Organizational performance is dictated by constraints.
"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link," is about constraints.
Constraints are bottlenecks that block organizational potential.
Constraints are everywhere.
Constraints prevent organizations from achieving their purpose.Constraint limits or restricts the natural flow. It requires force and often causes frustration.
Constraints can be in systems, processes, policies, people, information, or equipment.
Every system, no matter how good, has at least one constraint– this is the "weakest link."
Every system can have only one constraint at a time.
Everything else is a "non-constraints" until the existing constraint is fixed.
Resolving one constraint then allows a new weakest link to be revealed.
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The question is not what is the correlation between integrity and performance but rather why do we ignore what we know is true?
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
Success is built through cohesion and adherence to the constancy of the purpose.
As integrity declines, so does workability and as workability declines so does performance.
The fundamental element of integrity –truthfulness is critical to survival.
Integrity is not only personal, it's collective.
Employees provide discretionary effort based on their perception of the integrity of the systems.
Integrity is not a philosophy or a theory. It is practical, concrete, efficient and effective.
Integrity is a shared asset directly correlated to wealth creation.
Integrity is doing the right thing, doing the next right thing and doing things the right way.
Of course you know all this.
Do you know how to develop more integrity in your life, in your family, in your organization?
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Integrity, right and trust are real and observable. They are the essence of everything successful.
Even without explicit definitions, integrity, right and trust are understood implicitly as critical variables in every choice we make -whether it is consumer products or the selection of a mate.
We instinctively judge levels of integrity, right and trustworthiness in others but are blind to how others assess our integrity, rightness and trustworthiness.
We proclaim that integrity, right and trust are critical to success, yet complain when success eludes us.
The definition of integrity as adherence to a standard eludes us. The complexity of integrity as wholeness mystifies us. The idea of integrity as perfection is dismissed as impractical.
Integrity is doing the right thing, doing the next right thing and doing things the right way.
Simply put, doing it right, first time, every time is critical to quality and productivity.Simply put, doing the next right thing is the cornerstone of continuous improvement.
Simply put, doing things the right way is the objective standard of excellence.
Right is right for people, systems and processes.
Some people dismiss right because it an ethical or moral principle.
Right is concrete, practical, efficient and effective. It continually reveals itself.
It takes a lifetime to learn right.
It begins in the infallibly of youth and matures in fallibility of age.
Right is embedded in every day ordinary life. Try putting your shoes on wrong!
Right is not a theory or philosophy. It is a not an argument or point of view. It just is.
Right is right is requisite for every action.
Right is right is the standard for all business performance.
Right is right is the cornerstone of governance, transparency and accountability.
Right cannot be cannot be mandated or controlled. The world is complex!
Right is a personal choice of everyone. It is a way of life, if allowed to flourish.
Individually and collectively we all have integrity. All of us invest in right.
The correlation between integrity, right and performance is a not secret but well understood.
Every individual and organization enjoys the rewards of its integrity and its rightness.
In the marketplace, integrity and rightness are critical factors in customer attraction and retention.
In the organization, integrity and rightness are critical factors in employee engagement and optimization.
Why then is it not so everywhere with everybody all the time?
The answer is trust. There is so little trust today.
Without trust you have nothing.
Without integrity you can do nothing right.
Actualizing integrity requires trust.
We trust ourselves to do the right thing. Otherwise, we couldn’t live or work together.
We trust others to do next right thing to do. Otherwise chaos and disorder would rule.
We trust that there is a right way to do things. Otherwise there would be no progress.
Buckminster Fuller said that integrity is the essence of everything successful.
I believe we need to add rightness and trust to that definition.
Integrity, rightness and trust are the essence of everything successful.
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Doing is acting on that which is within; Doing is also acting on that which is without.
Simply put, you act on things that arise naturally from within yourself, such as going for a walk; you also react to things outside of yourself, such as dressing appropriately for the walk.
Being-in-integrity increases well-being; being-out-of integrity creates ill-being.
Doing is where being is actualized.
Doing is the what, where, when and how being-in-integrity increases well-being; it is also the what, where, when and how being-out-of integrity creates ill-being.
Doing things that are in integrity means actions and reactions are integrated, aligned and balanced.
Actions and reactions that are in integrity are purposeful.Actions and reactions that are in integrity create order.
Actions and reactions that are in integrity are efficient and effective.
Actions and reactions that are in integrity are predictable.
Actions and reactions that are in integrity can be natural. It is natural to love a child.
Actions and reactions that are in integrity expand outwardly to others and spill inwardly to yourself bringing purpose, order, efficiency, effectiveness and predictability.
Being in integrity actualizes actions and reactions that are in integrity.
Being in integrity and doing things in integrity creates peace and freedom, inside and out.
Doing things that are out of integrity means actions and reactions are separated, misaligned, and haphazard.
Actions and reactions that are out of integrity are purposeless.
Actions and reactions that are out of integrity create disorder.
Actions and reactions that are out of integrity create wasteful and uselessness.
Actions and reactions that are out of integrity are chaotic.
Actions and reactions that are out of integrity are easy. It is easy to do wrong.
Actions and reactions that are out of integrity expand outwardly to others and inwardly to yourself bringing purposelessness, disorder, waste, uselessness and chaos.
Being out of integrity crystallizes actions and reactions that are out integrity.
Being out of integrity and doing things out of integrity creates fear and suffering, inside and out.
Doing things that are in integrity means doing the right thing and doing things the right way.
Right is the standard for doing things in integrity.
When actions and reactions conform to facts, reason, and truth, it is right. All else is wrong.
“Right
is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing
it.”
― Saint Augustine of Hippo
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Integrity is the experience of the wholeness.
It is a way of being[i], either individually or collectively as an organization.
Being consists of everything that is within and everything that is without. Nothing is left out.
Everything inside is reflected onto the outside; everything outside is reflected onto the inside.
It is like two mirrors that face each other perfectly.
One mirror looks inside-out. The other mirror looks outside- in.
If the features of both mirrors are integrated, aligned and balanced, then we have harmony.
Individually or collectively we are being in integrity.
Being in integrity is ordered. Being in integrity is intentional. Being in integrity is joyful.Being in harmony, order, peace, and joy is well-being.
If the features of both mirrors are separated, misaligned and unstable then we have discord.
Individually or collectively we are being out of integrity
Being out of integrity is disorder, Being out of integrity is chaos. Being out of integrity is fearful.
Being in discord, disorder, chaos, and fear is ill-being.
Being is also the dynamic unfolding of what is inside with what is outside and vice versa.
The two mirrors facing each other produce a seemingly endless line of images and events that continually reflect the original image in each mirror.
Simply put, being in integrity increases well-being and being out of integrity increases ill-being.
Being in integrity is a choice, either individually or collectively.
As Jim Rohn said “Don’t let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that’s long enough! “Want to learn more? Contact me at principledynamics@gmail.com or call me at 706-267-0609. I want to speak to you about integrity and how it can help you and all of us.
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[i] I want to thank many people including David Hughes and the Skillful Living Network for opening up the idea of integrity and being for me.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful. It is a proven concept that has been true in the past while providing direction for the future.
The current research on business integrity reveals new applications for individuals and organizations.
The real value of integrity is that it is collective, not personal. Anna Bernasek, in The Economics of Integrity, argues that integrity matters-not just to our moral well-being but to our economic well being.
She observes that integrity is an essential part of all business transactions. Profitability is a natural outcome of integrity based relationships where sellers are trustworthy and when consumers trust.
These relationships hold everything together and allow the economy to work. Integrity, then, is a shared asset that brings financial rewards. Investing in our collective integrity; is investing in our collective wealth.
Without integrity, nothing works. Dr Michael Jensen, a Harvard Business professor, proposes that “As integrity declines, workability declines, and as workability declines, value declines. “ If you don’t have the right tools or parts to do the job, then the ability to do the job is compromised and value of the final product is diminished.
Maximization of any performance initiative requires integrity. Acting without integrity, he concludes, generates painful consequences just as surely as violating the law of gravity.
Integrity is a strategy for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) management at PricewaterhouseCoopers. The strategy is built on three principles:
Integrity is the key driver of marketplace differentiation at Novartis, a leading healthcare company.
At Novartis, integrity means doing the right thing, building a culture of integrity, managing risks, strengthening their reputation and fostering a competitive advantage. They establish performance standards for establishing, promoting and enforcing integrity in all business processes. .
Integrity is about firing on all cylinders. Dr Henry Cloud, a psychologist, states that integrity is the courage to meet the demands of reality. He examines how truthfulness, results orientation, overcoming adversity, continuous improvement and worthwhile purpose are the essential qualities for personal success. .
Integrity occurs when everything clicks and things unfold in an undivided, integrated, intact and uncorrupted manner.
Integrity is in the eye of the beholder. Tony Simons, in The Integrity Dividend, concludes that manages don’t define their integrity, others do. Employees assess whether management words and actions fit.
When employees trust their managers’ integrity, they demonstrate higher levels of engagement. The resulting discretionary effort drives the customer experience and the economic benefit of integrity is actualized. This is the integrity dividend.
Without trust you have nothing, without integrity you can do nothing. Integrity is actionable strategy for today’s business environment.
If you cultivate integrity within yourself and your organization, everyone has a better chance to succeed.
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I was asked who should take The Course of Integrity
The true answer is that the Course is for you. The real answer is that you may not take it.
Integrity is doing the right thing and doing things the right way.
Integrity is the essence of all things successful. We all want to be successful.
Integrity is real. It is not a theory.
Integrity is evident in what you say and what you do.
When you maintain your integrity, your words and actions are aligned and integrated.
Maintaining Integrity brings you closer to success. Integrity creates order and harmony.
When you deny your integrity, your words and actions are misaligned and separated.
Denying integrity takes you farther away from success. A lack of integrity creates disorder and conflict.
The results of your integrity are then in your own experience.
You can’t learn integrity from a book. You learn it from experience.
This is where the course of integrity is radically different. The methodology is revolutionary.
It is an easy and fun process that works with what is hidden in plain sight.
There is nothing to read or study. Information is not necessarily transformation
It is so simple anyone can do it but not everyone will.
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Playing is an authentic, joyful, activity that integrates body and mind. It is integrity in action.
We pay athletes to play games. We pay artists to dance. We pay actors to perform.
But we ourselves play no more. We are paid to work.
All children play. Most adults don’t.
Play is an original experience. Play is a genuine response to a situation. It is value added.
Play is individual and collective.
Play is being responsive to others and the reality of the situation. Play overcomes obstacles, distractions and interruptions efficiently and effectively. Collaboration and empowerment are the norm. Pride and satisfaction are evident in all results, even the most imperfect.
Play is actually learning to do the right thing. Doing the right thing is a trial and error process that exists without concern for the outcome. A child places a favorite teddy bear in a place and then changes it to another.
One keys of play I observe in children is that individual expression is not self censored by an internal standard about what the child thinks others think should happen. Play, then, is not contrived. It is authentic, creative, and truthful. And it is transparent.
Integrity is not a theory or an idea. It is practical reality. Our water system demands integrity. Our work environment should demand integrity.
Integrity is not hard work. It is play.
Play always refreshes; work mostly depresses.
Play at being impeccable with your word.
Overcome a lack of integrity in the smallest of things in play. Practice being true to your word.
It will result in a lifetime of play.
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Actions that create order are in integrity. Actions that result in disorder are out of integrity.
The Law of Integrity[1] provides more insight into this statement.
The Law of Integrity states that as integrity (whole and complete) declines, workability declines, and as workability declines, value (or more generally, the opportunity for performance) declines.
When it a car is not acting in integrity, something is wrong. It is not whole and complete. It has a component missing or is malfunctioning.
The car becomes unreliable and unpredictable. This in turn creates frustration, uncertainty and insecurity within ourselves.If the car fails in traffic, we could create a traffic jam, and be late for appointments or cause others to be late. This causes a temporary inability to perform.
This creates internal feelings of powerless and anger while destroying trust in your relationships.
In this hypothetical example, the out-of-integrity car creates a lack of integrity in life with a lot of un-workability fallout.This is true of all our associations with persons, groups or organizations that are out of integrity. The effects are huge, but generally attributed to something other than the lack of integrity.
Violating the law of Integrity generates painful consequences just as surely as violating the law of gravity.
It helps explains why when you are acting out of integrity, you create more disorder.
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[1] Integrity: A positive model that incorporates the normative phenomena of morality, ethics and legalty. Michael Jensen, Werner Erhard, and Steve Zaffron
People tell me that the world is not ready for integrity. I tell people that I am not ready for a world without integrity.
Integrity is internal. It is the intention of truth in our words and the discipline of habitual excellence in our actions.
It is part of your character, our unique DNA that makes us who we are in this world.
Integrity does not exist in theory or philosophy; it exists within your being.
Even a child can see your integrity.
Integrity is not just personal; it is collective.
Integrity is external. It is what defines and defeats us as an organization or as a nation. Integrity is adherence to the constancy of purpose required for performance.
Integrity is structural; as in a building. It is data integrity in communications. It is design integrity and ecological integrity. Our bodies need integrity for us to survive. Integrity is everywhere.
Integrity is not a theory or philosophy, it is a concrete reality
People buy integrity.
To be led by integrity is to put integrity first within ourselves and within the world.
It is being impeccable with your word; it is the discipline of habitual excellence in your actions.
To be led by integrity is to create cohesion and the adherence to constancy of performance in all our collective activities, whether it be nation building, infrastructure creation, manufacturing provisions, health care services, or any other activity known to man.
How can the world not be ready for integrity?
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