Pillar: INTEGRITY
Habit No.4: Choosing to be honest
The bar on honesty is rising all the time. Any transgression can severely damage your reputation. People are watching 24/7, looking for cracks in the honesty habit, whether it’s in your business life or your personal life.
Two Minutes on Trust: Listen to Dr John Blakey and Fiona Furman, Communications Manager at NAHL Group plc, discussing Habit No.4 in ‘The Nine Habits of Trust – Choosing to Be Honest’.
Podcasts
The Trusted Executive Podcast – Habit 4 Choosing to Be Honest
April 16, 2021
In this 50-minute episode of The Trusted Executive podcast, Dr John Blakey, David Wetton and Fiona Furman take a deep dive into Habit number 4 – Choosing to Be Honest.
(or watch on YouTube)
Blogs
Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Brett Simpson, former CEO of Low & Bonar
Brett Simpson was Group CEO and Executive Director of Low & Bonar plc and is currently CEO designate for Fenner plc. Low & Bonar (now part of Freudenberg Performance Materials) produce advanced, high-performance materials from polymer-based yarns and fibres. Fenner plc (now part of Michelin) is a leading British-based manufacturer of industrial belting and other polymer-based products. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Read more ›The Aggregation of Marginal Decays: Team GB Cycling’s Trust Crisis
Back in 2012, my co-author in ‘Challenging Coaching’ Ian Day, wrote a popular blog titled ‘Aggregation of Marginal Gains, Aggregation of Marginal Decays’. In the blog, he spoke of the positive impact of the tiny, multiple performance enhancements that had been popularised by Sir David Brailsford in the aftermath of the 2012 Olympics.
Read more ›The Red Pill: How much truth can a leader take?
‘This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.’ Such are the words of Morpheus in the cult film ‘The Matrix’. Morpheus offers our hero, Neo, a stark choice. Those of you who have watched the film know that Neo took the red pill. Neo chose to face the facts. But what choice do we make in our coaching and leadership? How much truth can we take?
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