Posts Tagged ‘character’
Defending the indefensible
When a person is confronted with truth, facts, and reality how they react tells much about them. It talks about their mindset, intelligence, discipline, emotions, thoughts, and habits which ultimately tells a lot about their character. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant How…
Read MoreWhat makes a great communicator?
In November of 2001, I had the treasured opportunity to listen to Nelson Mandela speak at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, SA. It was a business conference on Excellence and Quality in South African industry sectors. These are four things I remember about that memorable experience: 1) It took former President Nelson Mandela about…
Read MoreTrees die from the top
“A man (or woman) might know too little, perform poorly, lack judgment and ability, and yet not do too much damage as a manager. But if that person lacks character and integrity – no matter how knowledgeable, how brilliant, how successful – he destroys. He destroys people, the most valuable resources of the enterprise. He destroys spirit. And he destroys performance . This is particularly true of the people at the head of an enterprise. For the spirit of an organization is created from the top. If an organization is great in spirit, it is because the spirit of its top people is great. If it decays, it does so because the top rots. As the proverb has it, “Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or her character serve as a model for subordinates”
– Peter Drucker, one of greatest management gurus.
Read MoreAre you trustworthy?
Have you ever known someone who’s ability you believed in, but whose character was questionable. Or how about someone who’s character seemed all so good, nice, together and pleasant but who had little ability and skill to do the job? Trust is an assured reliance on the strength and character of someone or something. In…
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