Make ethics the heart of your leadership from the start

Make ethics the heart of your leadership from the start | practice (split each time) | Feeling pressure? Here's how to be tough but stay calm
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Make ethics the heart of your leadership from the start
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Putting the well-being of your bottom line over that of your employees and the greater good can lead to unethical practices (intentionally or not), writes Richard Swegan, the founder and principal consultant of ARCH Performance, who offers tips on how to hire ethical leaders from the start. Look for leaders who have integrity, a talent for critical reasoning, a moral mindset and a track record of making ethical decisions in the past, Swegan advises.
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Put it into practice: Swegan offers two companies -- Bombas and Boeing -- as examples of how ethics can make or break a company. Bombas focuses on the greater good, donating a portion of its products to homeless shelters, while Boeing's focus on profits led it to cut corners that imperiled the safety of its plane's passengers, showing that "the failure to be ethical can be dire if it becomes known publicly."
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Feeling pressure? Here's how to be tough but stay calm
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Growling and gruffness under pressure give an appearance of bluster not leadership. It's more effective to use mental toughness to stay calm, leadership expert LaRae Quy writes, offering four ways to exhibit that, such as managing emotions, prioritizing tasks and planning for when things go wrong.
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Put it into practice: Create a prioritization strategy to effectively handle competing tasks, Quy suggests. Try working in 90-minute cycles so the breaks in between can reduce stress and keep you at your best. Plan for worst-case scenarios so you'll be calmer and ready to act when plans go awry.
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Difficult workplace conversations need to end with a commitment to action, or the problem is going to resurface, leadership coach Karin Hurt writes. "It's worse than if you never had a conversation. Now you've wasted time, trust drips away, and people lose hope," Hurt says.
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Put it into practice: It helps to focus on one action and emphasize who is responsible for the action and set a time frame. Ensure both parties understand this, and set a follow-up meeting (or more), Hurt says.
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I am a conflict-averse person. I'd rather not have that difficult conversation, but if it must happen, Karin Hurt's advice on how to handle it is solid. To prevent circling the same argument or disagreement, look for a way for either party (or both) to take action to resolve whatever is causing the conflict.

Recapping a conversation by paraphrasing what you think the other person has said to make sure you understand their position can help uncover any areas that remain unclear. This way, the action that each of you agrees to take will have a better chance of resolving the disagreement.

The follow-up conversation may be the most challenging part, though, because it's a chance for the same old grievances to erupt all over again. But, as Hurt notes, that scheduled conversation "gives you a built-in opportunity to discuss the inevitable disruptions to your plan."

Handling conflict is never easy, but Hurt's steps can help you prepare and take a bit of the sting out of it.

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