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Leadership Banking from a Truth 'Teller'

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Guest Blogger |
Self Governance - Leadership |
Tue, 12/17/2013 - 21:50

Daniel K. Walker, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Farmers & Merchants Bank

Keeping your word.

Seems like such a simple statement, a statement that could very well form the foundation of every person’s daily creed. But it doesn’t. We all know many people who make promises but don’t keep them . . . People who say one thing but mean another. . . . People who take the easy way out, forgetting that keeping their word is the most important thing of all.

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Ethics: Moving From “Problems” to “Opportunities”

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Leadership |
Tue, 12/17/2013 - 00:01

Linda Fisher Thornton, CEO, Leading in Context LLC

It is easy to name the reasons for leading ethically that revolve around preventing problems - complying with laws and regulations, reducing employee complaints and preventing lawsuits, for example. But what about the many opportunities that proactive ethical leadership provides to the leaders and organizations who embrace it?

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Leadership Transformation for 2014

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Diane Cashin |
Entrepreneurship - Leadership |
Wed, 12/11/2013 - 22:50

Leveraging Corporate Strategies to Achieve Your Personal & Professional Goals!

No More Resolutions….It’s about Your Plan!

It’s that time of year again -- time to make New Year’s resolutions! According to StatisticsBrain.com,¹ 62% of us will make a resolution and only 8% of us will succeed! It’s no wonder that with such a low success rate that 38% of the population never make New Year’s Resolutions.

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Leader, Get Out of the Way: 4 Fundamental Tenets of Effective Leadership

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Luke lorio |
Leadership |
Wed, 12/11/2013 - 00:29

Luke Iorio, President & CEO, iPEC

Thomas Paine’s advice to “lead, follow, or get out of the way” was good leadership theory when it was written over 200 years ago; but, if he lived today, Paine would have been more likely to say “Leader, get out of the way.” The concept of a leader making decisions and issuing directives that are blindly followed by staff members is an antiquated one in this era of employee engagement and involvement. Often, the best way to get things done as a leader is to stand behind employees, helping them lead the charge.

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Scrooge is Really Just a State of Mind

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Steve Mundahl |
Leadership |
Mon, 12/09/2013 - 21:53

What did Dickens really show us in his famous Christmas story? Is it really about an old man who had given up hope in the joy of life, or is there a deeper lesson for us to learn?

Within us all is that crooked nosed humbug, Ebenezer Scrooge. Haven’t we all said “humbug” to neighbors who might not be able to speak our language, or “humbug” to those who put their hand out for a donation at the street corner?