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Leaders Need To Continuously Develop Themselves
Leading One's Own Personal and Professional Development Is A Core Component of the Art of Great Leadership The biggest mistake new leaders make is thinking they already know everything they need to know in order to excel in their new leadership role. However, the...
The Costs of Poor Leadership Accountability Are Tremendous
Volkswagen is the Benchmark for Failed Leadership Accountability Last month marked the third anniversary of the EPA announcement which exposed the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal now known as Dieselgate. In a blog post last week -- Corporate Social...
Great Leadership Articles From September 2018
Best Articles on Leadership, Leadership Development, and Leadership Skills At the beginning of each month I share the best articles on leadership, leadership development, and general leadership skills that I have read during the previous month. Here are the articles...
Corporate Responsibility Is Important To Consumers
Consumers Seek Brands That Display Corporate Responsibility and Accountability How important is Corporate Responsibility to consumers? The most recent Edelman goodpurpose™ Consumer Study of 6,000 people in 10 countries showed that an increasing number of people are...
Corporate Social Responsibility Is Part Of Leadership Accountability
Corporate Cheating Cannot Be Condoned And Must Be Punished Many organizations pay public and internal lip service to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility. And many get away with this for years and years. But if they do wrong, at some point they will get...
Corporate Responsibility Is A Pillar Of Sustainable Success
The moral compass on corporate social responsibility continues to evolve. Let’s start with a basic premise: every organization, and in fact every individual, has the obligation to make the world a better place for our children and grandchildren to inherit. It’s that...
Leaders Advocate For What Is Right
Great Leaders Assert Their Right To Express Their Views, Concerns and Questions Senior leaders and executives often realize that they are not in the best position to identify and know all the challenges involved in strategy execution. Unfortunately, too many leaders...
Leadership Accountability Happens By Design
Leaders Must Model Accountability, Not Just Write Corporate Values Statements When Leadership Accountability is absent, as we have seen at Volkswagen, Enron, HSBC, Wells Fargo, the U.S. Veterans Administration, and other organizations, devastating disasters and...
Leaders: Avoid Creating a Culture of Reluctance
Great Leaders Seek to Clarify and Understand the Concerns and Questions of Those They Lead Senior leaders and executives often realize that they are not in the best position to identify and know all the challenges involved in strategy execution. Unfortunately, too...
Leaders: Breaking The Bonds of Trust
Avoid These Mistakes To Maintain Leadership Trust Every leader makes mistakes. Great leaders readily acknowledge their errors and mistakes. And not just to themselves! They own up and admit slip ups, blunders, incorrect decisions, miscalculations, and poor leadership...