Leadership Impact

Proverbs 29:12 (MSG) 12 When a leader listens to malicious gossip, all the workers get infected with evil.

Ron Heifetz, co-founder of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership, is quoted as saying, “Purposeful honesty and appropriate transparency at all levels are eventual indicators of your organization’s adaptability and ability to thrive.” Leadership has impact. If lies, gossip, spurious chatter of any sort is tolerated at the top (of any size “heap”), that lack of judgment drives the organization below. What leaders listen to – i.e. honor - matters. Honesty and transparency go hand-in-glove with discernment. You want your faith to be active in the workplace? Then be known as a discerning leader who won’t participate in any form of gossip.

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