High-Performance Ethics: 10 Timeless Principles For Next-Generation Leadership

High-Performance Ethics: 10 Timeless Principles for Next-Generation Leadership

Do you have to lower your ethical standards in order to succeed at your job? High-Performance Ethics authors Wes Cantrell and James Lucas say that the answer is no. The authors outline ways to make ethical decisions (based on the Ten Commandments) that lead to highly successful business practices. High-Performance Ethics includes tips on how to lead a team with integrity, practical tools for resisting the pressure to compromise workplace standards, and encouragement for workers who want to see strong businesses-and strong values-thrive. 10 Principles:First Things Only (priorities)Ditch the DistractionsAlign with Reality (never claim support for a bad cause)Find SymmetryRespect the WiseProtecct the SoulsCommit to the RelationshipsSpread the WealthSpeak the TruthLimit Your Desires Review "This is a truly wise, remarkable book! Comprehensive in scope, beautifully written, compellingly illustrated, Cantrell and Lucas illuminate the mind, heart, and soul of high-performing leadership. Wondering whether it's worth buying and reading and applying? Just study the inspiring chapter outline and listen to your conscience for the answer." --Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness"Clearly, an ethics-free focus on performance is a superb way to destroy performance....But what is perhaps not as obvious is the wealth and good that can come from closely connecting these two powerful concepts - ethics and performance. In this wonderful book, Wes Cantrell and Jim Lucas show us what this connection looks like, and how it can be put to work to build prosperous organizations and careers. You should find the style of this book appealing. It is a very personal case study encased in outstanding teaching. The focus is on the career of Wes Cantrell, an excellent leader and CEO who lived the precepts of this book in a forty-six-year career with Lanier. The teaching comes from Jim Lucas, and internationally recognized authority on leadership and organizational life....You can take what he says to the bank - both figuratively and literally. High-Performance Ethics is a rare commodity, a book with a truly unique and provocative message that can actually make a difference in the way we act and the results we get today. Its message is as important as any you will hear now or in the years to come." --Steve Forbes, President & CEO, Forbes, Inc., Editor-in-chief, Forbes Magazine"In an ever changing society and business landscape, we need something solid and real to hang onto. Something that tells us how to do right, something that tells us how to do well. High-Performance Ethics points the way to that `something'....this book is based on principles that are thousands of years old, illustrated with examples as current and cutting-edge as today's news. You will do well to take the message you've received in High-Performance Ethics and apply it to your life and career." --Zig Ziglar, Author and Motivational Teacher, Founder, Ziglar"What a great book. Every young man and woman entering the marketplace would do well to internalize these principles. Every seasoned business veteran will enjoy the story. The section on Life Balance vs. Whole-Life Symmetry is worth the price of the book." --Andy Stanley, Pastor"High-Performance Ethics is a must-read book authored by two people who have lived these principles in the rough and tumble world of corporate America. Wes Cantrell and Jim Lucas have done a masterful job of clearly and practically communicating what it means to be a person of integrity in the marketplace. Read it and you won't be the same." --Howard Dayton, CEO and Co-founder, Crown Financial Ministries Review In a new normal world it is more important than ever for organizations and institutions to be guided by leaders who are not seduced by the avant-garde or the faddish, but who embrace and indwell timeless wisdom. Wes Cantrell and James