Posts with the ‘Integrity’ tag
Integrity: Doing what is good, right, and proper, even at personal cost. That is the definition my father General James L. Anderson taught me years ago. I had the opportunity to do a talk with my father on the topic of Courage in business. The Lesson: You can’t have Integrity without having Courage. This video is […]
You have to DO what you want to BE! If you want to BE a Leader of Character, you have to DO what Leaders of Character DO! Today’s video was a short talk given to over 800 people at this year’s Leadercast event. Question: What do you need to start DOing to BE the Leader […]
It takes a lot of work to fire someone these days. Our friends in the legal profession have made the process of firing employees incredibly time consuming. For some leaders, this process is a disincentive for doing the right thing. When a leader allows a low performer to stay, that leader is failing. In the […]
Why does one person get hired over another? Why does one person get fired over another? Performance is a good reason. Values are an even better reason. A hypocrite is someone who says one thing but does another. Therefore, an organization that claims values that they do not demonstrate is hypocritical and so is its […]
Honesty or Integrity? Are they the same thing? Is one more important than the other? Many people use the terms interchangeably confusing one with the other. You can be an honest person and have questionable Integrity. Honesty is a part of Integrity, but they are not the same thing.
I pushed the limits as a cadet at West Point. I marched well over 100 hours of punishment tours during my four years in school. There were a lot of ways to get in trouble, and a lot of rules to tell us what not to do. Every violation of the rules at West Point […]
Politics. Gossip. Back stabbing. Whining. Distrust. Selfishness. Bad Attitudes. Work environments characterized by one or more of these traits are miserable places to work. I often run into leaders that know they are leading teams that have these issues. Unfortunately some of these leaders fail to realize that the cultures of their teams are the […]
Dave Anderson interviews best selling author Jeb Blount. Topic: Why Do People Follow You? (30 minutes) Jeb Blount is the CEO of Sales Gravy (www.salesgravy.com) and the best selling author of People Follow You along with 6 other best sellers. All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 5 Million downloads to date!) […]
84% of employees do not believe their company’s culture is widely upheld according to a study by the Aberdeen Group. The startling thing is the numbers are only slightly better for executives who answered that same survey – 81% admitted they are not doing a good job upholding the company culture. These are the people […]
It happens everywhere, and we are all vulnerable. In business, in the military, in non-profits and in churches good leaders succumb to a temptation. Every leader is vulnerable including me and you. I am talking about moral decisions. Decisions that ruin our credibility, our reputations and our moral authority. The public is shocked. Our friends are […]
