Thank you for this lovely and generous and thought provoking essay, Margaret! Your use of Giving Voice To Values means so much to me. And I especially appreciate your discussion of "narrative imagination." Giving Voice To Values is about looking at the same set of facts as anyone else but crafting a different story about what is possible...and how to get there. Thank you!. Mary Gentile, www.GIvingVoiceToValuesTheBook.com
I'm a big fan of Mary's work, and recently had the pleasure of interviewing her, and having her take part in a live online dialogue. Along with her work I strongly recommend Leading with Dignity by Donna Hicks, Leadership Character by Mary Crossan and Values-Based Education by Neil Hawkes. They are each different but very complimentary
Many thanks for this resource, including the music that makes my heart soar. The dialogue and imaginal skills you describe are so needed now, as polarization, greed, fear and the intimidating tactics of would-be dictators threaten our humanity. Already shared with 5 others, including my granddaughter in MBA program.
This interests me greatly. I once was an account manager for an Indigenous tribe. It became apparently to me quickly that the data we had was compromised which was enabling wide scale fraud. I shut down access to loans and withdrawals to prevent further losses to accounts people had saved their whole lives to protect. Incredibly complex - cross border, involving top leadership both at my company, the tribe, government and external vendors. Their solution? Remove me from the assignment. I left within 6 months because I couldn’t tolerate the values mismatch. It was our ethical duty, the basic mandate of financial services, and leadership wouldn’t take action and do the right thing because it was inconvenient and politically dangerous. I got calls from CEOs apologizing to me because they knew I was right but they couldn’t risk it. Jaw dropping.
Thank you for this lovely and generous and thought provoking essay, Margaret! Your use of Giving Voice To Values means so much to me. And I especially appreciate your discussion of "narrative imagination." Giving Voice To Values is about looking at the same set of facts as anyone else but crafting a different story about what is possible...and how to get there. Thank you!. Mary Gentile, www.GIvingVoiceToValuesTheBook.com
I'm a big fan of Mary's work, and recently had the pleasure of interviewing her, and having her take part in a live online dialogue. Along with her work I strongly recommend Leading with Dignity by Donna Hicks, Leadership Character by Mary Crossan and Values-Based Education by Neil Hawkes. They are each different but very complimentary
What great recommendations - thank you!
Wonderful article, thank you.
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(I may regret this.)
Many thanks for this resource, including the music that makes my heart soar. The dialogue and imaginal skills you describe are so needed now, as polarization, greed, fear and the intimidating tactics of would-be dictators threaten our humanity. Already shared with 5 others, including my granddaughter in MBA program.
Thanks for sharing!
This interests me greatly. I once was an account manager for an Indigenous tribe. It became apparently to me quickly that the data we had was compromised which was enabling wide scale fraud. I shut down access to loans and withdrawals to prevent further losses to accounts people had saved their whole lives to protect. Incredibly complex - cross border, involving top leadership both at my company, the tribe, government and external vendors. Their solution? Remove me from the assignment. I left within 6 months because I couldn’t tolerate the values mismatch. It was our ethical duty, the basic mandate of financial services, and leadership wouldn’t take action and do the right thing because it was inconvenient and politically dangerous. I got calls from CEOs apologizing to me because they knew I was right but they couldn’t risk it. Jaw dropping.
Not all CEOs, alas, are leaders. But you were one.
Thank you for saying this. I still wake up randomly, thinking I didn’t do enough.