The Effectiveness of Integrity

(By Rick Lambert)

Integrity is consistently doing the best you can regardless of the obstacles in your way, while taking every opportunity for advancing in the direction of your desired objective.  Integrity grows when you are faced with a challenge, difficulty, or some other form of pressure.  Rarely is the maturity and growth natural; it tends to be more intentional.  Integrity causes you to take inventory of your abilities, identifying your strengths…your personal assets, as well as identifying your weaknesses…your personal liabilities.

The greater integrity a leader possesses, the greater others will give their trust and respect.  The reverse is also true that the greater integrity a subordinate possesses, the greater trust and respect are given to them from leadership.  When you take this into consideration, it’s amazing to discover that integrity is not taught, it’s demonstrated.  The more committed a leader is to doing what is right, the greater teacher they become to those who are watching.