Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

Linda Fisher Thornton of LeadinginContext contributed Ethical Thinking: Sifting For Values. Linda shares: “ While we may think about ethics from time to time, ethical thinking is different. You don’t have to travel around the world to be open to and experience something new and for the journey to be fun. Engagement.

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

You are someone who always takes initiative, and its clear that being proactive is part of your work ethic ( affirmation ). As a successful basketball coach, Sean gained valuable insights on turning talent into teamwork and now he travels around the country to share those lessons.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The Pez Outlaw, Steve Glew, would travel overseas to Europe, where he would buy the Pez dispensers straight from the factory. If you have a good product, people will want it: The movie is about a quirky man who travels overseas to get Pez dispensers not licensed for sale in the United States. He didn’t like to travel.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Examples include healthcare services, food and beverage products, lawn care, construction, clothing, lodging, entertainment and travel services, utilities and police protection. When Chuck Schwab started The Charles Schwab Corporation, his vision was to provide “the most useful and ethical financial services in the world.”

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 5, 2011

I’m regularly on the road to travel, meet new people, network, and bump into friends and colleagues. I run a 21st century business: I have a home office where I coach. I have a professional office in Stamford where I meet clients, hold workshops, and coach. Starbucks is perfect for #3. Unported License.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 10, 2010

I commute every day on I-95, the most travelled highway in Connecticut. And this employee/object will remain at rest (no movement – no raises, no promotions, no new projects, no GROWTH) until “a sum of physical forces” are acted upon it. I Just Saw An Accident This Morning. And then it happened. Unported License.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

Among the prescriptions are: In trying times—including the recent spate of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, cyberattacks, ethical lapses, injustices, and the worldwide pandemic—the tendency of most people is to focus on the uncomfortable, the uncertainty, the misfortunes, and what is wrong in our world. Becoming extraordinary is the goal.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

And so it goes…… My life has recently “accelerated” to this dizzying pace (not that it was calm before this, but let’s just say I’m now traveling at Warp 2 instead of Warp 1), and this morning, something finally dawned on me. Tweet This Post Tagged as: happiness Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } TLW 016: Ethics? What ethics?

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I buffer adequate amounts of travel time between appointments. Here are some techniques I use to be on time: I leave early. So when I get to my destination early, I get to do a little work. Like writing this blog post. This allows me to easily make it to my next appointment without worry. Unported License.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 13, 2010

It can tell you a lot about that person and give you speaking trajectories to ask more questions — “I see you have an office in Hong Kong, do you travel there often?&# “I see that your company is a subsidiary of Pixar, what is it like to work with them?&# Most people just take the card and shove it into their pocket.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure. often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 19, 2016

Work Ethic. “I I nodded and she continued: “What about their work ethic? Why shouldn’t they travel and invest in their relational health? If you have someone who wants to lead, show them what that means and help them acquire the skills to do it. I know I’m hogging the microphone, but just one more…”. Why should they stay late?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 6, 2012

I once heard Tom Peters saying that if you are a business traveler, you learn the most not from the corporate executives but from the cab drivers. How can we help leaders deal with complexity and respond to it with ethical behavior? Linda Fisher Thornton , from Leading in Context offers Leading Ethically Through Complexity.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 26, 2019

Most likely, part of their territory had been turned into a housing development, and they were just travelling from point A to point B. By Linda Fisher Thornton The last time I had to stop to let a flock of geese to cross the road, they were in no apparent hurry. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Green is here to stay , and if you want your business to succeed in the 21st century, I believe that you must take steps to encourage your company to become more socially responsible, more ethical, more sustainably-minded (measurably so), and more focused on reducing, reusing, and recycling. Customers speak and big companies listen.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. The principle then travels down through the various functions, and ends at sea level with an individual’s daily “to do list.” The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Gretchen Glasscock said: Navigate Your Path to Success: I have always traveled quite a bit for business, and before every trip I would d… [link] [.] Categories : Uncategorized 3 Comments 1 Tweets that mention Navigate Your Path to Success :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 11th, 2011 at 7:47 am [.] Thanks for the post!

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Even more, we have a moral and ethical business obligation to be savvy in how the world works. Making global mindset a priority for the entire staff, not just those who often travel internationally, will ensure that both everyday and long-term actions of the business are sensitive to the needs of other cultures. Play memory.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 16, 2011

Say ‘Yes’, but change their request around so it better suits you and the direction you’re traveling in. It’s hard when we run into those who try to manufacture their own ethics and then press them on their colleagues. We can then review the rest and see what is feasible moving forward.&# Rich Gee 01.17.11

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2016

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Eileen McDargh of The Energizer reminds us that the American work ethic may not be ethical. She contends we exchange the word “eat” for “work” to see where the American culture heads when it comes to work. Follow Michelle. Follow Paul.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Bi-plane - Do you travel for business? &# Huge leather work glove – What do you do? Where do you work? What is it like to work there? Wooden tennis racket – What do you do for fun? What are your interests? Did you go on vacation this summer? High school - Where did you go to school? Football field - What sports are you into?

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

I am far from discouraged, I just find it amazing that the farther I travel away from the ‘safe-city-life/ or the secure 9-5 company trak’ – the deeper and darker the jungle becomes. How’s them apples?? Tim Trent 11.29.10 at 4:45 PM Well, I put a bit of me on the line back there. Thought I was what? Unported License.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. All of his players were to be respectful toward flight attendants, waitresses and waiters, and hotel workers they encountered while traveling with the team.

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CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

I am just back from travel. Work ethic was one of my competitive advantages. I stayed in a Delta Hotel. Delta is a midsize middle to high end Canadian hotel chain. The missed on 2 counts this time. There was no regular tea in the room. Bigger and tougher to solve, there was no easy way to plug in the iron. Build your People.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 17, 2009

Recently while traveling to a new fishing spot , I had an experience that could only be replicated in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “ North by Northwest.” Enjoy the post and don’t hesitate to tweet your comments to Jim directly.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

And most of the speakers’ circuits don’t pay you a penny, nor do they pick up travel expenses. But it does not, of itself, generate the high six figure incomes. It is not a magic bullet. You go on them because you have the dream of the high six figure sums. I also ran a speakers’ circuit. Unported License.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 14, 2009

Travel budgets are typically flush with cash, optimism abounds and your desire to discuss company direction is high. A lot of suppliers are spending time internally focused, curtailing travel expenses. However, in difficult times one of the first things to drop off in many companies is customer interaction.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

My other option is to use the small lightweight laptop I use for travel. I can then choose the correct word from a list of possible word options, but I have to hope it’s on the list. Otherwise, I have to revert to Ctrl V. But because it’s for convenience, it’s really not ideal for lengthy projects, marathon typing, and other assignments.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 26, 2021

There’s an old saying that bad news travels fast. With the advent of social media, the operative word “fast” doesn’t do justice to the speed at which bad news travels today. As Doug Larson, the columnist, said, “Bad news travels fast. Good news takes the scenic route.”

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Firstly, from an ethical standpoint, you should be concerned about the health and safety of staff in your workplace. In a busy workspace, germs can travel fast. Stringent cleaning should help to mitigate the risk of viruses traveling between staff and allow everyone to stay healthy at work. Improve Air Quality.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2016

When asked about a subject that is not currently taught universally in school but should be, Eileen commented on the importance of education about ethics. And I would travel and produce a reality show called “Our World and Welcome to it” featuring all the GOOD things people are doing.” I’d play with children.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover: Strategies to Boost Morale and Work Ethic Among the Front-Line Staff. Our live web based DISC training program is a popular choice for those who would prefer to avoid travel and enjoy the convenience of a webinar format. More information.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 6, 2009

To encourage attendance and avoid conflicts with work and travel, Product Camps are generally held on a weekend day, and most commonly on Saturday. However, the combination of volunteers and sponsors generally allows organizers to carry out their events without charging a fee to attend. Jim; “Where can I find a list of upcoming Product Camps?”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Human beings are unconsciously driven to support the individuals that remind us of ourselves- those we can identify with -those who are traveling on a journey we feel we have taken- a journey we understand. Advocacy is what makes the “world go round&# so to speak as we observe how individuals rise through their careers.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Honest, ethical, and legal behavior is always appropriate—delegation isn’t. In one example, a CEO was frequently traveling. My caution to these executives is always the same: Inappropriate delegation can kill. Kill morale, careers, and even a company. Inappropriate delegation can do more harm than good.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 18, 2020

We take it for granted that we’re supposed to act ethically and, usually, that seems pretty simple. Yet ethics in the more classical sense isn’t so much about doing what you know is right, but thinking seriously about what the right thing is. For decades intellectuals have pondered an ethical dilemma known as the trolley problem.

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