How a CEO's ethics impacts the culture of the organization

How a CEO's ethics impacts the culture of the organization

Much of the tech talk recently is about AI, specifically ChatGPT (generating text) and Lensa AI (generating images). So, I gave ChatGPT a request to write an article on how a CEO's ethics impacts the culture of the organization. While it lacks my charm and occasional snark, nor does it include the storytelling I often do, can you tell that it was machine-generated?

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Stop Hiring for Culture. It’s Harming Your Business.

Stop Hiring for Culture. It’s Harming Your Business.

How many times have you been in an interview process when someone asks the question: “Will they fit in here?” Is there an objective way to answer that? The question of fit is based on careful business choices. It’s based on emotion, and we all know hiring isn’t a decision we should make emotionally. And yet…so many business leaders do.

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Should We Be Hiring a Chief People Officer?

Should We Be Hiring a Chief People Officer?

94% of senior executives think it’s important to focus on the growth and development of their HR executives so they’re ready to face the future. Of course, if you don’t have an HR executive on your team, you can’t focus on developing them. That’s the time to begin thinking about hiring a Chief People Officer.

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Is an Interim Executive Right for Your Company?

Is an Interim Executive Right for Your Company?

An interim executive temporarily takes a management position in an organization to help the existing leadership solve problems and set the future, permanent leader up for success. Knowing whether an interim executive is right for your organization depends on your current needs and your assumptions about the future.

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Gen Z Isn’t Going Away, and We Shouldn’t Want Them To

Gen Z Isn’t Going Away, and We Shouldn’t Want Them To

It’s time to stop the generation war and recognize that we’re all looking for the same thing and that our workplaces are better when they include the perspectives of all the generations. During the pandemic, people started to look at their lives differently, at their jobs differently. Employers looked at their organizations differently. And many of us have come out of the pandemic in the same, new place.

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Performance Development Programs Don’t Work Unless You Follow Through

Performance Development Programs Don’t Work Unless You Follow Through

They do the performance development, and nothing changes. Why? Because a change in behavior requires practice, reinforcement, repetition. If leaders want to see real change when they implement performance development initiatives, they need to follow the three Cs of good management: Clarity, Communication, and Consistency.

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Diversity and Inclusion for Nonprofits: Building the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Board

Diversity and Inclusion for Nonprofits: Building the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Board

Research shows plenty of upsides to diverse workplaces — more innovation, more successful decision making, better ability to connect with a wider variety of stakeholders. In 2021, after four years as a board member of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (PICC), I was asked to serve as its president.  Coming into the role, I knew we needed to make some changes.

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How to Build Cohesion After a Merger or Acquisition

How to Build Cohesion After a Merger or Acquisition

You might think that since companies spend upwards of $2 trillion every year on acquisitions, they’re a sure thing. The truth is, mergers and acquisitions fail at a rate of 70-90%. The biggest hurdle companies face after a merger or acquisition is the integration of teams. Few take the time and give the focus needed to build cohesive teams.

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Designing Competitive Compensation Packages for Today’s Talent

Designing Competitive Compensation Packages for Today’s Talent

How do you develop a system for compensation that gets you the talent you need, is relatively easy to administer, and is equitable across your organization? If I could impart two pieces of wisdom to every company with employees, they would be these: document every promise or concession you make; and assume compensation transparency.

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Is it Business or Is it Personal? When Friends and Colleagues Collide

Is it Business or Is it Personal? When Friends and Colleagues Collide

Given the bonds that can develop in the trenches of an early startup or young business, it’s not uncommon for business relationships to veer into friendship. What happens when a company grows beyond a person that helped start it? And what do you do when you’re the one faced with that dilemma — do you choose the business or your friend? Or is there some way to choose both?

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Psychological Safety Isn’t a 4-Letter Word

Psychological Safety Isn’t a 4-Letter Word

If you’ve turned your nose up at the concept of psychological safety because, frankly, you’re getting tired of trying to figure out every new buzzword, I’m encouraging you to rethink. Creating a workplace culture where people feel safe to be themselves and feel respected for their contributions is critical. You’ll lose talent if you don’t.

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What Is Your Coaching Style: Coaching Your Team

What Is Your Coaching Style: Coaching Your Team

What coaching style do you need to use with each of your team members? Just like you probably have a coaching style you’re most comfortable with, each of them also has a style of being coached that’s most effective for them. You have to coach the people who report to you, so as a leader and a coach, you may have to get comfortable with different styles of coaching.

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The Coaching Process: Coaching Your Team

The Coaching Process: Coaching Your Team

If you’ve worked with a good coach, you know how transformational the process can be. Your employees need that experience as well. They’ll grow, be more engaged employees, and become happier. Your business will be all the better for it.

If you’ve just seen yourself as their manager, you’re missing out on a big opportunity. Actually, a big requirement. Now more than ever — when people are changing jobs at an alarming rate and everyone’s reeling from all the uncertainty in our world — you need to keep your employees engaged.

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When to Hire Your First Employee (and the One After That)

When to Hire Your First Employee (and the One After That)

Cost is the biggest reservation we hear from founders and entrepreneurs who are contemplating their first hire. Affordability is obviously a critical part of the hiring analysis — and there’s a lot more to it. Whether you’re ready to hire and (perhaps the bigger question) who you should hire depends on multiple factors.

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When Was the Last Time You Did a SWOT Analysis?

When Was the Last Time You Did a SWOT Analysis?

If you’re in business, you’ve heard of a SWOT analysis. You’ve probably done one — maybe more than one. When did you last do a SWOT analysis for your organization? Unless you’ve just been doing some strategic planning, it’s likely been awhile. We see businesses wait too long between SWOT analysis sessions. They trudge along under old conceptions of their strengths or weaknesses and fail to effectively respond to the changes around them.

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