WEF 2014 report: Top 10 Global trends

The Top 10 trends in the Outlook on the Global Agenda for 2014 are: 1)     Societal tension in the Middle East and North Africa: war in Syria, political instability and unemployment in North Africa. 2)     Widening income gap: ramifications for health, education and social mobility across all regions of the world. 3)     Structural unemployment: a global issue demanding a global […]

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Test how your customers rate your business integrity?

“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” — Alan K. Simpson “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionable integrity. Without it, no real success is possible.” President Eisenhower Every customer wants to do business with people they can trust. Leaders should continuously ask stakeholders (shareholders, management, staff, community) for feedback on how […]

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How ethical are you as a leader?

I have taught ethics to a number of MBA students. It must count as some of my most challenging assignments. The problem is that a group of people will undoubtedly have differing opinions on what is ethical and what is unethical. Added to this, some people even consider business ethics as an oxymoron. Self-evaluation is a critical component of business […]

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