Tag Archive for ‘Leadership’
Adding Value and Values to the MBA
When students return to campus in coming weeks, so will debate about the purpose of management education and the role of ethics. Columnist Gael O’Brien wonders whether current business leaders will support training new leaders in skills and competencies that support new models of business – or will it be simply business as usual?
Taking Care of Bottom-Rung Employees is Good Business
The results of the six-year study surprised even its authors. They expected to find that, yes, you could provide bottom-rung employees with benefits and still be profitable. Instead they found that you should provide such benefits because doing so increases profits.
Ethics Specialist Named Dean of Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School professor Nitin Nohria has been a faculty leader of the movement to adopt an MBA Oath, a voluntary pledge for graduating and current MBAs to “create value responsibly and ethically.”
Video: Five Ways to Become Happier Today
For however elusive happiness is to define, there are very specific things people can do each day that are proven to increase happiness: Tal Ben-Shahar has spent his career studying them. He gave Big Think several practical happiness tips, including changing your calendar, buying a notebook, and changing your approach to car parking.
Opinion: Choosing Business Leaders with Integrity
A business executive who happens to also be a former Catholic monk has his own unique litmus test for gauging executive credibility and trust. “How can I tell if an executive is trustworthy?” he asks. “What are the signs to look for in promoting leaders in this new era of doubt and suspicion?”
BOOKS: Celebrating Failure and the Power of Risk Taking
An excerpt from Ralph Heath’s book: “The great thing about making a mistake is that the bar is now moved pretty low, and you get the opportunity to rush in and correct the problem and suggest a positive solution. It is an opportunity to demonstrate that you listen, that you understand what you did wrong, and that you can solve the problem when given a second chance.”
How To Lead in Corporate Citizenship
Two new reports from the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship examine what’s needed in implementing and maintaining effective corporate citizen leadership. They also put forth “unique competency models” for those working in the corporate citizenship field.
VIDEO: Infosys CEO Says Leaders Must “Walk the Talk”
Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies, India, has suggestions on how business leaders can establish a corporate values framework. “Every company must define a framework for values, a framework for ethics, a framework for behavior of its leaders,” he says. “Leaders must walk the talk, leaders must lead by example. There has to be zero tolerance for values violations.”
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