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How We’ve Lost Our Moorings as a Society

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Moral leadership among CEOs is declining, even as more people demand it

Dov Seidman, who runs the HOW Institute for Society, has a new survey out assessing the “State of Moral Leadership in Business.”

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Dov Seidman & The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Announce 2023 Winners of Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

"This remarkable group of student winners, who are already making a difference in the world by writing essays that prod the conscience and consider issues through an ethical lens, embody the hope that a new generation of moral leaders will rise to meet the challenges before us," said Seidman.

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Inside Gregg Berhalter’s leadership quest

By the time Berhalter and Seidman met in May of 2022, the USMNT coach was, in Seidman’s words, already “fully on this journey.” It began over a decade ago, even before he’d retired as a player, then intensified when he got the national team job in 2018. He had a culture to repair and a mission to shape. So he searched far and wide for any information that would help him do that.

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Harvard Kennedy School

Why HOW Matters Most

Dov Seidman, Founder and Chairman of The HOW Institute for Society, joined Harvard as a Hauser Leader in the Fall of 2022. Throughout his time on campus, Dov drew students into deep, provoking conversations about frameworks and models of leadership and explored with students their own leadership journeys and how they can be guided by their deepest beliefs. Dov spoke with us about his experience engaging with students at CPL.

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Breakingviews – The Exchange: Dov Seidman

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The great a-woke-ning: Facebook ad boycott shows corporate America is finally listening to calls for racial justice

The coronavirus exposed massive inequality in the US in such a stark way that leaders couldn't turn a blind eye.

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Americans Want to See Moral Leadership From CEOs in a Time of Crisis, Survey Says

American workers are looking for moral leadership in CEOs more than ever, according to a new survey, as the U.S. is confronted with the worst health crisis and economic downturn in decades, and widespread protests against racial inequality.

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FastCompany

Human rights is a sustainability issue

Acting with sustainable values cannot be reduced to a simple checklist. Sustainability is about the disposition, the mindset, and behaviors, which shape and sustain relationships relationships with family, friends, customers, investors, employees, borrowers, fellow citizens, the community, the environment, and with nature.

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Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational quotes about gaining confidence in your skills, being honest with co-workers and embracing novel ways of thought.

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Why The First Roman Emperor’s Motto Matters: Move Slowly To Move Quickly

Throughout his long reign Augustus had one motto. He emphasized it to his generals and thought it so important that he had coins minted with an image symbolizing it: festina lente. Make haste, slowly. The fastest way to get something done is to do it right the first time. Even – especially – when you’re feeling the crunch, take your time.

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(Stir)Krazy George: How the Bay Area Sports Madman is Dealing with Isolation

After all, Dov Seidman once wrote that “The Wave is not only an extraordinary act, it is a great symbol of our human connectedness and interdependence and thus the perfect metaphor for leadership.

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Boeing has apologized. Now comes test of honing culture of safety.

A month before Lion Air Flight 610 took off from Jakarta and promptly plunged into the Java Sea, killing everyone aboard, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg traveled to a Baptist church in southern Illinois to talk about faith and leadership.

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His Keen Sense of Ethics has Paid Off Handsomely

Turning his company into a movement: Seidman talks about ideas and inspirations the way a mechanic talks about pistons and carburetors. He makes them tangible and kinetic before your eyes.

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Business Leaders Set the A.I. Agenda

Before the New Work Summit last week, The New York Times asked leaders who were participating in the conference to answer the most pressing questions.

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Press Pause To Continue

I spent the first part of the week at FORTUNE Brainstorm Tech in Aspen, a gathering of leaders and thinkers who seemed—to me, at least—to deliver nonstop insight and surprise for three solid days.

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How does sexual harassment continue in companies for so long?

Q&A with Dov Seidman of LRN, a compliance and ethics education and advisory service in Midtown.

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Meet the Press

The panel is here. Robert Costa, national political reporter for The Washington Post, and moderator of PBS's Washington Week. Helene Cooper, Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute, and Tom Friedman, columnist for The New York Times.

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Why How We Do Anything Means Everything

It’s a thoughtful book, not the type to read in one sitting, but one filled with experience and perspective that will change the way you think about the world and your role in it.

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The Moral Imperative of Leadership

Alan Murray writes about Dov's views on the Moral Imperative of Leadership.

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United Takes a Beating

United Airlines’ rough dragging of a passenger off a flight to Louisville has now joined Cecil the Lion and Justine Sacco as case studies in social media outrage.

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Foreign Policy

Five Books for a President Who Doesn’t Read

Having spent decades in the military serving for a series of terrific leaders, I would offer the simple thought that reading books can make people better leaders.Having spent decades in the military serving for a series of terrific leaders, I would offer the simple thought that reading books can make people better leaders.

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Wells Fargo Case Prompts Questions Of Corporate Ethics Reform

The bank's CEO appeared before a Senate banking committee this week to answer questions about fake accounts created by more than 5,000 of his employees. Scott Simon talks with consultant Dov Seidman.

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Tom Friedman: Trump Is Eroding America’s Moral Authority

NYT columnist Tom Friedman joins the 'Meet the Press' roundtable to discuss President Trump's latest shocking behavior: accusing President Obama of spying on him.

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Inc.

The 5 Skills You and Your Kids Need to Be Robot Proof

The rise of AI will have a huge impact on your career. Will creativity keep you robot-proof? The answer may surprise you

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What CEOs Must Learn From Trump’s Victory

I recently shared a meal with Dov Seidman, the CEO of LRN, which advises companies on how to build ethical cultures. He reminded me that the philosopher David Hume said that “the moral imagination diminishes with distance.”

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University of North Dakota

North Dakota State University Celebrates ‘The Year of the HOW’

College of Business shares unique partnership with Dov Seidman - its Thought Leader of the Year - putting HOW at the center of innovative new leadership curriculum

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The Rio Olympics Reminds Us What Competition Really Means

As the Summer Olympics in Rio reaches its midpoint, we have already witnessed several competitive milestones. From Michael Phelps winning a record-setting 26 medals, to Serena Williams’ stunning defeat, to the USA Men’s Basketball Team decision to stay on a yacht instead of the Olympic Village due to concerns related to Zika, Rio 2016 has had its fair share of intrigue. But…

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Why Trust Motivates Employees More than Pay

Everyone knows that a workplace in which people feel appreciated and valued, with more autonomy, is a more pleasant place to work than one in which they don’t. What has been less certain is that workplaces with high trust and a strong culture actually do better as businesses.

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Davos Man Meets the Masses

One of the enduring ironies of the World Economic Forum in Davos is that the world’s élites congregate in this Alpine village each year to contemplate a backlash against the world’s élites.

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USAToday

Bergdahl mess rooted in political calculation: Column

Several years ago, Dov Seidman published a business book called How. His primary argument was that process — the “how” — matters as much, if not more, than the substance — the “what.” Seidman focused his argument on how companies deliver products and services, but the Bowe Bergdahl case shows that political leaders who ignore the “how” in decision-making do so at their peril.

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USAToday

Delamaide: Where is the call for ethics in banks?

Dov Seidman, an ethics and compliance expert, urges banks and other companies to do the "next right thing," not the "next thing right," citing the example of Chipotle, which earlier this year stopped serving pork at one-third of its restaurants when it found a supplier fell short of its animal welfare standards.

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Let’s Build a Human Operating System

I share the belief that ethics lie at the heart of all sustainable human endeavor. Your leadership is an inspiration to me and countless others.

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FastCompany

Death To Corporate Speak! Why You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Parlance

People, we have a grande problem. And it goes much farther than your local Starbucks. Here’s how to take a stand. (How, indeed!)

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Readers Get to Weigh In on Apologies

When Andrew Ross Sorkin and I came together to start “Apology Watch,” our goal was to elevate the conversation about authentic apologies. In that vein, we are introducing an “Apology Metric” survey to give readers an opportunity to share their insight.

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NPR

The Fine Art Of The Public Apology

With high-profile apologies from the likes of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, we're in apology overload. Dov Seidman is calling for an apology cease-fire. Seidman is CEO of a company that helps corporations develop values-based cultures and strengthen their ethics and compliance effort. He tells Audie Cornish why he takes issue with recent apologies and what he believes makes a good one.

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Too Many Sorry Excuses for Apology

Beginning on Tuesday, Mr. Seidman and I are starting “Apology Watch” on the DealBook website (nytimes.com/dealbook) and on Twitter using the hashtag #ApologyWatch. We hope readers will participate by helping us track new apologies and, more important, follow up on what companies, institutions and individuals have done post-apology.

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Why Values Need to be at Heart of Sustainable Business Transformation

Jo Confino interviews Dov Seidman about where capitalism lost its way and why values must be at the heart of corporate sustainability transformation

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Leaders Need Wings, Not Wheels: The Profound Difference Between Elevating and Shifting Behavior

I need you to elevate me here. U2, “Elevation” Which would you rather attach to your company: A new set of wheels to help shift gears with incremental improvements, or a set of wings that elevates performance by addressing the threats and opportunities of an interconnected and morally interdependent world? The answer is obvious. Wings…

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From Formal Authority to Moral Authority

In our interconnected world, a management style that emphasizes honesty and trust should replace traditional carrot-and-stick-style rewards and punishments.

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Dov Seidman’s Secret: You Don’t Have to Be a Sucker to Succeed

Seidman lays out his personal story, and his organizational philosophy, in his new book "How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything," in which he addresses the power of values, creativity and the willingness to think differently.

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The Thought Leader Interview: Dov Seidman

The influential business author and CEO explains why the practice of enlightened self-governance gives companies an edge.

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Time

Game Changers: Meet the innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America

Meet the innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America. Moral philosopher and businessman Dov Seidman helps companies thrive by pursuing both profits and principles.

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Salt Lake City Tribune

On the job: Your connections, reputation can help sway others

Dov Seidman says we need to start considering how our individual behavior as employees also affects the workplace culture today.

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Economist

The view from the top, and bottom

Bosses think their firms are caring. Their minions disagree

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Why doing good is good for business

Virtue is supposed to be its own reward, but according to an emerging line of thought, it's profitable too. The Pfizer (PFE, Fortune 500) case is the kind of object lesson that permeates the gospel of Dov Seidman, a Los Angeles-based management guru who has become the hottest adviser on corporate virtue to Fortune 500 companies.

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