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“Before a community can prosper, the people must believe in their leaders. They must know that at the core of every decision is careful planning, hard work, and unbending integrity rather than partisanship or self-gain. They must trust that the awesome power of government is not being abused.”

People Knows Believe Self Hard Government Community Decision Leader Hard Work Integrity Gains Careful Core Planning Partisanship Careful Planning

Author:Linda Lingle

“I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.”

Years I Can Care Leadership Justice Responsibility Leader History Generations Health Integrity Ethics Health Care Disability Uniforms Taking Responsibility Facility Lack Of Integrity

Author:Eric Shinseki

“Leaders must (1) define the business of the business, (2) create a winning strategy, (3) communicate persuasively, (4) behave with integrity, (5) respect others, and (6) act.”

Winning Leader Integrity Strategy Communicate Behave Respecting Others

Author:Judith M Bardwick

“Executives run organizations. In business, we need executives who have clarity, people who are in touch with themselves. Then, in leadership and management positions, they can be good role models and leaders. The people I know who have really moved their organizations are scrupulous role models. They are so clear about honesty, integrity, openness, mutual self-respect, dignity for the individual, and creativity, that they don't deviate from these principles at all in their behavior.”

“Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.”

Years Country Values Answers Leader Teaching Integrity Right Now Ten Twenties Parenting Our Country Thirty Thirty Years Family Values Courage Strength

Author:Barbara Bush

“Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.”

People Heart Lying Grows Leader Integrity Promise Telling The Truth Translate Fidelity Organizational Lies Truth Personal Integrity

Book:Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

Source: Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

“Our politicians have sacrificed their principles on the altar of special interests; our corporate leaders have sacrificed their integrity on the altar of profits; and our media watchdogs have sacrificed the voice of dissent on the altar of audience competition.”

Voice Interest Leader Principles Audience Special Media Politician Integrity Competition Profit Corporate Altars Dissent Special Interests

Book:Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism

Source: Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism

“A leader with integrity has one self, at home and at work, with family and with colleagues. He or she has a unifying set of values that guide choices of action regardless of the situation.”

Self Home Action Values Choices Situation Leader Integrity Guides Colleagues Unifying

Book:The leadership challenge: how to get extraordinary things done in organizations

Source: The leadership challenge: how to get extraordinary things done in organizations

“There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.”

People Different Jobs Leader Creativity Integrity Unique Better Future

Author:Marcus Buckingham

“Leadership requires followership and following is an act of trust, faith in the course of the leader, and that faith can be generated only if leaders act with integrity.”

Ifs Courses Leader Integrity Following Followership

Book:American spirit: visions of a new corporate culture

Source: American spirit: visions of a new corporate culture

“There is no organizations and institutions that are worthwhile in terms of fighting for and dying for unless there is some individual integrity and character and virtue that is at work within various individuals in those institutions especially their leaders.”

Character Fighting Individual Term Leader Virtue Dying Integrity Organization Institutions Various Worthwhile Integrity And Character

Author:Cornel West

“Hubris, arrogance, is just one step ahead of loss of integrity, because if you think you're better than other people, you know more, then you're going to think, as many leaders have, that the rules don't apply to them - so they lose their integrity.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Loses Loss Leader Steps Integrity Arrogance Just One Hubris

Author:Charles Koch