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| Honesty, integrity viewed as top leadership traits |
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© 2003 American City Business Journals Inc.
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Not financial acumen. Not vision. Not creativity. What employees want most from their business leaders are basic principles in practice such as honesty, integrity, ethics and caring, according to the results of a survey conducted by Right Management Consultants.
"Employees today are looking for strength of character in their leaders," says Chris Pierce-Cooke, director of Right's organizational consulting practice. "They want to shake off the hangover of last year's corporate scandals and financial sleight of hand and be reassured that their leaders are honest, ethical and caring individuals."
Mr. Pierce-Cooke noted an irony in the results of the study.
"Employees are confronted with continued layoffs, a spotty recovery and three years of stock market declines. But they are not looking for leaders with a magic wand or a quick fix. Instead, they seem to be yearning for fundamental leadership principles, lessons on honesty and goodness that they were more likely to have learned in elementary school than in business or law school."
Right based its results on a survey of 570 full-time, white-collar employees in the United States.
