of income to maintain their wealth across generations.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Finally, investing in employees helps promote an ethical workplace culture within a company. When employees are given opportunities for personal growth, they are more likely to adhere to ethical standards of behavior such as honesty, fairness, respectfulness towards colleagues and customers alike, etc.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If you want to win the showcase on The Price Is Right, you at least have to show up and be in the audience. So if you’re waiting for that big, shiny limousine to pull up at your home or office and whisk you off to a better life with more money — keep dreaming. Make it happen! Unported License.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Furthermore, last time I checked a CEO can always be removed for lack of performance, or moral and ethical indiscretions, so what purpose do CEO term limits serve other than to disincentivize the CEO? Why would you ever want the person in charge of corporate leadership, vision and strategy to be a lame duck right from the get go?

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Lead from Within

MARCH 14, 2017

It is a leader’s responsibility to implement, develop, monitor and enforce ethical behavior. Each action and word must meet a moral and ethical baseline. Lead from within: The forgotten skill that will make you a better leader is knowing that the price of power is paid with responsibility. Understand leadership is not about you.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

“If your organization is not a Fortune 500 company, your search can easily get lost in the shuffle or pushed down below the partner level, and placement costs can quickly exceed your price range with antiquated administrative fees that cover big overheads.”. On the other end of the spectrum, however, are boutique search firms. Vukelic said.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 20, 2022

Indeed, the researchers even suggest that the economic conditions we encounter when entering a role can provide an ethical baseline that endures. Backdating options is widely considered to be an unethical practice, if not illegal, and identifying it can be done by examining the price movements of a stock after options have been granted.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

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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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 30, 2010

P.S. Lombardi’s public relations firm just sent me a link to special prices on tickets. Whether you are a gridiron fan or not, you’ll come away feeling entertained and encouraged by this gritty and heart-warming drama. No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment. why is everyone smiling?

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

And you demonstrate the work ethic that will push your company to reach its goals. Chris Dyer is the author of The Power of Company Culture: How any business can build a culture that improves productivity, performance and profits , out now published by Kogan Page, priced $18.00. You establish yourself as the organizational authority.

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Chart Your Course

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Results range from happier customers to higher profits and stock prices, to lower health care costs. Employees care that their companies are ethical in how they do business and treat people. Employee engagement is defined as the emotional commitment an employee has for a job or organization, which then drives their performance.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2012

In The Price of Inequality , Noble Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz points out that, at $90 billion, the combined wealth of the six Walton family heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune is equivalent to that of the entire bottom 30 percent of Americans. Stiglitz: The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

There is a human cost to our VUCA world — to changing oil prices, and changing shopping patterns… Let’s try a thought experiment. You have a top 5% work ethic. Imagine that you are a dedicated, hard-working, smart, on the road to constant improvement kind of person. You know as much about your field as the […].

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Cultural (values, ethics). Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis? Consider exploring these key categories: Strengths and Weaknesses. Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth).

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. Over the long haul, the specialty/expert image is critical to high prices and high margins. Even though most senior executives know that being all things to all people is the roadmap to disaster, they can’t seem to help themselves. Greg Waddell.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Being helpful comes with a price, and the price is more work. By Maribeth Kuzmeski Oftentimes, there is more risk in customer service when the answer to our concerns is “yes.” Can you help me? Will you make an exception and do this for me just this once? Could you look into this issue I’m having?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. But Everything has a price, there is no smoke without fire!!!! On with the exam… Section I: Character. Great leaders do the right thing regardless of circumstances, situational context or other influencing factors.

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Thin Difference

MAY 21, 2019

Common Good: Dignity and Ethics. Price (2008) argues how rule-breaking behavior should meet a higher standard, meaning the ends are morally better than what exists. Price (2008) argues how rule-breaking behavior should meet a higher standard, meaning the ends are morally better than what exists. Dignity plays a key role, too.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 6, 2013

Does the price of coaching indicate quality? The price of a provider of coaching services may have little to do with their professional qualifications and ethics. Download and listen to this MP3 recording of a recent interview of Coach John Agno for the answer to that question.

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Six Disciplines

JULY 25, 2014

Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Cultural (values, ethics). Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis? Consider exploring these key categories: Strengths and Weaknesses. Marketing (company image, reputation, positioning, market share, growth).

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 4, 2013

CEO Kent Kresa inherited a company that had a poor reputation for integrity, a battered stock price, and an unfortunate reputation as one of the least-admired companies in its industry. He communicated clear expectations for ethics, values, and behavior. Executive candor can even help turn around a troubled company.

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