Is Integrity Important for Leaders?

Is integrity important for leaders? Find out now! Business Blueprint Requests: https://forms.gle/VSVZ8iL8tmtAd817A Have a question you’d like Andrea to answer on the show? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/nu7EHLUrCwNPXtB68 Integrity in business What does integrity look like? • Speaking truth at all times • Representing situations and self accurately • Acting the same in all situations, regardless of whether someone is watching • Aligning actions with believes • Making decisions based on what is right, not what is beneficial • Taking responsibility for all actions and outcomes from actions, even when outcomes are negative • Treating people fairly and with dignity—regardless of their status or relationship with you • Courage: Willingness to make difficult choices, stand up for your beliefs, speak out against wrongdoing, regardless of professional risk • Acknowledging mistakes and limitations—open to feedback and correction. Critical to maintain ethical behavior over timeWhy do we need integrity as leaders? • Builds trust—consistency. Fosters open communication and teamwork • People do what you do, as a leader • Long-term success over short-term gains. Integrity leads to sustainable success • Able to make fair and ethical decisions. Protects us from scandals and legal problems • Your reputation! Act with integrity, and people will respect you in long-run. • Helps maintain harmony in relationships. Being fair and impartial makes arguments easier to resolve Areas where integrity might be at stake—tempted to set aside: • Financial benefits. (Manipulating statements or tax stuff, cutting corners, half-butting things, basically :-D) • Competition—where the competitor is doing well, we might be tempted to misrepresent selves and situations to keep up. Like, exaggerated claims, deceptive advertising, etc. • Reducing costs in ways that compromise ethical standards. Similar to financial benefits, but doing things half-butt. Bypassing regulations and requirements because it would be too expensive to do something. Reducing pay for people who work with and for you without reducing your own pay, etc. • Meeting deadlines—temptation to cut corners or try to hide issues just to go live on time. • Choosing between a favorite person or an ethical situation. Favoring someone who isn’t pulling their weight because you like them. Exciting stuff, right? Ha ha. Rather than doing an official campaign to fund our IVF goals, I’ve decided do a big push on my exclusive boxed sets that contain all of my books, based on theme. Check it out here: https://mailchi.mp/e180d38e23b4/andrea-pearsons-works