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A passion for a value and its implementation into the daily activities of work has been identified as the single key to business success. In many companies, a particular value has inspired leadership vision, distinguished the company's brand, and attracted and engaged the best talent. The power of committed talent driven by a passion for shared values lifts workplace performance-making stretch goals attainable, retaining market share and opening new markets. Values cost nothing but they can make everything possible; on the other hand, the absence of values costs the organization deteriorating commitment and performance. How do the best companies instill and reflect values in workplace behavior and performance? This webcast will address how some of the most successful companies have strengthened their commitment to values and become leaders in their industry.
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Presenters
Nancy McGaw is Deputy Director of the Business and Society Program at the Aspen Institute. She directs the First Movers Fellowship program, an innovation lab for exceptional business professionals who have demonstrated an ability and passion for imagining new products, services, and business models that achieve profitable business growth and lasting, positive social impacts. This program encourages individuals to move to next stage innovations, as well as to discover the stewardship lessons embedded in past achievements.She also manages the Business and Society Program's research initiatives with a focus on trends in corporate leadership and management education. Recently, this research has included Where Will They Lead? - MBA student attitude surveys conducted in western business schools and in China. She also oversees Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a survey and ranking that assesses the extent to which MBA programs integrate social, ethical and environmental issues into their curriculum and faculty research. In addition, she has designed and facilitated dialogues with leadership development experts on the subject of developing leaders for a sustainable global society.Ms. McGaw joined the Aspen Institute from a career in corporate banking and international development. From 1997 to 1999 she was Director of Corporate Partnerships at The Synergos Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing effective sustainable solutions to global poverty. Previously, she was a Managing Director at the Bank of America where she managed a team of professionals specializing in credit analysis and structuring for multinational corporate clients. She has worked overseas in Japan and England.