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7 Core Behaviors for Honorable Leadership – Does This Include Everything?
7 Core Behaviors for Honorable Leadership – Does This Include Everything?
“7 Core Behaviors for Honorable Leadership” – does the Honor Code include all the important elements for a foundation of honorable leadership?
1. Tell the truth even when it’s difficult. Avoid duplicity and deceitful behavior.
2. Treat others with dignity and respect. Take the lead, and show value to others.
3. Keep your word and your commitments. Ask for relief sooner than later if necessary.
4. Be ethical. Operate within the laws of the land, the guidelines of your profession, and the policies of your employer.
5. Act responsibly; do your duty, and be accountable. Own your mistakes, and work to do better in the future.
6. Be courageous. Lean into the pain of your fears to do what you know is right even when it feels unnatural or uncomfortable.
7. Live your values. Be faithful to your spiritual core, your conscience, and your deepest intuitions.
National anthem… It’s a respect thing
Treat Employees Right So They Treat Customers Right
Isadore Sharp, Founder And Chairman, Four Seasons Hotels And Resorts
Starting from a modest offshoot of his family’s construction business (“The Four Seasons Motor Hotel,” if you can believe that), founder and chairman Isadore Sharp has built one of the great brands and organizations in the hospitality industry, the privately-held Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, with 93 highly-rated luxury hotels and resorts under management worldwide.
Most impressive to me is that the Four Seasons organization has been built in alignment with Mr. Sharp’s longstanding commitment to The Golden Rule, to applying this principle of fairness to all of the entities involved in creating their hospitality experience; to quote the Four Seasons corporate framework, “In all our interactions with our guests, customers, business associates and colleagues, we seek to deal with others as we would have them deal with us.” The success of this approach in employee retention –Four Seasons has one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry–and engagement–Four Seasons has been ranked in the “100 Best Places To Work” for 18 years straight–is evident, and Mr. Sharp also credits this philosophy with allowing Four Seasons to provide what he says is the single most important factor in the success of his company: a superior level of customer service.
How To Lead By Using The 10 Elements Of Dignity
https://ericjacobsononmanagement.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-to-lead-by-using-10-elements-of.html
In their book, Millennials Who Manage, authors Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart, quote Donna Hicks‘s explanation about how dignity is different from respect.
- Dignity is different from respect in that it is not based on how people perform, what they can do for us, or their likability. Dignity is a feeling of inherent value and worth.
Therefore, Espinoza and Schwarzbart recommend that leaders treat those they are leading with dignity and follow Hick’s 10 Essential Elements of Dignity:
7 THINGS DRIFT TAUGHT ME ABOUT COMMITMENT
https://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/7-things-drift-taught-me-about-commitment/
I’m reflecting on a young man who doesn’t care much for making commitments. I’ll call him Drift. He’s easygoing, generous, kind, carefree, and transparent. I like him. Drift doesn’t demand much from life. He takes things as they come. In his role, you might be surprised to know that Drift is committed, dedicated, flexible, helpful, and reliable. He doesn’t make commitments because it’s the right thing to do. He makes commitments for his reasons, not someone else’s. Frankly, Drift makes a bigger contribution than many who fit more traditional patterns.
Respected vs. Liked Leaders
What’s Does Genuine Respect Look Like?
We can disagree calmly in ways that help us solve problems together, or we can show our stripes by using aggressive behavior under the banner of “with all due respect.” Whichever approach we use, how we interpret respect impacts the people around us. There is no place for disrespectful behavior in a “good” society. Even if we agree on that point, respect can be understood from a variety of angles. You may already be thinking of a leader who operated in the red zone (in the graphic above), creating a toxic environment that caused emotional harm.
Respect at the highest level incorporates positive intent and impact.
HENRY KOTULA 