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INTEGRITY AND PERFORMANCE-DO YOU KNOW?

The question is not what is the correlation between integrity and performance but rather why do we ignore what we know is true?  

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

• Do you know that?

Success is built through cohesion and adherence to the constancy of the purpose.

• Do you know this is another name for integrity?

As integrity declines, so does workability and as workability declines so does performance.

• Do you know that you demand integrity in electrical, water and sewage systems?  

The fundamental element of integrity –truthfulness is critical to survival.  

• Do you know that “surfacing the truth” is the essential to lean enterprises?  

Integrity is not only personal, it's collective.  

• Do you know people or organizations without integrity?

Employees provide discretionary effort based on their perception of the integrity of the systems.  

• Do you know that a company with the most discretionary effort wins in the end?  

Integrity is not a philosophy or a theory. It is practical, concrete, efficient and effective.

• Do you know people make buying decisions based on the integrity?  

Integrity is a shared asset directly correlated to wealth creation.

• Do you know if your money is invested with integrity

Integrity is doing the right thing, doing the next right thing and doing things the right way.

• Do you know any other way to do things?

Of course you know all this.  

• Then why do we ignore what you know?

Do you know how to develop more integrity in your life, in your family, in your organization?

Call me. I know how to develop integrity. Contact me at principledynamics@gmail.com or call me at 706-267-0609. I want to speak to you about integrity and how it can help you and all of us.

Douglas Ross is a businessman and an advocate for integrity. He is the founder of Principle Dynamics

 

 

INTEGRITY, RIGHT AND TRUST

Integrity, right and trust are real and observable. They are the essence of everything successful.

Even without explicit definitions, integrity, right and trust are understood implicitly as critical variables in every choice we make -whether it is consumer products or the selection of a mate. 

We instinctively judge levels of integrity, right and trustworthiness in others but are blind to how others assess our integrity, rightness and trustworthiness.   

We proclaim that integrity, right and trust are critical to success, yet complain when success eludes us.   

The definition of integrity as adherence to a standard eludes us. The complexity of integrity as wholeness mystifies us. The idea of integrity as perfection is dismissed as impractical.  

Integrity is doing the right thing, doing the next right thing and doing things the right way.

INTEGRITY AND BEING

Integrity is the experience of the wholeness.

It is a way of being[i], either individually or collectively as an organization.  

Being consists of everything that is within and everything that is without. Nothing is left out.

Everything inside is reflected onto the outside; everything outside is reflected onto the inside.

It is like two mirrors that face each other perfectly.  

One mirror looks inside-out. The other mirror looks outside- in.

If the features of both mirrors are integrated, aligned and balanced, then we have harmony.

Individually or collectively we are being in integrity.

Playing in Integrity

Playing is an authentic, joyful, activity that integrates body and mind. It is integrity in action.

We pay athletes to play games. We pay artists to dance.  We pay actors to perform.

But we ourselves play no more. We are paid to work.

All children play. Most adults don’t.  

Play is an original experience. Play is a genuine response to a situation. It is value added.

Play is individual and collective.  

Play is being responsive to others and the reality of the situation. Play overcomes obstacles, distractions and interruptions efficiently and effectively. Collaboration and empowerment are the norm. Pride and satisfaction are evident in all results, even the most imperfect.     

Play is actually learning to do the right thing. Doing the right thing is a trial and error process that exists without concern for the outcome. A child places a favorite teddy bear in a place and then changes it to another.

One keys of play I observe in children is that individual expression is not self censored by an internal standard about what the child thinks others think should happen. Play, then, is not contrived. It is authentic, creative, and truthful. And it is transparent.

Integrity is not a theory or an idea. It is practical reality. Our water system demands integrity. Our work environment should demand integrity.

Integrity is not hard work. It is play.

Play always refreshes; work mostly depresses.  

Play at being impeccable with your word.

Overcome a lack of integrity in the smallest of things in play. Practice being true to your word.

It will result in a lifetime of play.

Want to learn more?  Contact me at principledynamics@gmail.com or call me at  706-267-0609. I want to speak to you about integrity and how it can help you and all of us.

Douglas Ross is a businessman and an advocate for integrity. He is the founder of Principle Dynamics

Led By Integrity

People tell me that the world is not ready for integrity. I tell people that I am not ready for a world without integrity.

Integrity is internal. It is the intention of truth in our words and the discipline of habitual excellence in our actions.

It is part of your character, our unique DNA that makes us who we are in this world.

Integrity does not exist in theory or philosophy; it exists within your being.   

Even a child can see your integrity.   

Integrity is not just personal; it is collective.

Integrity is external. It is what defines and defeats us as an organization or as a nation. Integrity is adherence to the constancy of purpose required for performance.

Integrity is structural; as in a building. It is data integrity in communications. It is design integrity and ecological integrity. Our bodies need integrity for us to survive. Integrity is everywhere. 

Integrity is not a theory or philosophy, it is a concrete reality

People buy integrity.  

To be led by integrity is to put integrity first within ourselves and within the world.

It is being impeccable with your word; it is the discipline of habitual excellence in your actions.

To be led by integrity is to create cohesion and the adherence to constancy of performance in all our collective activities, whether it be nation building, infrastructure creation, manufacturing provisions, health care services, or any other activity known to man. 

How can the world not be ready for integrity?

I want to speak to you about integrity and how it can help you and all of us. Contact me at principledynamics@gmail.com or call me at 706-267-0609. 

Douglas Ross is a businessman and an advocate for integrity. He is the founder of Principle Dynamics

© 2012 All Rights Reserved, Douglas Ross, Principle Dynamics Consulting Inc.

WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A DIALOG ABOUT INTEGRITY

The integrity dialog, as any conversation, is a form of life, lived through words, that enables anyone who participates to move to a new understanding of themselves and their community.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful. The dialog has many possibilities.

The first possibility: We stop talking to ourselves.

As long as we assume others are like us, have the same background and share the same values, we talk to them as though we were talking to someone like us.

In effect we end up talking to ourselves.

SYNERGY IS AN OUTCOME OF INTEGRITY

It can’t be but it is!

Think about it, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

This is like saying 2+2 is not four but more.

Synergy means that things work together.

Words can’t explain the essence of this. We know it and want it but what and how do we get it?  

For a long time, the known world had no thought of synergy. The second law of thermodynamics dominated. It stated that everything will increase in entropy.

In other words, disintegration is the way of the world and chaos is destiny.  

And since we are of the world, well then ….the way and end are clear.

INTEGRITY DRIVEN PERFORMANCE

Does integrity drive performance? Apparently it does.

Novartis, a leading healthcare company, has adopted a philosophy that places integrity at the center of their strategy for success.

“Leading Companies, see integrity not as obstacle to competitiveness but as a driver of differentiation.”
Dan Ostergaard, Head of Corporate integrity, Novartis 

PricewaterhouseCoopers developed an integrity driven performance model that centers on governance, transparency and accountability reform. 

“This strategy suggests that business integrity, ethics and values do not detract from performance but, in fact, add to business performance when appropriately integrated throughout an organization.” PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Both approaches demonstrate practical ways to realize results through integrity.   

WORKPLACE MISCONDUCT

Albert Camus said that integrity has no need of rules.

KPMG in their 2008-09 integrity survey conclude that there is a real need for integrity in the workplace.

The survey reports that 3700 out of 5000 employees say they have seen or know of wrong doing or misconduct in the workplace.

 

THE ROLE OF ETHICS AND INTEGRITY IN ORGANIZATIONS

When employees act unethically and/or without integrity, customers lose trust and confidence in organizational products and services.

When leaders act unethically and/or without integrity, employees lose trust and confidence in organizational processes, systems and products.

Both directly impact the bottom line and the return on investment. 

What is the correlation between return on investment and unethical behavior and/or a lack of integrity?

Organizations are built on the principle that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Working together creates results and outcomes for the whole that outweigh the results and outcomes of everyone working for themselves.

The secret to success is not the principle but the way synergy is created.