Leading with Integrity: Creating Positive Change in Organizations [Hardcover]

Thanks to global news and social media, we are the most informed and socially conscious generation in history. But what are the sources of inner inspiration that guide our daily conduct and motivations in the workplace?

Far from the old Machiavellian dictum that the ends justify the means , the reverse is often the case: the means determine the ends. This book presents the stories of business leaders who have aimed to build trust in the economy, and have delivered value through integrity, cooperation, stewardship, purpose and sustainability. It proposes the eight Cs of trust which can define the culture of organizations: contracts, covenants, competences, character, conscience, conviction, courage and change.

The book makes the clear link between personal decision-making and global outcomes and demonstrates how positive decision-making can lead to change inside organizations and beyond.

1. Why this book

2. Skin in the Game

3. Narrowing the world's rich-poor gap

4. Banking on the brink

5. Banking on change

6. Creative Connections--Person to Person

7. Conscience Capitalism

8. Five Pillars of Trust

9. Beheading the Snake of Corruption

10. The Silent Crisis: Meeting Environmental Challenges

11. The Impact Generation: Furry Animals of Social Entrepreneurship

12. Thinking Heads: the Wise Owls of Academia

13. Health and Welfare: the Human Face of Business Leadership

14. Culture of Trust

15. Time for Self-Reflection

16. Takeaways from this book

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