Integrity Matters Broadcasts
February 10, 2004
Attribute #2 - HONESTY:
truthful communication
Dear Friends,
Motivating the police force, by strengthening morale,
is a never-ending challenge. Just a few weeks ago, in Salinas,
California, when police officers learned that they had
been slightly overpaid for 36 months, averaging approximately
$3 per day, the total amount was $327,000. Ignoring hardships
they might face, the impacted officers, in conjunction
with their Police Officers Association, stepped up to the
challenge and are willingly paying the monies back to the
city.
Our weekly newspaper column, Integrity Matters, asked
for feedback on ways to encourage these officers in the
face of the clerical error. A front-page story in the Salinas
Californian followed the next day and a week later, with
input from city leaders, suggestions were offered that
might bring integrity-centered leadership behaviors into
the ways we live and enhance the communities in which we
reside. Please read, in sequence, the column, the story
and the follow-up column - available on the following:
Integrity-Centered Leadership is important everywhere
and each individual can reach out to bring encouragement
and reassurance to others. Stated differently, we can make
integrity (an intellectual concept) into a way of living.
What you say and do can change the way individuals and
institutions behave, because Integrity Matters.
When you run into a situation like the one we discovered
in Salinas, California, please let us know, and perhaps
we can find ways to apply and leverage our Eight
Attributes of an Integrity-Centered Organization. Our Eight
Attributes are having a positive impact in Salinas
and might make a difference where you are as well.
Let us know
Sincerely,
Jim
