Robert Chesnut
CEOs have to be particularly careful about setting ambitious targets and using powerful language to motivate employees. Audacious goals can create fear (what happens if I don’t deliver?), and they may be interpreted as giving implicit permission for bad behavior.
Content: Quotation | Author: Robert Chesnut | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
How to Build a Company That (Actually) Values Integrity
Canned codes of ethics that ask employees to check a box to certify that they’ve read the material and third-party online ethics training courses might be all that is required to comply with the law, but they don’t move the needle. Employees see them mostly as a nuisance they have to suffer through.
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Content: Article | Author: Robert Chesnut | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Ethics