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Don’t Try to Be the “Fun Boss” — and Other Lessons in Ethical Leadership

Harvard Business

Our research suggests that key personality characteristics predict unethical leadership behavior. We collected personality data and supervisor ratings of ethical behavior (e.g., Creating an Ethical Workplace. Learning and adjusting to a new role, especially a high-visibility leadership role, can take some time.

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Leadership Takes Self-Control. Here’s What We Know About It

Harvard Business

At work, leaders with higher levels of self-control display more effective leadership styles – they are more likely to inspire and intellectually challenge their followers, instead of being abusive or micromanaging. But what happens when people lack self-control at work? football, basketball, walking, etc.) billion annually.

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A Simple Exercise Can Help Women Overcome Self-Doubt to Succeed

Harvard Business

More than 35 years after the term “glass ceiling” was coined, women still are dramatically underrepresented in top business leadership. Other participants were prompted to do a similar writing exercise, but about other values (including institutional ones). How long the effects last may be surprising.

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Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

Mindfulness has become the corporate fad du jour , a practice widely touted as a fast-track to better leadership. The benefits attributed to this kind of practice range from stronger relationships with others to higher levels of leadership performance. Photo by Joshua Jackson.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Regrets to Leadership Risks? Despite putting my own psychological safety at risk over Teams and physical safety at risk later meeting in person with an executive who refers to himself as “the devil” and a “scary dude” and who wields a pistol in the office, I feel I did the ethical thing: It prevented harm to others. Not necessarily.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business

External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action. It spells out the responsibilities of the board and top management, including ensuring that the organization’s strategy and anti-bribery policy are aligned.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. His biceps were visible under his t-shirt and his short hair was still wet from exercise. ” In other words, Bunge views success as the result of exercise and work going hand-in-hand.

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