Review over 100 trends that will impact your business in 2010 to 2040 and beyond: JWT's 100 Things to Watch in 2010 is an eyeopener! Crucial Consumer Trends for 2010 are posted on the LeadershipNow Leadingblog. 3 Powerful Social Good Trends at Mashable.com The Future of…
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.
C-Suite Leaders: Are You Using the Global Principles for Responsible Business?
Beyond complying with laws and regulations, what should C-Suite leaders be doing about ethical leadership and responsible business practices? CEOs, CLOs, CHROs and other C-Suite leaders should be working together to ensure that every leader is doing business responsibly and ethically. But what does "doing business responsibly and ethically" look…
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Executive Questions for 2010
The Harvard Business Review website has an interesting blog entry by Melissa Raffoni this week. It details common characteristics of executives that she thought performed well and didn't perform as well, and includes a list of strategic questions that we all…
Convergence of Leadership Challenges
In my consulting and teaching, I have observed the convergence of a number of diverse forces that create pressure on leaders. No, not the level of challenges that include tighter deadlines and leaner staffing. Bigger challenges, like how to think through a problem with a group,…
Leadership Resolutions for 2010
There are many forces making it difficult for good leaders to succeed. Increasing Pace of Work, Volatile Economic Times, Constant Change, Employees Seeking Meaningful Work, Leaner Staffing... Which leaders will successfully work through these problems in the new year? The ones that: Work Smarter,…
Think Well to Lead Well
Are you thinking strategically about how to lead in the current economy? These leadership resources provide a strategic perspective and may help you leverage your time and energy: Tom Peters article Everything You Need to Know About Strategy Tom Peters on How to Survive the Recession…
What Matters Now
At year-end, people traditionally think about what they need to focus on in the coming year. Harvard Business Review has shared a wonderful resource for world leaders called "What Matters Now." Each contributor was asked to respond to "What Matters Now" with one word. The…
Chief Human Resources Officer is Business Strategist
Chief HR Officers are playing key strategic roles in businesses now, including helping the organization manage risks and priorities, and finding and engaging the talent needed to meet business goals. This informative report from Deloitte describes the role as that of both strategist and steward:…
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Ethical Leadership is Crucial to Profitability
Being an ethical leader is the right thing to do. And it pays off. There is a paradox that makes this information difficult for some experienced leaders to act on. Some business leaders are so concerned with the bottom line and shareholder value that they…
Top Resources for Implementing Leadership Ethics Training
After my article about leadership ethics training (Full-Text Article) ran in the September issue of Training and Development magazine, I learned that readers were having trouble finding resources for implementing ethics programs for leaders that incorporated the broader definition of "ethical leadership." …
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About This Blog and an Opportunity to Help Shape it
This blog was started in order to help leaders find cutting edge, research-based, practical tools for improving leadership and leadership development in today's business world. The focus is on ethical, results-based leadership. "There are a variety of reasons why CLOs are finding…
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OpenCourseWare Helps Businesses Afford Leadership Development
MIT is offering high quality handouts and exercises for businesses to to use in corporate education - free. MIT OpenCourseWare includes actual MIT teaching materials from previous years, including leader notes and handouts. Using high quality MIT handouts and exercises will add credibility to your leadership…
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Best Leadership Books & Blogs
Andrea Useem's Washington Post article The Leadership Playlist: What You Need to Read highlights "the ten best leadership books of all time" and recommends Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten's website The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. If you like…
“Leadership Ethics Training: Why is it So Hard to Get it Right?”
"The headlines are full of stories about unethical leaders. We know from following those stories that unethical leadership can ruin a company. Why, then, are experienced Chief Learning Officers having difficulty implementing effective training in Leadership Ethics?" My article "Leadership…
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What Makes a Successful Leader?
This is a working paper by Richmond, Rollin and Brown on leadership, emotional intelligence and personality type. It includes findings on what makes a succesful leader, and how your view on that question may vary depending on your MBTI type.…
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