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Why Americans (Dis)Trust Wall Street

Posted in Brand Trust, Business Ethics, Leadership on March 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Today SynergyBlog learns that despite the economic woes that many American’s feel, the executives of AIG have decided that they deserve $165 million in bonuses.
This behavior is alarming, outrageous, and it’s the reason my dissertation will seek to understand the drivers of trust and distrust in brands and corporate leaders – and how to restore that trust [...]

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Brand Brilliance: Most Admired Companies in OHIO

Posted in Admired Company, Brand Trust, Leadership, Marketing Strategy, tagged , , , on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today SynergyBlog celebrates the companies in the State of Ohio who are most admired in their respective industries for being the best.

Companies are evaluated for leadership in people management,  innovation, corporate social responsibility, diversity, and financial management.
Congratulations. And thank you for all you do!

Company
City

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Akron

Chiquita Brands International
Cincinnati

Cintas
Cincinnati

Convergys

Cincinnati

Kroger
Cincinnati

Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati

Eaton
Cleveland

American Electric Power
Columbus

Limited Brands
Columbus

Cardinal [...]

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Bankers Vow to Build Trust with Increased Lending

Posted in Business Ethics, Financial Crisis, Leadership, Trust, Trusted Leadership, tagged , , , , on February 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

A fascinating headline in the AP tonight. The top bankers in the U.S. are now concentrating on rebuilding the public trust.
We are certainly going to be watching. In our opinion, there is nothing more important in this crisis than the public trust – and it has been violated with impunity.
The leaders of our financial institutions [...]

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What’s in your Leadership Model?

Posted in Ethical Leadership, Leadership, Servant Leadership, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is a very insightful post by Dr. Rick Johnson of CEO Strategist LLC. Dr. Johnson states, and we concur, “Servant-leadership encourages collaboration, trust, foresight, listening, and the ethical use of power and empowerment.” We suggest you think about which model fits your leadership style, and how you leverage servant leadership within your own [...]

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Organizational Trust, Trust in the Chief Executive, and Work Satisfaction.

Posted in Employee Loyalty, Employee Satisfaction, Ethical Leadership, Leadership, Trust, tagged , , , , on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A great piece on organizational trust from our friends at Entrepreneur.com
by Perry, Ronald W., Mankin, Lawrence D.
Public Personnel Management • Summer 2007 •
Especially in the past decade, employees have begun to change their view of the organizations in which they work, with traditional employee-organization bonds becoming weaker. (1) The private sector has seen the [...]

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The Restoration of Stakeholder Trust: Transparency is Key

Posted in Leadership, Trust, tagged , , , on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Never has there been a more important objective for corporations and other institutions than the restoration of stakeholder trust. Synergy provides a comprehensive approach to trust repair in an in-depth seven-part series on SynergyBlog.wordpress.com.

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Why Trust is the Most Important Asset in Business

Posted in Leadership, Marketing Research, Marketing Strategy, Trust, tagged , on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The U.S. is facing a crisis of trust in organizations, institutions, and our leaders. Today, we witnessed what we hope is the very beginning of a long, slow restoration of trust with the new administration. But we must do more.
I am currently writing an article based on a qualitative study conducted on organizational trust [...]

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