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The Integrity Dividend
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The Integrity Dividend

Leading by the Power of Your Word

Jossey-Bass, 2008 más...


Editorial Rating

6

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Engaging

Recommendation

Leadership expert Tony Simons identifies and quantifies how keeping promises benefits a manager’s reputation and a company’s financial performance. His study of 76 Holiday Inn hotels examines their profitability in light of their employees’ assessments of the managers’ integrity; the only variables were employee perception and financial results. Simons explores the nature of integrity – a prized but elusive quality in leaders – and explains how to practice the values you and your company preach. getAbstract recommends this absorbing analysis to leaders, managers and staffers who aim for better results with honor.

Take-Aways

  • People measure your integrity by how you live your stated values and keep your word.
  • When your actions reinforce your words, your “message is...potent.”
  • Espouse three values, and people will remember them. Six are confusing. If you list 10 values, people will pick and choose which ones to remember.

About the Author

Tony Simons is an associate professor of management and organizational behavior at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.


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