Posts Tagged "Character"
Why the “right” decision is better than the “best” decision
We can all recall moments of regret, particularly as it relates to decisions we made that didn’t quite get the results we were looking for—a word that should not have been spoken, or an act that can not be undone. This shouldn’t be confused with decisions that often have to...
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What happens when someone else’s lack of character results in you losing your job?
It seems that some of my recent articles on needing to change the dialogue on leadership, and the importance of character (‘Character: Does it really impact the bottom-line?’) have generated a lot of discussion. Thanks for your emails and calls. I am in the process of researching another article on...
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Is it time to change the leadership dialog?
Is leadership changing? Does it need to change? Is there a need for a different leadership paradigm in the light of some well-known corporate collapses and the fallout from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008/09 (GFC) that continues to reverberate far and wide? It seems the leadership literature is beginning...
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Character: Does it really impact the bottom-line?
I’m sitting on a Virgin Airlines flight returning home contemplating the dialogue and the questions asked from some of the 70 business executives and leaders attending a breakfast sponsored by Bridgeworks at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Australia. I was asked to speak on ‘Leadership: More Than Competence’, and...
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Up close and personal with Korean leaders
As my doctoral research quickly comes to a conclusion, I realize that I’ve had the privilege of meeting some incredible people whose lives have modeled a commitment to demonstrate virtuous leadership. While recently in Seoul, Republic of Korea, I met many extraordinary people, and their theories and practice of leadership...
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The Geopolitics of Leadership
This week I am off to Seoul, the Republic of Korea, for my final study intensive towards my Doctorate in Leadership and Global Perspectives through George Fox University. For three consecutive years we have travelled to different parts of the world to learn about the intricacies of leadership and the...
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How does culture shape leaders and the virtues they adopt?
In numerous articles, I have addressed the importance of virtues in a leader’s life, and how the degree to which they are absent or present can define that leader’s character and the impact it will have on his or her ability to lead others. There is a considerable difference between...
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If you want to lead, you’ve got to read
Recently, I was in a meeting with a CEO who expressed concern that he no longer had time to read. “I’ve read more books on leadership than most, and they all say the same thing.” We entered into a healthy discussion about this topic, and I discovered that the reason...
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In search of organizational virtue
In respect to modern leadership, the discussion and debate on the notion of virtue could not be more relevant. In a series of articles I have continued to deepen our understanding of virtue, its origin and nature, while acknowledging differing opinions concerning the degree to which virtue may be learned...
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Virtues, vision and human flourishing
For leaders, there is the risk of diminishing the significance of virtue by simply reducing it to the compartmentalization of character or to a set of desirable traits and miss the quest for consistency of character and moral excellence. In other words, living a virtuous life should not solely be...
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