What is the most desired business leadership skill according to CEOs? It may surprise you to learn that it's Creativity. Because of the complex challenges businesses are facing, the fast pace of change (and many other reasons) CEOs most want leaders…
Author: Linda Fisher Thornton
Linda Fisher Thornton is Founder and CEO of Leading in Context, and author of the award-winning book 7 Lenses. She teaches as Adjunct Professor for the University of Richmond SPCS. She is leading a movement to help leaders and organizations Unleash the Positive Power of Ethical Leadership.
New Business Rules: Are You Ready to Compete?
Will you be ready to compete in the new arena? The consumer is choosing products differently, and even "doing without" more often. Businesses are racing to catch up with the new expanded expectations for responsible leadership in 2010 and beyond. CEOs…
The Bottom-Line Benefits of Sustainability (Written By a CFO)
Selling the sustainability mindset within your organization may require some preparation and persistence. Not all C-suite leaders may be convinced that sustainability will pay off for the company in the long run, and CFOs may be particularly hard to convince. Kurt Kuehn…
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The B Corporation: New Structure Puts Values Before Profits
The B Corporation. The new structure that legally protects a company that wants to put values before profits. In the article New Legal Protection for Social Entrepreneurs, John Tozzi provides an overview of the new structure and interviews some business…
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Leadership and…the Social Media Context
Did you ever feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the social media venues? Unsure which ones to embrace in your business? The conversation prism (brought to you by Brian Solis and JESS3) is a graphic that depicts the scope of social…
The Sustainability Mindset
There is a completely new mindset required to navigate the complex issues of our time. Sustainability is a word that is being used to describe the practice of operating as if our impact on the world and its resources truly matters…
Leadership and…Ethical Brand Value
Brand Value is more important than ever, and ethical leadership is an important part of it. Trendwatching.com's April free briefing (so check it out soon!) is called "Brand Butlers: Why Serving is the New Selling." Here is an excerpt: With…
Strategic Thinking for Business Leaders Has Changed
Strategic thinking in business isn't what it used to be. To thrive in today's business world, leaders need to use a new type of thinking that is broader than traditional strategic thinking, that includes "...ways of seeing and acting that acknowledge…
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Leadership and…Effectiveness: Does Multitasking Work?
According to scientists, continual multitasking doesn't work. It rewires the brain to expect everything to be handled in short spans of time. It restricts the amount of focused brain energy that we can use to get our work done. You…
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Trends: How Businesses are Changing their Corporate Responsibility
A recent two-part article by Fast Company blogger Alice Korngold includes trends and predictions about how businesses are changing their corporate responsibility. Here is a small sample of the useful information you'll find by reading the article: "Three interrelated predictions: First,…
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Case Study: Is Withholding Information From Other Leaders Unethical?
Is it unethical to withhold information? Let's use a case study to explore the question. "Company in the Process of Releasing a New Product" We are in the process of fine-tuning the product and getting ready to train employees on how it works and what…
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Leadership and… The Blarney Stone
I must disclose that I am part Irish, and proud of it! I thought that it would be fitting on this St. Patrick's Day to explore the link between Leadership and the Blarney Stone. According to Wikipedia, "Blarney town is…
Leadership and…Snap Judgements: Clearly Irresponsible Driver
We never have all of the information that the other person does. Why are we so quick to judge? Here is a recent example of how a well-meaning person can go wrong. There is a strong message here for leaders... I was driving on…
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Ethics Schmethics: What Skeptics are Saying
Here is a website (called appropriately EthicsCrisis.com) where readers can confess their ethical misdeeds and have them rated by level from 1 to 10. Guess what? The ethical misdeed "We totally fabricated our numbers" is only rated a 6 out…
Global Ethics and Integrity Benchmarks
The link for the Caux Roundtable Principles for Responsible Business appeared in a previous post. Here are more global ethics benchmarks that may be useful to you in your journey toward responsible business leadership: Global Ethics and Integrity Benchmarks article by Dubinski and…
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