Below is an excerpt from the book There's No Such Thing as "Business" Ethics: There's Only One Rule for Making Decisionsby John C. Maxwell . Reprinted with permission from the publisher: Whatever Happened to Business Ethics? ON NOVEMBER 8, 2001, PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED WHEN one of the hottest companies of the booming nineties, Enron, admitted to using accounting … [Read more...] about There’s No Such Thing As “Business” Ethics: There’s Only One Rule for Making Decisions
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How to Become CEO: The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization
Book Excerpt Below is an excerpt from the book How to Become CEO: The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organizationby Jeffrey J. Fox. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved Always Take the Job That Offers the Most Money After you have decided what you want to do--whether it is banking, advertising, manufacturing, or something else--go to work for the … [Read more...] about How to Become CEO: The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization
The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide
Book excerpt reprinted from The Go Point: When It's Time to Decide--Knowing What to Do and When to Do It Copyright © 2006 by Michael Useem. Published by Crown Business, a division of Random House, Inc. All in all, our decision-making equipment is pretty sound. We don’t follow the lead lemming over a cliff. We can’t be fooled into thinking that a 99-cent lure is a meal. … [Read more...] about The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide
The Enthusiastic Employee: 16 Myths on Employee and Performance Management
The book The Enthusiastic Employee: How Companies Profit by Giving Workers What They Want (2nd Edition) contains analyses of data from surveys of literally millions of employees in hundreds of organizations. In this section, organized by 16 topic areas, are the book’s main findings in relation to the 33 myths: Morale and Performance Employee Goals and Motivation Routine … [Read more...] about The Enthusiastic Employee: 16 Myths on Employee and Performance Management
Focus: Success at the Speed of Life
In recent weeks I have been absolutely overwhelmed by friends and associates telling me I need to be involved in Twitter and Facebook and countless other internet sites that supposedly contribute to marketing success. They reportedly present boundless benefits for those who master the subtle strategies related to those sites. I know I am going against the popular trend here, … [Read more...] about Focus: Success at the Speed of Life