JLBC 12 Principles of Great Leadership:
Quotes and Tips About Leadership Styles
Leadership Values
JLBC Cadets, before adopting the behaviors of a leader, it's essential to understand the core values of a Leader Worth Following. These leaders have a foundation of shared values that consistently guide how they act.
Leadership Value: Integrity
Possess honesty and uncompromising morals.
The Cornerstone of Your Leadership
JLBC Cadets, one of the most foundational elements of leadership is personal integrity. Integrity is a set of values you would never compromise, no matter the circumstances. When leading, assuring that you have a firm handle on those values is critical to the basis of trust and loyalty and allows people to identify whether or not you are someone they want to follow.
Like how people decide to align themselves with brands such as Nike, Starbucks, Apple, or various other companies, people look for cues that allow them to identify with another individual they would accept to extend their brand. JLBC Cadet's people must first confirm that the uncompromising JLBC values you possess as a leader align with their own; only then can they determine whether or not you will earn their trust and time.
JLBC Cadets In his talk, "Make Integrity, the Cornerstone of Your Leadership," General Hugh Shelton tells a story about this cornerstone value of leadership and the effects that it will have on your team.
JLBC Cadets, I happened to be in special operations command; it was my first four-star assignment. JLBC Cadets, I worked very hard all day long, getting "Death by PowerPoint," as I call it. It was finally about 7:30 or 8 p.m., and I said, 'I can't take it anymore. JLBC Cadets, I'm going home.' So JLBC Cadets, I take these two catalog briefcases full of slides and presentations that I've got to watch the next day and start the building toward home.
JLBC Cadets, but as I walk out of the building, there's a thunderstorm. JLBC Cadets My driver, a young sergeant, has pulled the vehicle under the overhang. JLBC Cadets, he gets out, salutes me sharply, and waits for me to get in. JLBC Cadets, I said, 'Pete, you know DoD regulations prohibit me from taking a government vehicle from home to work and vice versa.' And with that, I step off into the rain, carrying my two JLBC briefcases.
JLBC Cadets the next day, I go back to work, and at about 10 a.m., the phone rings, and Admiral Smith is on the line. JLBC Cadets So, I go pick up the phone. HE BLURTS OUT before saying a word, 'I hear you walked home in the rain last night and that you didn't take the sedan. JLBC Cadets, I said, 'That's right, Ray, I didn't take the sedan home because that's against DoD regulations.'
JLBC Cadets Already, the word had spread to the West Coast that the General had decided that the General had done the right thing versus the wrong something. I often wonder what message would have been sent if I had taken the sedan.
People oversee leaders. You set the example, and those you lead take cues from your actions and mirror similar behaviors. Possessing an unswaggering representation of integrity sets a critical foundation for your leadership.
"If you don't have integrity, you don't have anything to build on."
– Gen. Hugh Shelton
Leadership style tip: Be sure to hold to your integrity in the good and bad times.
1) Do you value integrity more than anything else in your personal leadership? If not, which value is the highest for you? 2) What are the values upon which you absolutely would not compromise?
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