What is intention?
Intention is the thing that you
plan to do or achieve: an aim or purpose.
In the business world, if you
sustain intention, you have a good sense of what projects or tasks need to be
completed, based on the input and value of your co-workers. The best employees,
who lead a team with intention, are the heartbeat of the greatest
organizations.
After working in the corporate
world for over 12 years, I experienced working with a variety of leaders, which
varied in style from weak to strong. The great ones held a positive energy that
filled the room with possibility, excitement and creativity, while the weak
ones tore us down with negative, narrow-minded, and egotistical actions.
Have you ever
witnessed these kinds of leaders?
What do you
think is the most important trait in a leader?
Integrity.
As defined by Webster, integrity
is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles and the state
of being whole and undivided.
Someone who has integrity will
take full responsibility for the successes and failures within the organization. They will stand by you, support you and point you in the right
direction, in order to correct past mistakes. Leaders who display integrity, do
so without pointing fingers or verbally abusing others. They pride themselves
on assisting and building up the organization, regardless of the financial
atmosphere. They are calm, sincere, truthful, moral and ethical.
The best companies lead with
integrity. They may not be the most profitable, but if you ask their employees,
they will say they enjoy working there, because the organization values it’s
employees.
What makes Solid leadership and
solid employees make good companies great. Those who lead with intentional
integrity.
Are you a
leader? If so, how do you lead?
Very interesting, Rick.
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