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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, January 6, 2023

���Have the courage to act instead of react.��� ��� Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr

 

 

 

 

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Leading with Honor FAQ on Gossiping

Leading with Honor FAQ ���

“What should I do if I have a peer that is gossiping or talking negatively about another teammate?���

Lee���s Answer ���

���Don���t join them���either kindly explain on the spot that it���s not appropriate, or excuse yourself and leave the conversation. Then ask to meet with them in private and graciously explain that what they are doing is not kind and makes others feel uncomfortable. Moreover it undermines team unity. Suggest that if they have a problem with someone they should sit down with them and discuss it. If you are the leader of the team, get your facts and meet with the person and cover these same areas���and be sure to firmly let the person know that gossip is unacceptable.���

Read more Leading with Honor FAQs at www.leadingwithhono.com/faqs

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The Latest from Lee���s Bookshelf ��� ���Becoming a Leader of Character”

The Latest Leadership Recommendation from Lee���s Bookshelf ��� ���Becoming a Leader of Character: 6 Habits that Make or Break a Leader at Work and at Home��� by Gen James and Dave Anderson.

While many books focus on developing managerial competencies, most leadership failures are the result of a failure in character, not a failure in competence. Leaders of Character is a workout plan designed to develop six Habits of Character by providing small, daily exercises that strengthen your character muscles for the bigger character tests all leaders face.

Be sure and check it out on Good Reads, and if you���ve read this book please post your comment below.

 

 

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���Does a leader���s background or experience affect their character?��� – Leading with Honor Video FAQ

In this 3-minute video clip with Leading with Honor Founder and President, Lee Ellis, and Director of Learning, Eddie Williams, they answer the question on how a leader���s background and experience can affect their character and integrity.

Please watch and share! You can also read and watch more FAQs at LeadingWithHonor.com/FAQs

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Lee Ellis and Leading with Honor ��� make it the best year yet! #LeadingWithHonor

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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, December 30, 2022

Great awareness for the New Year ��� ���If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think negative thought.���

 

 

 

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Year-End Giving Recommendation – The Gary Sinise Foundation

If you���re considering any last-minute giving for 2022, consider the Gary Sinise Foundation. They serve our nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need. They do this by creating and supporting unique programs designed to entertain, educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities.

Please learn more about this fantastic nonprofit organization as part of your upcoming giving plans. @GarySiniseFoundation

 

 

 

 

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Guest Article – The Power of Nice

Fantastic year-end advice and encouragement from my friend and colleague, Stuart Levine, on the ���Power of Nice��� as we head into 2023. It���s an intentional, daily decision that can make a significant impact.

Please read on his website, and then post your tips and comments below ���

 

 

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Lee Ellis and the Leading with Honor Team –

 

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Christmas in the POW Camps ��� An Excerpt

Today���s extended post is an excerpt from the chapter on ���Clarify Your Culture��� in his book, Leading with Honor. We wish you a peaceful and joyful Christmas season from Lee Ellis and Leading with Honor Team ���

 

���The day I received my first package from home is a case in point. As the guards spread the already opened, thoroughly searched contents of the prescribed ���six-pound package��� before me on the table, I stared longingly at the food items, vitamins, warm socks, and pictures of my family. I had been in captivity for two and a half years, so naturally I was tingling with excitement and anticipation. This package from home promised to be better than the best Christmas present I���d ever received. Yet the experience was tainted by the smirk on the camp officer���s face as he affected an attitude of kindness and concern, as though he were my favorite uncle. As I started to pick up my stuff, he told me I must first sign a receipt. I scanned the document hurriedly and noticed the following sentence: ���In accordance with the humane and lenient policy of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam [DRV], I have been allowed to receive a package from my family.

���I had heard through our covert communications that there would be a receipt of some sort, and that it would probably be okay to sign it. But now I felt trapped in an agonizing ethical dilemma. I coveted that package; it was the first connection with my family in more than two years. However, only a few months earlier we had been through some very harsh treatment during which two of my cellmates had been singled out for torture. The statement on the receipt wasn���t true, and I feared it could be used for propaganda. I had to make a choice between my comfort and my conscience.

 

���Our POW mission statement captured the essence of our culture in the three simple and powerful words: Return with Honor. This short phrase provided both a vision and a bond that kept us aligned toward one goal.���

 

���When I refused to sign the receipt, the officer picked up the package and told the guard to take me to my cell. Many of the men in the camp, including my cellmates���whom I considered to be exceptionally brave and honorable men���signed the receipt. Their actions were within the policies and boundaries of our culture, and I didn���t judge them. Besides, I had seen them sacrifice often for the team, and I totally trusted their commitment. My next package arrived six months later with goodies similar to the first one. But this time there was a special, unexpected bonus: the receipt no longer had a statement about ���the lenient and humane treatment��� of the DRV. How sweet it was!

���Our POW mission statement captured the essence of our culture in the three simple and powerful words: Return with Honor. This short phrase provided both a vision and a bond that kept us aligned toward one goal. Framed by the Code of Conduct and shaped by wise leaders, our culture guided and protected us through the dark and difficult years, until we could emerge into the light of freedom at the end of the war.���

 

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