Do we really want leaders whose sole motive is making money, at almost any cost, including destroying our planet? Andrew Leigh, author of Ethical Leadership: Creating and sustaining an ethical business culture, discusses the steady advances towards more ethical and responsible leadership. A decade of corporate scandals, mis-selling and other bad corporate behavior has created a serious lack of trust in both companies and their leaders. Andrew believes a new form of leadership is inevitable, and already on its way, as forward looking companies wake up to the reality that unethical companies do worse financially than responsible ones; that young people increasingly refuse to work for companies with a poor ethics track record and the rest vote with their feet. The task of the new leadership is to create “Ethical Engagement” in which all stakeholders commit to helping the organisation do the right thing.
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Marcia Zidle, CEO of Leaders At All Levels, is the Smart Moves Executive Coach and Keynote Speaker who works with companies, professional practices and business leaders ON THE MOVE! They want to move up to the next level – ahead of their competition – into new areas – over and around obstacles – towards having staying power – alive and well today as well as tomorrow in a constantly changing world. With over 25 years of leadership and business consulting experience, Marcia brings street smart eyes, project management hands and a quick wit to ensure organizations get on the right track, stay on the right track and not get sidetracked on their path to higher performance and profitability. Marcia’s latest venture is the Smart Growth System which provides small to medium sized businesses with the proper foundation for expansion: a Growth Agenda that becomes their roadmap.
