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INTEGRITY and DOING

Doing is acting on that which is within; Doing is also acting on that which is without.

Simply put, you act on things that arise naturally from within yourself, such as going for a walk;   you also react to things outside of yourself, such as dressing appropriately for the walk.  

Being-in-integrity increases well-being; being-out-of integrity creates ill-being.

Doing is where being is actualized.

Doing is the what, where, when and how being-in-integrity increases well-being; it is also the what, where, when and how being-out-of integrity creates ill-being.

Doing things that are in integrity means actions and reactions are integrated, aligned and balanced.  

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.

INTEGRITY IS ACTIONABLE

Integrity is the essence of everything successful. It is a proven concept that has been true in the past while providing direction for the future.

The current research on business integrity reveals new applications for individuals and organizations.    

The real value of integrity is that it is collective, not personal. Anna Bernasek, in The Economics of Integrity, argues that integrity matters-not just to our moral well-being but to our economic well being.  

She observes that integrity is an essential part of all business transactions.  Profitability is a natural outcome of integrity based relationships where sellers are trustworthy and when consumers trust.    

These relationships hold everything together and allow the economy to work. Integrity, then, is a shared asset that brings financial rewards. Investing in our collective integrity; is investing in our collective wealth.

Without integrity, nothing works. Dr Michael Jensen, a Harvard Business professor, proposes that   “As integrity declines, workability declines, and as workability declines, value declines. “  If you don’t have the right tools or parts to do the job, then the ability to do the job is compromised and value of the final product is diminished.

Maximization of any performance initiative requires integrity. Acting without integrity, he concludes, generates painful consequences just as surely as violating the law of gravity.

Integrity is a strategy for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) management at PricewaterhouseCoopers. The strategy is built on three principles:

• An integrated approach to GRC fosters a culture of business integrity and accountability;
• The embedding of integrity into organizational structures and processes provides effective coordination of people, process and technology capabilities; and,
• An integral code of business conduct ensures compliance to the letter and spirit of the law.

Integrity is the key driver of marketplace differentiation at Novartis, a leading healthcare company.

At Novartis, integrity means doing the right thing, building a culture of integrity, managing risks, strengthening their reputation and fostering a competitive advantage. They establish performance standards for establishing, promoting and enforcing integrity in all business processes. .

Integrity is about firing on all cylinders. Dr Henry Cloud, a psychologist, states that integrity is the courage to meet the demands of reality. He examines how truthfulness, results orientation, overcoming adversity, continuous improvement and worthwhile purpose are the essential qualities for personal success. .

Integrity occurs when everything clicks and things unfold in an undivided, integrated, intact and uncorrupted manner.

Integrity is in the eye of the beholder. Tony Simons, in The Integrity Dividend, concludes that manages don’t define their integrity, others do. Employees assess whether management words and actions fit.   

When employees trust their managers’ integrity, they demonstrate higher levels of engagement. The resulting discretionary effort drives the customer experience and the economic benefit of integrity is actualized. This is the integrity dividend.

Without trust you have nothing, without integrity you can do nothing. Integrity is actionable strategy for today’s business environment.

If you cultivate integrity within yourself and your organization, everyone has a better chance to succeed.

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

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

The Law of Integrity

Actions that create order are in integrity. Actions that result in disorder are out of integrity.

The Law of Integrity[1] provides more insight into this statement.  

The Law of Integrity states that as integrity (whole and complete) declines, workability declines, and as workability declines, value (or more generally, the opportunity for performance) declines.

When it a car is not acting in integrity, something is wrong. It is not whole and complete. It has a component missing or is malfunctioning.

The car becomes unreliable and unpredictable. This in turn creates frustration, uncertainty and insecurity within ourselves.

If the car fails in traffic, we could create a traffic jam, and be late for appointments or cause others to be late. This causes a temporary inability to perform.

This creates internal feelings of powerless and anger while destroying trust in your relationships.

In this hypothetical example, the out-of-integrity car creates a lack of integrity in life with a lot of un-workability fallout.

This is true of all our associations with persons, groups or organizations that are out of integrity. The effects are huge, but generally attributed to something other than the lack of integrity.

Violating the law of Integrity generates painful consequences just as surely as violating the law of gravity.

It helps explains why when you are acting out of integrity, you create more disorder.  

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

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[1] Integrity: A positive model that incorporates the normative phenomena of morality, ethics and legalty. Michael Jensen, Werner Erhard, and Steve Zaffron

 

Can You Develop Integrity?

John Wooden said “If you don’t have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over.”

You have the time. You have the choice

Integrity exists within your experience. Integrity is not a theory or a philosophy.

Integrity is concrete and real; it is efficient and effective.  

Acting with integrity is doing things right the first time.

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

No wonder all will say that integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Is there any other way to real success?

Some people who work with their hands and their hearts know this.

Some people who work with their minds know this but have forgotten.

Everyone can see in their experience concrete examples of how integrity is the competitive advantage. 

You can develop integrity in ordinary everyday things.  There are no books to read. It is easy and fun.

Principle Dynamics offers the following experienced based methodologies to develop more integrity

• The Course of Integrity for personal change
• The Practice of Integrity for individuals who lead others
• Everyday Integrity for character and family development
• The Integrity Dialog for leadership teams
• Value Stream Integrity

Without integrity, we have nothing. The world cannot continue to function with more and more people having less and less integrity.

After you look at the site, share it or better yet, decide to become involve in some way.  I need your help and regardless of what you do today, please find some way to help all of us develop more integrity in the world…it will be a better place

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

WRONG DOING, INTEGRITY AND NON-VIOLENCE

The world is a strange place with unwritten rules.

Some are rewarded for wrong doing. Others are not punished when they turn a blind eye. 

I broke that covenant at work.  I called the wrong doing. The consequence was termination.   

The details don’t matter.  It is the same everywhere. The people with power see themselves as right and those that oppose them are wrong.  

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.

KNOW YOURSELF

In 432 BC Socrates said, “Know yourself.”

Easier said than done.

The word “Know” means to regard as true beyond any doubt. The word “Yourself” means your unique, usual, and normal self.  So to “know yourself” means regarding that which is unique, usual, and normal about you as true beyond doubt.

Integrity is wholeness and completeness, unfolding and becoming, purity and objectivity. Integrity is rooted in your self. If you don’t know yourself, you don’t know integrity.

Do you know yourself as true beyond doubt?   

Let’s see...

INTEGRITY AND TRUST ARE THE ESSENCE OF EVERYTHING SUCCESSFUL

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

Yet we know so little about them.

Even though we have no commonly accepted definition, integrity and trust are critical variables in every choice we make -whether it is consumer products, or the selection of a mate or friends.

We easily judge levels of integrity and trust in others but have trouble assessing it within ourselves. 

We say integrity and trust are critical to professional success, yet we have no way to develop them.

Integrity is your unique potential and possibility.  It is your value added proposition