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| Integrity
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Integrity may be seen as the quality of having a sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to the motivations for one's actions. The term hypocrisy is used in contrast to integrity for asserting that one part of a value system is demonstrably at odds with another, and to demand that the parties holding apparently conflicting values account for the discrepancy or change their beliefs to improve internal consistency.
References to different types of integrity, such as intellectual and artistic integrity, abound in the philosophical literature on integrity and everyday discourse. Because integrity involves managing various commitments and values, one might conjecture that such types of integrity are simply manifestations of a person's overall integrity, or of their personal integrity.
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Integrity builds trust
For a leader to have the authority to lead he or she has to have the trust of those to be led.
Integrity has high influence value
Integrity is regarded as high on the list of those traits which enhance effectiveness and as the human quality most necessary to business and personal success.
Integrity facilitates high standards
Leaders must adopt higher standards than their followers. Leaders can give up anything except responsibility either for themselves or, in the case of lawyers, their clients.
As you work your way into a position of leadership, your rights decrease and your responsibilities increase.
Integrity results in a solid reputation, not just image
Image is what people think we are. Integrity is what we really are.
Ask yourself these questions as a check on whether you are building an image rather than integrity:
Consistency: Are you the same regardless of who you are with?
Choices: Do you make decisions that are best for others when another choice would benefit you?
Credit: Do you readily recognise the efforts and contributions of others to your success?
Integrity means living it yourself before leading others
You cannot lead people further than you have been yourself.
Integrity helps a leader to be credible, not just clever
It is said that clever leaders do not last. To have followers a leader must be trusted, that is, there must be confidence that the leader means what he or she says.
The leader’s actions must be congruent or at least compatible and consistent.
Integrity is a hard won achievement
Integrity results from self-discipline, an inner confidence and a decision to be relentlessly honest in all situations in our lives.
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