“In a very real sense you are your word.
The most important aspect of being out of integrity is the loss of yourself.
If your word is not whole and complete, who you are is dis-Integrated.
The opportunities for performance are reduced.
And when we do honor ourselves as our word, the result is this.”
Courtesy of: Erhard, Werner and Jensen, Michael C. and Zaffron, Steve and Echeverria, Jeronima, Course Materials for: ‘Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model’ (October 4, 2022). Harvard Business School NOM Working Paper No. 09-038, Simon School Working Paper No. 08-03, Barbados Group Working Paper No. 08-02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1263835 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1263835