The integrity dividend : leading by the power of your word / Tony Simons ; foreword by Jim Kouzes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-235) and index.

Corporate and government scandals continue to deepen our mistrust of leaders. While credibility is the foundation of effective leadership, most leaders struggle, and sometimes fail, to align their words and their actions. Now for the first time, leadership expert Tony Simons has measured the bottom-line value of business leaders who live by their word and actually do what they say they are going to do. In The Integrity Dividend, Tony Simons shows how leaders personal integrity drives the profitability and overall success of their organization. This groundbreaking book is based in on solid res.

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The Integrity Dividend: Leading by the Power of Your Word; Contents; Foreword; Part I: What Is the Integrity Dividend?; Chapter 1: The Dollar Value of Your Impeccable Word; Chapter 2: Executive Sightings of the Integrity Dividend; Chapter 3: Behavioral Integrity Drivers and Payoffs; Part II: Managing Your Own Behavioral Integrity; Chapter 4: Promise Less, But Do It More Often; Chapter 5: The Language of Living by Your Word; Chapter 6: Behavioral Integrity as a Personal Discipline; Part III: Behavioral Integrity and the Ripple Effect; Chapter 7: Easing the Middle Manager's Dilemma

Chapter 8: Creating a Culture of AccountabilityChapter 9: Management Fashions and the Flavor-of-the-Month Club; Part IV: Broader Applications and Summary; Chapter 10: The Integrity Dividend and Outside Stakeholders; Chapter 11: Capturing the Integrity Dividend; Notes; Acknowledgments and Dedication; About the Author; Index

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