Why Honest Leaders Build Stronger Businesses

Integrity stands on a foundation of honesty.

Earlier this month, I wrote about the value I consider most essential for success, in both business and life: integrity. Today, I’d like to explore what I consider the foundation of integrity, and that is honesty.  There is a reason people say honesty is the best policy. When you do not tell the truth, it…

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The Value That Builds Trust, Leadership, and Success

Leadership begins with service. Trust begins with integrity.

One of the qualities I admire most in successful leaders is their willingness to serve others without expecting anything in return. That’s why I’m excited to be joining other servant leaders next week for a service project in support of children entering foster care.  The Women of Community Impact is collaborating with Beautiful Faces Going…

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Your Best Policy for Business and Life

Woman with her hand on her heart, raising her other hand

Last week, we talked about a value you cannot achieve true and lasting success without, and that is integrity. Today, we are going to dive further into one of the most important aspects of integrity: honesty. You know that honesty is the best policy, as they say. But what you may not know is why…

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The One Value Your Business Cannot Survive Without

Businesswoman seated at round table watching two men shake hands

In my message last week about conducting self-analysis, I emphasized the importance of being accountable with honesty and integrity. But what exactly do those two traits mean? This week and next, I will dig deeper into these essential ingredients for successful business professionals. I truly believe that there is one value that you literally cannot…

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Your Personal Guide to Self-Analysis

It is Father’s Day this weekend, and I’ll be spending the day appreciating my husband, Mike, and my brother, Mike Powell, who is a single father. I hope you have an opportunity to spend quality time with the special dads in your life. Sometimes fathers are the least appreciated, and this is a great time…

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