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1. Identify the act/behavior that is causing the problem. -Ask why is it a problem? According to whom? Be clear on this. 2. What were the circumstances around this act? – Here you need to be clear about you know AND don’t know about the circumstances. – Why? Because what you don’t know can be…
As I was babysitting my 2 year old grandson, Luke, today, I looked at him and wondered “who will remember me after I’m gone?” Who will remember me and hopefully my contribution to their businesses or lives? What about me will be remembered, by whom and why? The irony is it is all under my…
Much has been said and written about the need for having moral compass, myself included. What has occurred to me is if one doesn’t have a clear cut view of where one needs to go and how to get there, then what good is a moral compass? What would be its purpose? A compass is…
I just returned today from my yearly silent weekend retreat. Each year I look forward to this experience to help “clear my mind”. No cell phones, no computers, no media of any kind from Friday night until Sunday afternoon. Complete silence. I find that this experience helps me prepare myself mentally in all areas of…
Yesterday, I was privileged to present to 1200 sales reps of a major healthcare company, a program on the ethical implications of the Sunshine Act. Premise: Transparency means having a reflective process in place and providing tools that allow honest feedback on one’s decisions. Consider these four focal points to keep that reflective process ongoing.…
that when you are considering hiring a professional speaker, to partner with, to help achieve your meeting goals, please think about your ultimate purpose with these three questions in mind. 1. Do you want to raise the awareness of a certain topic? If so, this is the purpose of a keynote presentation( For clarification, a…
This past week, The West Virginia Ethics commission announced a one hour ethics training session open to all employees and is open to the public AND people could get CEU’s for ethics credit. As I read the article and the topics to be covered in that hour, I found: 1. There was no mention of…
I think about this question on a regular basis but particularly at this time of year. What does it really mean? When we think about peace, read about peace and even sing about peace, what does that look like? For many, the focal point of peace is the attainment of peace of mind. Peace of…
After my post last week about a webinar I did with 700 people on it, I got a number of inquiries about format, content, and follow-up. I want to offer you who are my connections, a special invitation. If you are interested in a webinar whose sole focus is on ethics, ethical leadership and/or building…
One’s education , seems, at times, to make no difference in how we relate to people or what the consequences may be. Think about this. In all of your own academic accomplishments, did you have many more mediocre /worst teachers or many more best teachers? My research shows that most of us had more mediocre…
