While there are good CEOs, and bad ones; as long as the good CEOs (such as yourself) continue to act stand by those good qualities and mentor aspiring leaders with those same principles, we will continue to see more companies with good integrity. (Holy run-on sentence!)

Lastly, I can fully relate to Brian’s comments as I’m sure LaDainian Tomlinson will give full credit to his O-line after he runs it up on New England this weekend. ;)

Cheers!

As we are in full-on NFL playoff season and my Patriots are in the mix, I’m in a one-track mind state with the boys in Foxboro (MA) front and center. The key leaders on the Patriots are it’s coach, Bill Belichick, and it’s quarterback, Tom Brady. What I like about these guys as leaders that I think everyone could learn from is that when something goes wrong, they “take” (look to acquire, not shy away from and eventually get hit with it) the lion’s share of the blame when they lose a game. When something goes right, they deflect the credit to their teammates and away from themselves with equal zeal.

Anyway, Jana, thanks for sending the article. You’ve earned my RSS subscription.

Brian.

Integrity is the word that comes to mind as closely correlated to trust, or maybe even a proxy for trust, that subordinates are keyed to look for. In the last couple of leadership roles I have had I looked early for an opportunity to claim a mistake rather than claim a success.

If I hold myself to the same standard that I expect of the people who work for me then I have removed one major reason for them not to trust me.

In the end I don’t think it matters that CEOs are the least trusted source of information about a company, but what does matter to me is that I am not the least trusted source…