Monday, February 17, 2014

Business leadership - doing the right thing

Successful companies devote time and efforts thinking and implementing core corporate values.

There might be various business conduct rules, expected behavior guidelines and general instructions concerning anticipated performance. There is one thing in common for all: it is all about doing the "right thing".

It may sound like a general statement, however, if someone is doing the right things, consistently, then about 90% of the rules are already built in. This is also what integrity is all about. Integrity can be summed up simply as doing the right thing for the right reason.

Corporate values need to be demonstrated. In order to develop these shared values, the leadership must transmit a sense of honesty and integrity to each member of the organization.
It was Dwight D. Eisenhower, who said: "The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”

I could not agree more…

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