Thursday, November 15, 2007
"integrity in leadership " by Peter F Drucker
The proof of the sincerity and seriousness of a management is uncompromising emphasis on integrity of character. This , above all, has to be symbolised in management's " people" decisions.
For , it is character through which leadership is exercised ; it is character that sets the example and is imitated. Character is not something one can fool people about ! The people with whom a person works, and especially subordinates, know in a few weeks whether he or she has integrity or not. They may forgive a person for a great deal : incompetence, ignorance, insecurity, or bad manners. But they will NOT forgive a lack of integrity in that person. Nor will they forgive higher managemen for chooosing him !
This is particulary true of the people at the head of an enterprise. For the spirit of an organisation is created from the top. If an organisation is great in spirit, it is because the spirit of its top peope is great.
If it decays, it does so because the top rots ; as the proverb has it, " trees die from top :".
No one shold ever be appointed to a senior position uless tp managemen is wiling to have his or her characterserve as the model for subordinates.
Action point : Evaluate the character of the CEO and top management when considering a job offer. Align yourself with people who have integrity.
" Integrity in leadership " by Peter F Drucker
For , it is character through which leadership is exercised ; it is character that sets the example and is imitated. Character is not something one can fool people about ! The people with whom a person works, and especially subordinates, know in a few weeks whether he or she has integrity or not. They may forgive a person for a great deal : incompetence, ignorance, insecurity, or bad manners. But they will NOT forgive a lack of integrity in that person. Nor will they forgive higher managemen for chooosing him !
This is particulary true of the people at the head of an enterprise. For the spirit of an organisation is created from the top. If an organisation is great in spirit, it is because the spirit of its top peope is great.
If it decays, it does so because the top rots ; as the proverb has it, " trees die from top :".
No one shold ever be appointed to a senior position uless tp managemen is wiling to have his or her characterserve as the model for subordinates.
Action point : Evaluate the character of the CEO and top management when considering a job offer. Align yourself with people who have integrity.
" Integrity in leadership " by Peter F Drucker
