As part of the Leadership Notebook summer reflections suggested last month, we continue that same idea for July. Summer, as always, fades too quickly away to fall and refocused demands of the second half of the year. Using time during the summer to rebalance personally and to refocus on needed organizational initiatives is a wise use of specific contemplation time to make the transition more effective. There is a shift, however; July is less relaxed….it is time to ponder mid-year leadership initiatives after vacation recharging. To assist you in this effort, the free Leadership Guide Magazine provides three informative articles for your consideration.
• It Pays to be Ethical by Fred A. Manske Jr. (CLICK HERE)
• How Top Ethical Companies Operate by Linda Hatcher (CLICK HERE)
• The Destruction of Trust in the Workplace by Jerome Alexander (CLICK HERE)
“Our Core Values are the very beliefs that form the culture of our organization, that make us who we are, that form the basis for all of our decisions,” says Charles Harrington, CEO of Parsons. Each of our Core Values has a goal, and for integrity our goal is ZERO deviations from our Corporate Ethics Policy. We have performance metrics that we have developed to track composite leading and lagging indicators of our performance against this goal and to report to management, and to our Board of Directors, on our progress on a quarterly basis.”
INSPIRING QUOTES:
"We must be the change we wish to see."--M.K. Gandhi
"It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen."—Oliver Wendall Holmes
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." -- Mother Teresa
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."--Helen Keller
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."-- Hermann Hesse
"The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It is got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can not blow an uncertain trumpet."-- Theodore Hesburgh
