“In short, we needed to shift our thinking and teaching about values-driven leadership from asking the question "What is the right thing to do?" to asking and answering the question "Once I know what I believe is right, how do I get it done?"” ThinkingBelieveDoneI BelieveTeachingRight Thing Author:Mary C. Gentile
“I have to think that we all have - at one time or another - felt that our own voice was silenced or under-valued. Who among us did not have the experience as a child of feeling as if our parents just didn't listen?” ThinkingChildrenFeelingsParent Author:Mary C. Gentile
“Throughout history we have seen the tyranny of the powerful over the less powerful - think of the history of colonialism or of slavery - and the tragic mistakes made when important information was not "heard" or valued.” ThinkingImportantPowerfulMistakeSlaveryTyrannyTragic Author:Mary C. Gentile
“Often we fail to voice and act on our values because, before we even apply our best thinking to developing an action plan, we engage in process of "pre-emptive rationalization." At some deep level, we anticipate difficulty and resistance so we start to back away from our own instinctive values perspective.” ThinkingActionValuesFailingPerspectiveDifficulty Author:Mary C. Gentile
“We try to effectively free ourselves up to be creative, to think about what might be possible, to come up with truly innovative ways to enact our values-driven positions.” ThinkingTryingCreativeBe CreativeInnovative Author:Mary C. Gentile