Ethikos Weekly Editor’s Picks – January 8, 2015

Elizabeth Doty, writing for Strategy + Business:
In 1979, Philip Crosby wrote Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain, a bestseller that outlined the counterintuitive economics fueling the quality revolution in the U.S. and Japan. His logic was straightforward: It is always cheaper to do things right the first time than to go back and do them again. . Read more

9 Reasons Communication Fails

From Dianna Booher of Fast Company:
Your influence as a leader—to change how someone thinks, improve their job performance, discard a harmful habit, master a challenging situation, restore a broken relationship—can literally save someone’s job or career.

But your communication can stall your progress as a leader. Read more

Never, Ever Compromise: Hiring for Culture Fit

Elad Gil of Elad Blog:
Your company culture is the foundation on which everything you do rests. Your culture acts as an unwritten set of rules that drives behavior and cohesion across the company. Read more

Why You’ve Got to Embrace Conflict

From Lisa Holton of Inc.:
Corporate leaders and academics have been debating the connection between institutional culture and growth for more than three decades. Yet most can’t really put their finger on the single aspect of an organization’s culture that’s most effective at driving financial performance. Researchers have found the answer lies in a key word: adaptability. Read more

Managing Global Ethics and Compliance as an Asset, Not an Expense

From Deloitte Insights in The Wall Street Journal Risk & Compliance Journal:

Managing risk within a global organization includes identifying new and emerging threats and expanding the reach of its ethics and compliance programs despite still challenging economic conditions. Read more