Of course you want an “edge.” Life is competitive. In business, you want the extra sale. In nonprofits, you want to raise the additional dollars. In sports, you want to win. Our small college swim team was always looking for an edge. We would train twice a day for much of the year to get better. At the end of the year for the big meets, we would shave our bodies … [Read more...] about Be Careful When Looking for an “Edge”
Ethics
Develop Your Ethical Vigilance
Your parents and teachers may have told you “just do the right thing” when you were younger. But it turns out that the real world is complicated and messy. Just planning to be “good” is not good enough. Authors in a recent Harvard Business Review article* say that we all need to develop our “Moral Humility” – the recognition that we all have the capacity to do the “wrong … [Read more...] about Develop Your Ethical Vigilance
Fostering Equity & Inclusion
Creating a more equitable and inclusive workforce and society is the right thing to do. Period. It also turns out that studies show “well-managed diverse groups outperform homogeneous ones and are more committed, have higher collective intelligence, and are better at making decisions and solving problems.”* Today’s leaders and managers need to learn how to foster equity … [Read more...] about Fostering Equity & Inclusion
Confronting Unethical Behavior
What do you do when you encounter unethical behavior in your workplace? Ethics expert and Giving Voice to Values author, Mary Gentile, offers these suggestions in a Harvard Business Review* article: *Treat the Conflict as a Business Matter. Craft a carefully prepared, persuasive business argument – supported by facts. This is much better than giving a little … [Read more...] about Confronting Unethical Behavior
Integrity Gap Survey
Leaders work hard to put systems in place to discourage unethical behavior, to create a culture of integrity, and to role model ethical leadership. Yet – even with all this – every organization faces possible breakdowns in ethical behavior. Human nature simply poses challenges to consistent integrity. What can leaders do to be even more vigilant in detecting possible … [Read more...] about Integrity Gap Survey