growing leadership character
OUR PROCESS:
Growing Leadership Character is an effective way to instill character and continue the ethical conversation within an organization. It provides the structure, the training and the implementation while developing leadership character in management and down through the ranks.
Growing Leadership Character (GLC) is a cascading learning process. It is designed to expose an entire organization to specific concepts of integrity-based leadership. Because the most effective way to learn is to teach, we utilize a cascading “leader-teacher” approach. This approach allows leaders to be heavily involved in both facilitating and modeling the key concepts with a minimal impact on their time.
Overall goal: to create an organization where every person understands and “lives” the qualities of the Leadership Character Model TM . This simple yet profound model is grounded in the belief that character is the foundation for leadership. In an organization, leaders with Integrity create trust. Leaders who demonstrate a high degree of Respect create engagement and commitment, and those who “live” Responsibly create initiative and discipline. Ultimately, leaders with Integrity who balance Respect and Responsibility will always deliver maximum results.
In multi-level organizations, the GLC process is typically rolled out in three phases.
In Phase I, senior leaders attend a one-day Leadership Character workshop during which they will learn the basics of the Leadership Character Model™, receive feedback on their own Leadership Character, and prepare to teach a 1.5-hour training module to other managers in the organization. In Phase II, the next management tier completes the same process in preparation to teach the remaining modules to the next level of supervisors. In Phase III, first-level supervisors attend a full day Leadership Character Workshop and receive feedback on their Leadership Character. Leaders at all levels will take part in reinforcement activities.
Overall benefits of ethics programs:
“Managing ethical values in the workplace legitimizes managerial actions, strengthens the coherence and balance of the organization’s culture, improves trust in relationships between individuals and groups, supports greater consistency in standards and qualities of products, and cultivates greater sensitivity to the impact of the enterprise’s values and messages.”
Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD from information in Donaldson and Davis, in “Business Ethics? Yes, But What Can it Do for the Bottom Line?” (Management Decision, V28, N6, 1990)
*Complete Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers" Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD
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