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Integrity – What if Everyone Did It?
We are hypocrites if we get angry at the world for lacking Integrity, yet we compromise with ourselves on a consistent basis. What would...
Dave Anderson
Aug 3, 20213 min read
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How Do We Coach Integrity?
We can’t set up enough rules to prevent people from making poor choices. “You can’t coach Integrity!” said the police lieutenant. I’ve...
Dave Anderson
Jul 27, 20213 min read
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How Much Do You Value Your Integrity?
We can’t just talk about Integrity. We must DO Integrity. Lots of leaders talk about Integrity. They claim Integrity is the top...
Dave Anderson
Jul 20, 20213 min read
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Situational Integrity Destroys Teams from Within
Integrity Defined: Doing what is good, right and proper even at personal cost. When a leader is caught in a lie, what do the people they...
Dave Anderson
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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Outrage Over a Leader’s Lack of Integrity
Our outrage has no meaning and no power if we are not holding ourselves to a higher standard than the people we claim to be outraged by....
Dave Anderson
Feb 9, 20213 min read
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Three Steps to Building Teams of Integrity
Situational Integrity is not Integrity. We had the word Integrity on the walls in all our meeting rooms. It was one of our team values. ...
Dave Anderson
Feb 2, 20213 min read
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A Leader’s Excuses Damages Trust With Those They Lead
Failing to follow-through tells the other person that our commitment was not a priority. “I ran out of time.” is a common excuse. I have...
Dave Anderson
Jan 26, 20213 min read
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Integrity – You have to DO what you want to BE
Integrity Defined: Doing what is good, right, and proper, even at personal cost. Small tests of our Integrity matter. They matter...
Dave Anderson
Jan 19, 20213 min read
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Integrity - Refusing to Work in the Gray Areas
Just because there is no rule against it, does not mean it is okay to do it. “We may be working in the gray areas on this one.” “How...
Dave Anderson
Aug 25, 20204 min read
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The Hypocrisy Required of Good Coaches
A Leader of Character uses their own past to improve another person’s future. “If I say something, won’t I be a hypocrite?” When a leader...
Dave Anderson
Aug 18, 20203 min read
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West Point’s Women’s Volleyball Team – Choosing Integrity
“I always believed we needed to do the harder right.” – Bob Gambardella In the early 1980’s, women at West Point were still a cultural...
Dave Anderson
Aug 11, 20203 min read
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Treat Your Team Like the Adults They Are
Integrity defined: Doing what is good, right and proper even at personal cost. It’s amazing what happens when you treat people like...
Dave Anderson
Aug 4, 20203 min read
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Risking Failure Is An Integrity Test
Would you follow you? What if everyone else is cheating on the test? Let’s face it, if you are the only person choosing to exercise...
Dave Anderson
Jan 28, 20203 min read
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Questioning the Boss Is An Integrity Test
People want to hear from leaders who have the Integrity to put aside their own needs and risk something for the good of the team. As soon...
Dave Anderson
Jan 21, 20203 min read
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Following Through Is An Integrity Test
A leader who does not follow through on commitments will never gain the full trust of the people they are called to lead. I am not an...
Dave Anderson
Jan 14, 20202 min read
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Saying Nothing Is An Integrity Test
Doing what is good, right and proper even at personal cost. I was about make my Battalion Commander really angry. As a 24-year-old First...
Dave Anderson
Jan 7, 20204 min read
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When We Have Integrity This Happens...
Strong teams rely on each other. When Integrity is a driving force within a team, they have the power to be an unstoppable. Why? Because...
Dave Anderson
Sep 24, 20192 min read
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Your Integrity Is Your Choice
What are you going to choose? Your Integrity or something less? During my early years as a sales leader, I operated in ethical gray...
Dave Anderson
May 20, 20193 min read
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Making And Keeping Commitments
Let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No.” Do you make commitments you wish you hadn’t made? Maybe it is a commitment to a client or...
Dave Anderson
May 13, 20192 min read
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Integrity – If It Were Easy, Everyone Would Be Doing It.
“Hey bud! If doing the right thing were easy, everyone would be doing it.” – The General In every seminar or speech I lead, I ask people...
Dave Anderson
May 7, 20192 min read
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