Article: Training And Communications That Encourage Reporting
For years, LeadGood has broken new ground on training and communications that moves the needle on reporting. Our bespoke courses, innovative approaches and hands-on consulting have helped many organizations and leaders — from the Fortune 100 to government to education — effectively foster a speak-up culture. This new article by LeadGood President Jason Meyer and Amy McDougal, JD, […]
For national panel, Meyer discusses our freedom to speak up in the current popular culture.
I’m a big supporter of being assertive and speaking up. I’m a former journalist in a family of journalists. I started out as a first amendment lawyer. And as a compliance professional I work to help businesses encourage speaking-up in their ranks, as a powerful tool for both operational and ethical excellence. (So I’m super […]
Virtually excited for the 2020 Compliance and Ethics Institute
This week – Sept. 14-16 — Is the annual Compliance and Ethics Institute sponsored by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE), of which I am a proud member. I been on the faculty of the Institute for each of the last seven years, and I am not about to miss the #CEI this […]
Ethics Madness II – A dandy excuse to talk ethics and watch hoop
I greet the college basketball championships this year with mixed emotions. As a hoop fan, this is a highlight of the calendar. As an ethics and compliance professional considering the current pay-for-recruitment scandal at several leading schools, well, what a mess. But from both perspectives, Tom Fox and I have decided to mark the beginning […]
My Proposals for the 2016 #SCCEcei – What’s Your Fave?
I’m really excited about the three panel proposals I submitted last night to the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE), for its 2016 Compliance and Ethics Institute. Thanks to Amy Hutchens, JD, CCEP, Page Motes and Heather Powell for joining in. Our proposed topics were: An advance workshop on drafting and negotiating contracts with compliance […]
Two Things Watching The Oscars Taught Me About Ethics and Compliance
Last Sunday, three of us compliance lawyer types had ourselves a virtual Oscar Party. We three – Amy Hutchens (CCEP), President of CLEAResources; Kirsten Hotchkiss, now an employment and employee relations counsel with American Express Global Business Travel, and I (President of LeadGood, and also CCEP)– conducted an experiment with the following hypothesis: IF the […]
More About Our Live-Blog: “Ethics and the Oscars”
What’s this live blog all about? Our focus tonight, as we watch the OSCARs, is on the little messages in the speeches, the commentary, on the carpet, and in the commercials – those little messages that can reinforce or dismantle an ethical culture. There are theaters full of other, more learned critics of the movies. […]
“How To Destroy Morale in 4 Easy Steps”
Thanks to @EthiFocus for bringing my attention to this bit of research in a Washington Post blog: How to destroy employee morale in 4 easy steps. These are also four do-nots if you care about Tone at the Top.
Tips for leading from within
I wrote up some nitty-gritty tactics for how to “Lead Good” for the website of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) — the leading trade association for in-house lawyers. My article, “Top Ten Practical Ways to Enrich and Empower Your Compliance Program,” is the ACC’s featured “Top Ten” article of the month. The sub-text for […]