Leadership Quotes on Integrity: Week of February 17

Leadership Quotes on Integrity from Dr. Henry Cloud

A leader must have the character not to screw up.

Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.

Character = the ability to meet the demands of reality

While you do not need all the gifts that exist in the world, you do need all the aspects of character while you are putting your gifts to work.

The consequences of deceit are usually greater than the consequences of the truth.

Ready, Aim, Fire in concert is a mature person. If the order is off, and someone is Fire, Ready Aim, or Aim, Fire, Ready, or if the balance is out of whack, Ready, Ready, Ready, Aim, Aim, Aim, Fire then there is a problem as well. The integrated character, while certainly having areas of strength, has a balance as well. 

Six aspects of character that make great leaders 

1. The ability to connect authentically (which leads to trust)

2. The ability to be oriented toward the truth (which leads to finding and operating in reality)

3. The ability to work in a way that gets results and finishes well. (which leads to reaching goals, profits, or the mission).

4. The ability to embrace, engage, and deal with the negative (which leads to ending problems, resolving them, or transforming them).

5. The ability to be oriented towards growth (which leads to increase).

6. The ability to be transcendent (which leads to enlargement of the bigger picture and oneself). 

To dig deeper and build your character in areas that matter read the book Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality by Dr Henry Cloud.

 https://www.amazon.com/Integrity-Courage-Meet-Demands-Reality/dp/006084969X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550675092&sr=8-1&keywords=integrity+henry+cloud