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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

Companies that operate with integrity are more likely to build sustainable business models, which ultimately benefit the company, its employees, society, and the environment. The actions of these players in the financial industry were driven by their desire to win at all costs, rather than a commitment to ethical behaviour.

Ethics 78
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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

Ethics 52
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CSR: Collaborating with NPOs for Positive Social Impact

Tom Spencer

Large companies now recognise that the environment and communities in which they operate can contribute significantly to their bottom line. This realisation has led to an increasing focus on CSR, which involves operating in a way that benefits society over the long term.

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Work and decisions often become centralized at a corporate level for a variety of good reasons – to drive common strategy and policy, to consolidate work for efficiency and scale, to leverage scarce talent through centers of expertise. It typically is a set of roles at the center and dedicated or aligned roles in the operating units.

Agile 65
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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. Because of this, CEOs are leaving a tremendous amount of employee potential talent and contributions on the table. CEOs focus on data, facts, figures, and metrics. They cannot dance with employees because they think they are too busy to engage employees.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. Metrics emphasized speed. We made a number of operational changes to the call center.

Metrics 53
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9 Research-Backed Manager Roles to Master

LSA Global

By operating in the following manager roles to master: 1. Manager as Talent Magnet. The most effective managers know how to attract, engage and retain the talent required to be successful. They think of talent as the key asset that they need to nurture. They know the manager roles to master. Manager as Role Model.