Doing What’s Right...Ashley Lorenzana

“Never do anything that you can’t admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it’s probably wrong.”

—Ashly Lorenzana

The Right Way To Do The Right Thing...George Bernanos

“The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.”

—George Bernanos

The Most Unpleasant Truth...Theodore Roosevelt

“In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.”

—Theodore Roosevelt 

#LeadershipTuesday: Speak Truth...Ursula K. Le Guin

“One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies.” 

—Ursula K. Le Guin, Author, “The Left Hand of Darkness”

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Is The Means As Important As The End?

"As soon as men [and women] decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy."

– Christopher Dawson

Abuse of Power, Code And System...Frederic Bastiat

"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men [or women] in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."  

--Frederic Bastiat

#LeadershipTuesdays: Leading Ethically...Linda Fisher Thornton

Ethical leaders set the tone for an organization. Their example is the levees for team members. How they handle breaches in organizational values will determine how the organization operates both internally and externally.

--Nona O., Founder, Women Making History/womenatliberty.com

Character...J.C. Watts

"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught."

-- J. C. Watts

Us vs. Them

If you do the same things that they do, you are just like them. The end does not justify the means. You are just like them.

#LeadershipTuesdays: Personal Leadership...Ursula Burns

Who you are is about your character, it’s about the amount of energy you put into things, it’s about how much control you take of your whole life.

--Ursula Burns

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There Is Beauty In Truth...Jose Harris

There is beauty in truth, even if it's painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul.

José N. Harris

Leadership Tuesdays: Building Trust...Joel Peterson

But building an enduring trust is rooted in facts, in truth-telling, in delivering on promises. Though trust is earned a conversation or transaction at a time, its durability flows from a lifetime of promises kept. In a fast-food-for-thought culture of instant gratification, many don’t recognize that real trust is derivative of intentionality, discipline, and effort – saying what you intend to do and working hard to do what you say.*

--Joel Peterson, Author of The 10 Laws of Trust, Robert Joss Professor of Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Chairman of Jetblue Airways.

*Quote from "The Real Reasons Clinton and Trump Lost America’s Trust" by 

Joel Peterson


Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage and strengthen women leaders. 

Today's quote is from a Fortune magazine article talking about Americans lack of trust in our current presidential candidates. Current polls state that Americans' trust in our political system is at an all time low.(See Pew Research article here.) 

As stated in the quote above, trust is the currency that enables us to do business with each other, build safe communities, establish meaningful relationships, and provide nurturing and supportive environments for ourselves and our families. At the root of trust is truth-telling and commitments based on facts. Trust that took years to build can be destroyed in a moment of deceit and betrayal. Conducting oneself in a way that builds and sustains trust is essential and the currency for success in life and business.  

For more information on Leadership Tuesdays and WOMEN AT LIBERTY, click here.

--Nona O.

Measuring Our Actions Against What We Say We Believe...@vnona

Integrity, honesty, ethics... These principles are as timeless and universal as the Biblical Ten Commandments: Thou shall not steal; thou shall not lie; and thou shall not kill (murder). These principles do not change to accommodate our beliefs or adherence to them. They stand all by themselves. Here is a test you can use to determine whether your actions are "right": If you have to cover up your deeds, 9.999 times out of 10, what you have done is wrong. It is wrong whether the whole world knows it or just one person knows about it.

What we need today is courageous leaders who are willing to "do" and be accountable for their actions. We need them to do more than just say the right things. They must do the right thing, not just what is easy, convenient and concealable. We have enough leaders who lead and govern using situational ethics. The news is full of stories about communities and individuals who have been victims of their ill deeds and hypocrisy.

Where do you stand? What type of leader or team member are you? How does your actions measure up?

#LeadershipTuesdays: The Responsibility Of Leadership...Farooq Kathwari

"I strongly believe that the responsibility of leadership is to shape the debate—to practice and project the right attributes—whether in a business enterprise, in our society, and even in our religions."

--Farooq Kathwari, CEO Ethan Allen

 

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. To see today's featured article from Inc. entitled, "Are You a Traditional or Collaborative Leader?", go here.  Also check out the infographic below.

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What Is Your Worth?...James H. Aughey

Good conscience is sometimes sold for money, but never bought with it.

--James H. Aughey 

#LeadershipTuesdays: Majority Rules Are Not Always Best...Leo Tolstoy

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”

― Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today's Leadership Tuesdays will focus on the subject of business ethics.  Our news headlines are filled with stories of individuals who have made bad decisions because of lapses in judgement and gotten caught in criminal investigations that led to trials and jail time.  Some of the people are prominent politicians, some are corporate executives, and some are everyday people like you and me. As the author of today's featured article intimated, learning business ethics or ethical practices is an ongoing process. It's not easy to always make the right decision. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. 

However, when making any type of decision that may involve potential ethical violations, it helps to have a strong ethical foundation. Angelia White, the author of the blog, "5 Basic Business Ethics Tips", gives us a very practical definition of business ethics and great examples of how she approaches situations in the workplace as an employer, business owner, and leader. At the end of the article she gives advice on some tools that will help strengthen you in your practice of business ethics and help you  protect yourself from those who would violate business ethics at your expense.

Angelia White is Publisher, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Hope for Women Magazine. Her passionate dedication towards the Magazine has been evolving for almost a decade. She has a background in publishing and is owner and president of Virtuous Publications, Inc., which serves as the Magazine’s publishing company. Angelia has over 20 years experience in business administration and is a business graduate of Ball State University.

To view today's article click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays or WOMEN AT LIBERTY, click here. 

How To Make Tough Choices...Anita Hill

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

--Anita Hill

Trust: The Lesson...Unknown

If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that the person is a fool. Realize that the person trusted you much, more than you deserved. 

--Unknown

Leadership Tuesdays: What Are Your Values?

Leaders know what they value. They also recognize the importance of ethical behavior. The best leaders exhibit both their values and their ethics in their leadership style and actions.

--Susan M. Heathfield, from the article, "Leadership Values and Ethics, Secrets of Leadership Success"

Every other Tuesday, womenatliberty.com presents #LeadershipTuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today's focus is on what we value and specifically, our "core values". Core values are traits or qualities that you consider not just worthwhile, they represent an individual's or organization's highest priorities, deeply held beliefs, and core, fundamental driving forces.[1] 

Successful leaders are people whose leadership and behavior are guided by their core values. Their followers are drawn to them based on how the leader lives out what they believe. 

Check out Susan M. Heathfield's article, Leadership Values and Ethics, Secrets of Leadership Success for a discussion on what causes distrust in organizations and characteristics of successful leadership. Remember, as John Maxwell says, everything rises and falls on leadership. If we are going to be effective leaders who are equipped to address and solve some of our toughest organizational, business, social, national and/or community problems, we must build trust, behave ethically, and work for the common good.

To read past Leadership Tuesdays' features on how to manage your personal brand, the positive use of power or resilience, click here and search for #LeadershipTuesdays.

Notes:
[1] Core Values Are What You Believe By Susan M. Heathfield, http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryc/g/Core-Values.htm

Taking Credit...Nona

Be intelligent, be honest. Stand tall, speak up. Take credit for your own work, not someone else's.  --Nona