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On Being a Leader of Integrity: 4 ways to build personal and organizational integrity

N2Growth Blog

For example, in a 2012 study of the Character Strength of Leaders by CCL it was found that integrity was the most important contributor to top-level executive performance followed closely by bravery. When you are not able to keep your word (or keep it on time), let everyone know immediately and clean up the mess this causes.

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Ladder of Inference

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Overwhelmed by fear and desperate to escape, he winds up killing someone. Organizational psychologist Chris Argyris, a Harvard professor, uses what he calls the “ Ladder of Inference ” to explain how we take actions based upon beliefs–and how our beliefs, in turn, lead us to select observational data.

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Ladder of Inference

CO2

Overwhelmed by fear and desperate to escape, he winds up killing someone. Organizational psychologist Chris Argyris, a Harvard professor, uses what he calls the “ Ladder of Inference ” to explain how we take actions based upon beliefs–and how our beliefs, in turn, lead us to select observational data.

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