What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company
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Christopher McClaverty and Annie McKee for Harvard Business Review: Enron. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen. It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. We assume it’s only the Ken Lays and Bernie Madoffs of the world who will cheat people. But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Read more |
When Telling the Truth is Actually Dishonest
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Jena McGregor for The Washington Post: In the taxonomy of deception, many believe that the worst kind of lie is one of “commission” — intentionally misleading someone by knowingly making a false statement. But another common type of deception — one many have witnessed but probably didn’t know what to call — may be viewed just as badly. Read more |
What Six Leaders Learned from Their Biggest Mistakes of 2016
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Lisa Nirell for Fast Company: From Volkswagen’s ongoing recovery from its emissions scandal to revelations about Wells Fargo’s fraudulent consumer accounts, 2016 hasn’t been short on corporate mistakes and misbehavior. Some slipups were more manageable and than others, and in certain cases leaders immediately admitted fault and changed course. Others denied, deflected, and delayed. Read more |
Corporate Culture: It’s More than Free Beer and Pizza
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From Liz Ryan for Forbes: Go to any of the thousands of senior-executive planning meetings taking place this week and stand in the back of the room. You’ll hear a lot of discussion about next year’s product plans and year-over-year sales and profitability growth. These are essential topics, for sure. Read more |
Boosting Employee Engagement: All You Need is ICE
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Thomas Buus Madsen for The Huffington Post: If you came to this page thinking: “This can’t be right…”, your suspicions were absolutely justified: Of course we’re not talking about actual frozen water. “ICE” is an acronym for the three main pillars employee engagement rests on: initiative, challenge, and enthusiasm. Read more |
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