Shedding Light on Business Leaders

A really good article came my way today that I want to share with you.

It is written by Kenny Moore, co-author of The CEO and the Monk, who has more than 20 years experience with managing change, developing leaders and healing the corporate community. I like his style and have decided to add his Blog site to my "Achieve Your Success" links.

Take a moment to read the following article at his site:

KennyTheMonk

"Choosing Business Leaders with Integrity"

By Kenny Moore

I also invite you to check out my comments below, share this Blog with others and post your own comments.

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Greetings, Kenny the Monk –

Your article about integrity was right on the money! Though categorized under business, your core message is totally spiritual. With immoral conduct running rampant in the business world today, it does seem to be a challenge to discern the character and integrity of those at the helm of industry. It demonstrates that there is a blatant disregard to spiritual values and truths.

Your five check points certainly stream right to the heart of what matters. It reminds me of the book, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum. Corporate America must have dozed off in that class because it lacks most of points that Flughum makes. I share here a few that speak for themselves:

. Play fair
. Don't hit people.
. Clean up your own mess
. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody
. When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.

Unfortunately, what is prevalent instead is an “it’s all about me” attitude, except when something is wrong; then the blame is on everyone else.

Your guidelines for gauging executive credibility come down to this: Common courtesy (to all people). You either have it, or you don’t. I wouldn’t be surprised if a CEO, who talks down to a waiter or his employees, ultimately treats his family and friends the same way.

In Emmet Fox’s “The Sermon on the Mount”, chapter 6, first verse, he illuminates a powerful law for all humanity: Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. He declares that if any average man understood and believed these words to be true, they would immediately revolutionize their life; turn their everyday conduct inside out.

This is a wake up call to not only the corporate world…but to society in general!

In light,
Maggie Kalas
Magsjoy.blogspot.com
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I further comment that this is merely an observation, not a judgment. There are many good high-level professionals out there, like Kenny expresses about Robert Catell, CEO of Keyspan. His article and my thoughts support a mutual goal to bring integrity and trust back to the workplace. The success of a person is not measured by his position in life, but more by his character and integrity.

P.S. Thank you, Jim Ryan, for sharing this article with me.

Success

by Bessie Stanley

(erroneously attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people

and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics

and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child,

a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.