Core values are defined as those things which we believe are the most important aspects of who we are and how we treat others.
Integrity is the foundation of one’s character. Integrity comes down to 3 things: being authentic with yourself, being authentic with others, and doing things you said you would do. It means treating people with honesty, fairness, and compassion.
It's somewhat easy to make promises but often hard to keep them. So every time you keep a promise that you've made, it is an act of integrity, which in turn strengthens your character.
When you study great leaders, and you can probably list your favorites, you see one consistent character in each of them – integrity. Integrity is a quality in countless leadership role models. Integrity requires you to make the right choice, even when you may not receive personal gain from the outcome, and to put your own personal agenda aside for the greater good of the organization and the people.
A recent article in the St. Louis Business, Integrity is all that matters, talks about integrity in the workplace. A quote in the article that made a lot of sense to me says “So many problems would be greatly diminished or perhaps even disappear if people had acted with integrity.”
So a good question for us to ask ourselves is, “How much do we value integrity and how are we demonstrating it?”
Share your thoughts about integrity.
Deena
I find the value of Integrity very important to me. Even with differences in personal values, there is a core level of conduct we should strive to extend to every employee. MFH staff is constantly acknowledged for their level of professionalism by external parties. From an internal standpoint, treating fellow staff with honesty, fairness and compassion, I hope, can be encouraged as the way we “do business.” Integrity speaks to me because it relates to a person’s character, a desire to do a job well done and engage with others without assuming perfection.
ReplyDeleteOf all the places I've worked, I think MFH best illustrates the concept of integrity. In other work environments, you'd likely find at least a few people who would ignore the value of integrity and say "no" to an earnest request for help, a need for information, or an opportunity to be useful. Those responses are usually born of rudeness, lack of confidence, or just plain laziness. But that's not the case at MFH. Here, we respect each other enough to know that a positive, helpful, timely and genuine response is an important sign of integrity.
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