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Moral Intelligence 2.0
Moral Intelligence 2.0
Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success
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To our wives, Beth Ann Lennick and Sandy Kiel, who have helped us fine-tune our own moral compasses over the years—and to our children,
who always lovingly challenge us to live in alignment! Alan, Mary, and Joanie (Doug) and Kelly, Amy, Bryn, Anna, Jordan and Freda (Fred)—
and to our parents, whose early nurturing provided our foundation— Albert and Martha Lennick and Orville and Mabel Kiel
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Foreword by Richard Leider . . . . . . . . . xiii
Foreword to Previous Edition by Richard E. Boyatzis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
Leaders Interviewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv
Thought Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii
PART ONE • MORAL INTELLIGENCE
1 Good Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Moral Stupidity Act 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What Does Moral Leadership Look Like? . . . . . . 15
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2 Born to Be Moral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
What the Best Leaders Believe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
A Visit to the Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Nature Versus Nurture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Growing Up Moral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Learning to Be Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
When Things Go Wrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Inside Your (Moral) Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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It’s All in Your Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The Moral Map of Your Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Why We’re Good and Why We’re Bad . . . . . . . . . 46
So What Goes Wrong?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The Neuroscience of Moral Decision Making . . . 48
Can We Actually Change Our Brain? . . . . . . . . . . 52
Moral Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3 Your Moral Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
The Morality of Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Put It in Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Frame 3: Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4 Staying True to YourMoral Compass. . . . 81
Endnote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
PART TWO • DEVELOPING MORAL SKILLS
5 Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Acting Consistently with Principles, Values, and Beliefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Telling the Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Standing Up for What Is Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Keeping Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6 Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Taking Responsibility for Personal Choices . . . . 115
Admitting Mistakes and Failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Embracing Responsibility for Serving Others . . . 121
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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7 Compassion and Forgiveness . . . . . . . . 125
Actively Caring About Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Letting Go of Your Own Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Letting Go of Others’ Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8 Emotions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Self-Awareness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Understanding Your Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Personal Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Deciding What to Think . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Self-Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Nurturing Emotional Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Interpersonal Effectiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Empathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Misplaced Compassion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Respecting Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Getting Along with Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Endnote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
9 Making Moral Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
How Roger Used the 4 Rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
PART THREE • MORAL LEADERSHIP
10 The Moral Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Performance Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Endnote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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11 Leading Large Organizations . . . . . . . . 197
The Fabric of Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Is There Such a Thing as a Morally Intelligent Organization?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
The Morally Intelligent Organization— An Aerial View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Morally Intelligent Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
The Principles That Matter Most . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cultivating Organizational Integrity . . . . . . . . . . 203
The Responsible Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
The Compassionate Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
The Forgiving Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Recruiting for Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Reinforcing Values Starts at the Top . . . . . . . . . 218
The Power of Formal Rewards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Success Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ideal Versus Real . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Values and the Global Organization . . . . . . . . . . 222
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
12 Moral Intelligence for the Entrepreneur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Moral Values in Small Organizations. . . . . . . . . . 228
Last Words About Business Start-Ups . . . . . . . . 242
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Epilogue Becoming a Global Moral Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Raising the Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Watch Your Wake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Give Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Create the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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A Global Business Opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
A Strengthening Your Moral Skills . . . . . . 251
A Look in the Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Using the MCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
The Right Frame of Mind for Completing the MCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Scoring and Interpreting Your MCI . . . . . . . . . . 253
Prioritizing Your Moral Development Efforts. . . 254
The Road Less Traveled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
The 80/20 Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Your Moral Development Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Putting Your Moral Development Plan into Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Breaking Bad Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Reward Yourself for Positive Change . . . . . . . . . 259
Surround Yourself with Positive People . . . . . . . 259
Do I Really Need to Change? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Books, Audio, and Video Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Personal Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Executive Coaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Endnote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
B Moral Competency Inventory (MCI) . . . 263
C Scoring the MCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Moral Competencies Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
What Your Total MCI Score Means. . . . . . . . . . . 274
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D Interpreting Your MCI Scores . . . . . . . 277
Total MCI Score (Alignment Score) . . . . . . . . . . 278
Highest and Lowest Competency Scores . . . . . . 279
Individual Item Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Reality Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Do Your Scores Matter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Now What? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
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Foreword
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I find the wisdom of poets useful in my life and work. With a few words, the right poem at the right time can speak with a clear voice and help us see things new in the world.
This poem by William Stafford provides us with a helpful place to return if we feel confused about a moral choice or challenge in the world.
“The Way It Is”
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding. You don’t ever let go of the thread.
—William Stafford
Moral Intelligence 2.0 provides us with the helpful guidance to choose and to follow the “thread” of our own moral compass.
Each day we face a series of “moral moments”—personal choice points. These are moments that require some decisions to serve others
Credit: William Stafford, “The Way It Is,” from The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems. Copyright (cr) 1998 by the Estate of William Stafford. Reprinted with the per- mission of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, www.graywolfpress.org.
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or to be self-absorbed. We are likely, at times, to find ourselves in moral dilemmas. Each choice we make can feel as if we are either holding on to or letting go of our thread.
We find the purpose path through our own life by following our own moral compass, holding on to our thread. How do we do such a thing? How do we follow some invisible thread that runs through our life? How can we even know it exists?
One of the most helpful answers I can give is to simply read this book. It will help you look at the story of how your own life of moral intelligence has unfolded. It will help you see the thread that, perhaps invisible at the time, helped you choose whether to say yes or no, right or left.
The authors have set out to illuminate a very complex subject—that of the moral compass in us all. And I found their insights revealing. Chapter 2 “Born to Be Moral” is worth the price of the book. I found myself again and again reflecting on the story, “A visit to the nursery.” The notion of our inborn capacity of empathy struck a deep chord within me.
If we can trust that we are born “hardwired” to be moral, if we can trust that our hearts know how to recognize our thread, then this book will provide a blueprint, a manual of specifics to follow it.
What practices, what knowledge or resource do we turn to in order to find our way? First, as the authors show us, we begin by choosing to uncover and express our purpose. Next, we clearly define the distinction between “how” we make choices, and “why” we make them. How often have we allowed the how of our choices to overshadow why we made them?
Holding on to the thread, listening to your moral compass, may seem insignificant, but it is no small thing. It dramatically shifts the way we see, the way we choose, and the way we lead and live. It determines whether we lead a life of anxiety and stress or a spacious life of purpose and meaning. You don’t ever let go of the thread.
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Bottom-line thinking might now prevail, but the moral compass journey has deep roots. It also has deep resonance. One might say, in fact, that it’s not so much an idea whose time has come, as an idea that has always been with us—it’s just that we need to be reminded. I’m pleased that so many people’s lives have already been changed for the better through this reminder and I hope that the 2.0 edition will add to the number of those who are on the purpose path.
—Richard Leider
Bestselling author of The Power of Purpose and Repacking Your Bags
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Foreword to Previous Edition Building a Better Culture
There are few issues with more significant impact on life in and out of organizations today than that of moral action. Crusades and jihads are moral righteousness taken to harmful and even evil extents—hurting others and demanding homogeneity of beliefs. The moral righteousness involved in trying to fix, save, or punish others has led to some of the most horrible episodes in human existence. Beyond the tragic loss of life, there is the subjugation of the human spirit. There is the loss of dreams and possibilities—the loss of spirit. Ironically, this travesty of moral imperialism comes at the same time as people worldwide are voicing the need for more spirituality and religion.
Most of us know right from wrong. In hundreds of studies of the characteristics that differentiate outstanding from average leaders from their less effective counterparts (both average and poor performers), integrity has never appeared to distinguish high performers. Is this evi- dence of a morally bankrupt system? No. It is that the moments of “out- tegrity” are so egregious and shocking that we become preoccupied with them. In the process, we miss the many tests of our morality and humanity that we face each day. For example, deciding how to promote a product or service is enacted in the context of one’s values and an organizational culture that encourages consistency with a set of shared beliefs and norms.
The essential challenge of moral intelligence is not knowing right from wrong, but doing versus knowing. There are people who are suf- fering from mental illness and a small percentage of the population that are psychopaths or sociopaths. All of these people may not “know” right
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from wrong. But most of us are not in that category. So why don’t we act appropriately more often? Most of us do—most of the time. Of the hundreds of decisions we make each day, most of us consider what is “right,” what will be better and help our community, organization, and fellow humans. But we don’t always agree on what is right.
Values and Operating Philosophy This is where values and philosophy come into play. Our values are based on beliefs and determine our attitudes. A value typically includes an evaluation (i.e., good or bad designation) of an object or subject. Sets of values form proscriptions and prescriptions (i.e., statements of what not to do and what to do) that guide our daily life. Values also affect how we interpret and perceive things and events around us. But decades of research on values have shown little correlation to behavior.1
To understand people’s actions, we have to look behind specific val- ues to uncover how an individual determines value. This can be called a person’s “operating philosophy.” Research into typical operating philosophies has resulted in a test that allows us to measure a person’s relative dominance among three different ways to determine the value of a act, a project, a decision, how to spend your time, and so forth.2
Our philosophy is the way we determine values.
For example, a consultant lists “family” as a dominant value, but still spends five days a week away from his wife and two children, trav- eling for his job. He says he’s enacting his value by providing enough money for his family’s needs. By contrast, a manufacturing manager who also lists “family” as his dominant value has turned down promo- tions so he can have dinner each night with his wife and children.
The difference between those two men might be in how aware they are of their true values, how aligned their actions are with those values, or in the way they interpret their values. Accordingly, they reveal deep differences in how each values people, organizations, and activities. Such differences may reflect disparate operating philosophies—the
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most common of which are pragmatic, intellectual, and humanistic.3
And although no one philosophy is “better” than another, each drives people’s actions, thoughts, and feelings in distinctive ways.
The central theme of a pragmatic philosophy is a belief that useful- ness determines the worth of an idea, effort, person, or organization.4
People with this philosophy often measure things to assess their value, and believe that they’re largely responsible for the events of their lives. No surprise, then, that among the emotional intelligence competencies, pragmatics rank high in self-management. Unfortunately, their individ- ualistic orientation often—but not always—pulls them into using an individual contribution approach to management.
The central theme of an intellectual philosophy5 is the desire to understand people, things, and the world by constructing an image of how they work, thereby providing them some emotional security in pre- dicting the future. People with this philosophy rely on logic in making decisions, and assess the worth of something against an underlying “code” or set of guidelines that stress reason. People with this outlook rely heavily on cognitive competencies, sometimes to the exclusion of social competencies. You might hear someone with an intellectual philosophy say, for example: “If you have an elegant solution, others will believe it. No need to try to convince them about its merits.” They can use a visionary leadership style, if the vision describes a well- reasoned future.
The central theme of a humanistic philosophy is that close, per- sonal relationships give meaning to life.6 People with this philosophy are committed to human values; family and close friends are seen as more important than other relationships. They assess the worth of an activity in terms of how it affects their close relations. Similarly, loyalty is valued over mastery of a job or skill. Where a pragmatist’s philoso- phy might lead her to “sacrifice the few for the many,” a humanistic leader would view each person’s life as important, naturally cultivating the social awareness and relationship management competencies. Accordingly, they gravitate toward styles that emphasize interaction with others.
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Each one of us believes in these three value orientations (i.e., pragmatic value, intellectual value, and human value). But most of us will prioritize three value orientations differently at different stages in our lives.
The point is that we have to be more aware both of our values and how we value—our philosophy. We need to be sensitive to those who have different values and different philosophies if we are to live together and make the world a better place. And we need to be sensitive to such differences if we are to have adaptive, resilient, and innovative organizations. Diversity brings us innovation, but only if we are open to it and respect it.
In this book, Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel define moral intelligence as, “the mental capacity to determine how universal human principles should be applied to our values, goals, and actions.” They argue we are “hard wired” to be moral but often stray from the path. Within each of us are the values and basis for our moral compass. Each of us should pay attention to our moral compass often—more often than we do. Lennick and Kiel’s exploration of this topic could not have come at a more important time.
Cultural Relativism and Moral Horizons of Significance We are exposed to the vast differences in the world on the Internet, tel- evision, movies, and newspapers. We see it in our organizations and schools. We see it walking down the street of most cities of the world. Is every culture and subgroup within it assured that its values and phi- losophy are “OK” with the rest of us? Maybe not.
In his 1991 book, The Ethics of Authenticity, McGill University Professor and prominent philosopher, Charles Taylor, claimed that cul- tural relativism and postmodernism both violated basic ethical stan- dards.7 He claimed that cultural relativism (“everyone has their own morality based on their situation and culture”) taken to its ultimate con- clusion becomes moral anarchy. It breeds a form of egocentrism and
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selfishness. It suggests everyone is in their own world. Similar to the argument in Moral Intelligence, Taylor suggests that there are, among humans and society, “moral horizons of significance.” These are the universals that Lennick and Kiel propose are so crucial to organiza- tional success. We know it is wrong to kill another human. But we can be brought to that point by contingencies. Is it acceptable to kill some- one to defend your family? To get food for yourself? To take their shirt or sneakers because you like them and cannot afford to buy them? Because they annoy you? Because they have insulted your faith? Taylor’s concept is central to the application of the ideas in this book. How do we determine what exceptions to moral universals are justified and which show a lack of moral intelligence?
But this brings us back to whose values and philosophy are right or more right than the others? Without a high degree of moral intelligence, Lennick and Kiel illustrate in their book with marvelous and moving stories, we fall back into fighting to defend our own views as best—and imposing them on others.
In deconstructing the components of moral intelligence, Lennick and Kiel show us how four clusters of skills integrate to form this capability: integrity, responsibility, compassion and forgiveness, and emotions. They offer many ideas as to how we can use our moral intelligence to evoke moral intelligence in others. Their combined effect will be more effective organizations. Why? First, we will be proud of where we work and for what it stands. Therefore, we will feel more committed to the organization, its culture, and vision. Third, we will access and utilize more of our own talent (and that of others around us) because we are free from guilt and shame. And fourth, it is the right thing to do!
Believing and Belonging There is another crucial business impact from values, philosophy, and collective moral intelligence—they form the basis of our organizational vision, purpose, and culture. We want to believe in what we are doing.
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We want to feel that we are contributing and our work has some mean- ing. But looming labor pool demographics and skill shortages suggest that, as McKinsey and Company said, we are in a “war for talent.”8 This will become a battle for the hearts and minds (and even the spirit) of people your organization wishes to attract, keep, and motivate. Over the course of the next decades, an organization’s vision, sense of purpose, and culture will become even more significant recruitment differentia- tors to discerning job applicants.
Moral Intelligence In the following pages, you will be provoked into reflecting on your own beliefs and style of using them. You will be inspired by reading about effective executives with high moral intelligence. You will be ashamed and embarrassed reading about ineffective executives who do not seem to be able to spell moral intelligence, nonetheless, live it. The apparent simplicity of their argument and smoothness of their writing style should not be misunderstood. This material is deep and significant. The impact of moral intelligence is much more than the long-term success of your organization. It is the preservation of our civilization and species.
—Richard E. Boyatzis Coauthor of Primal Leadership January 31, 2005
Endnotes 1. Michael Hechter. “Values research in the social and behavioral sciences.” In
Michael Hechter, Lynn Nadel, and Richard E. Michod, (eds.). The Origin of Values. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1993.
2. Gordon W. Allport, P.E.Vernon, and Garnder Lindzey, Study of Values. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960.; Chris Argyris and Don Schon, Theory in Practice Learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1982.; Clyde Kluckhohn. “Values and Value-Orientations in the Theory of Action.” In Talcott Parson and E.A. Shils, eds. Toward a General Theory of Action. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
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University Press, 1951. pp. 388-433.; Florence Kluckhohn and Fred Strodtbeck. Variations in Value Orientations. Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson & Co, 1961.; Milton Rokeach, The Nature of Human Values. New York: Free Press, 1973.; Shalom H. Schwartz, “Universals in the Content and Structure of Values: Theoretical Advances and Empirical Tests in 20 Countries,” Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, volume 25. NY: Academic Press, 1992. pp. 1-65.; Michael Hechter, “Values Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences,” In Michael Hechter, Lynn Nadel, and Richard.E. Michod, eds. The Origin of Values. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1993. pp. 1-28.
3. “Assessing Your Operating Philosophy: The Philosophical Orientation Questionnaire” measures the relative dominance of each of these three for the person. Richard E. Boyatzis, Angela J. Murphy, and Jane V. Wheeler, “Philosophy as a Missing Link Between Values and Behavior,” Psychological Reports, 86 (2000): pp. 47-64.
4. The Pragmatic Operating Philosophy emerged from “pragmatism” (as reflected in the works of John Dewey, William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Richard Rorty, ), “consequentialism” (as reflected in the works of C.D. Johnson, and P. Pettit), “instrumentalism” (as reflected in the works of John Dewey), and “utilitarianism” (as reflected in the works of Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill). See the Boyatzis, Murphy, and Wheeler article cited earlier for the full references.
5. The Intellectual Operating Philosophy emerged from “rationalism” (as reflected in the works of Rene Descartes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Benedict de Spinoza), and the various philosophers claiming rationalism as their etiological root, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Jurgen Habermas, as well as the philosophical structuralists (Claude Levi-Strauss and Jean Piaget), and post- modernists (Friedrich Nietzsche). See the Boyatzis, Murphy, and Wheeler article cited earlier for the full references.
6. The Human Operating Philosophy emerged from “communitarianism” (W. F. Brundage), “hermeneutics” (Hans-Georg Gadamer), “humanism” (Francesco Petrarch and R.W. Sellars), and “collectivism” (R. Burlingame and W.H. Chamberlin).
7. Charles Taylor. The Ethics of Authenticity. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991.
8. Elizabeth Chambers, Mark Foulon, Helen Hanfield-Jones, Steven Hankin, and Edward Michaels, III. The War for Talent. The Mckinsey Quarterly, #3, 1998.
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Acknowledgments
We wish to give a special thanks to Orlo Otteson, our original “cracker- jack” researcher who, over four years, helped us successfully tackle the mountainous job of reviewing the vast literature on this subject.
We wish to thank all our colleagues and friends who have been so important in helping us sharpen our thinking on moral intelligence. Just as important, they encouraged us to continue our research efforts when the word “moral” was not a word one easily used in public discourse.
These people also inspired us by their own demonstration on a day- to-day basis of what it means to live in alignment!
A partial list from Doug: Kay May, my office manager and friend for more than 30 years and now one of my business partners; John Wright, the best man at my wedding and my partner in launching my writing career more than 25 years ago with The Simple Genius (You); the CEOs I have been fortunate to work for and learn from—in order of their appearance, they include Harvey Golub, Jeff Stiefler, Dave Hubers, Jim Cracchiolo, and Ken Chenault; my colleagues at Lennick Aberman—Rick Aberman, Jim Choat, Jim Jensen, Kay May, Kris Petersen, Judy Skoglund, Ben Smith, Chuck Wachendorfer, Chris Ambrose, Ryan Goulart, Teresa Hanratty, Ray Kelly, Elaine Larson, Teresa Lombard, and Leela Rao; the talented team of senior executives I was privileged to lead at American Express Financial Advisors before changing roles in September 2000—Teresa Hanratty, Brian Heath, Jim Jensen, Marietta Johns, Steve Kumagai, Becky Roloff, Sam Samsel, Norm Weaver, and Mike Woodward; Steve Lennick, my cousin, friend, and confidant; Carol Lennick, my sister; Bob Day and Tom Turner, the two men who took a chance on me when I was eager to
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start my business life at the ripe old age of 21—they trained and devel- oped me; Roy Geer, Row Moriarty, Richard Leider, Larry Wilson, and Doug Baker Sr.—all five are mentors and friends for many years; and, very important, all the people I’ve had the opportunity to serve as either their leader or their follower or both.
A partial list from Fred: My partners Kelly Garramone, Richard Aldersea, Kim Merrill, and my other colleagues at KRW who have encouraged me on this journey: Randi Birk, Peg Howell, Nancy Bologna, Nikky Heidel, Cari Bixel, Heather Smallman, Mark Edwards, Donna Zajonc, Doug Bamford, Keith Taylor, Gayle Bunge, Heather Richetto-Rumley, Kathryn Williams, Glenn Schenenga, Tom Ferguson, and my close personal friends—Wayne and Joni Finnegan, Mark and Marsha Gorman, Keith and Kitty Baker, John Manz, Tom McMullen and the guys in my book club for 20 years, Dwight Cummins, Paul Harris, Bruce McManus, Michael Nation, Paul Brown, Ron Ellis, and Dave Strofferahn.
Finally, we wish to acknowledge each other, Esmond Harmsworth, and Jim Boyd. This book has been a labor of love, and we have loved laboring together.
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About the Authors
Doug Lennick
Doug’s career as an executive, a sales manager, and a developer of people is legendary. Today, in addition to his work as CEO and found- ing member of the Lennick Aberman Group, Doug continues to work directly with Jim Cracchiolo, CEO of Ameriprise Financial, formerly American Express Financial Advisors. Although no longer full time, Doug retains the title of EVP at Ameriprise Financial. As a senior advi- sor to Jim, Doug’s focus is on workforce culture and performance. As a leader, a coach, and a mentor, Doug has taught thousands how to be successful in both their personal and professional lives.
Doug is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Morris, with a degree in business management.
In the early 1990s, Doug was one of two (the other being Jim Mitchell) senior managers at American Express responsible for cham- pioning, developing, and implementing the Emotional Competence training program that was recognized by the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations as a model program. Doug’s work and American Express’s Emotional Competence program were recognized in Daniel Goleman’s Working with Emotional Intelligence and in Educating People to Be Emotionally Intelligent, edited by Rueven Bar-On, J.G. Maree, and Maurice Jesse Elias, and in Tony Schwartz’ Fortune magazine article on the same topic. In The Power of Purpose, Richard Leider referred to Doug as the “spiritual leader” of the company.
Doug lives in Edina, Minnesota, with his wife, Beth Ann. Their youngest daughter, Joan, attends graduate school at St. Mary’s
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University in Minneapolis and has an undergraduate degree from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. Their oldest daughter, Mary, has an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota and is a graduate student at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Doug’s son Alan is an actor and a manager/financial advisor for Ameriprise Financial and is living in Minneapolis with his teacher/actor wife Sari, and their son, Dylan.
lennickaberman.com 612-333-8791 dlennick@lennickaberman.com
Fred Kiel, Ph.D.
One of the pioneers in the field of executive coaching, Fred began chal- lenging senior executives in the mid-1970s to improve their leadership skills. Trained as a Ph.D. counseling psychologist, he left the private practice world in the mid-1980s and has since devoted his full-time career as an advisor to CEOs and senior leaders in large organizations. In the late 1980s he co-founded KRW International, one of the durable and highly respected “boutique” firms in this space. He is also the founder and executive director of the KRW Research Institute, which is conducting research on the hidden beliefs and biases CEOs hold in their heads and hearts. These findings will be reported in a book scheduled for publication in 2012 and currently titled, What CEOs Believe and How It Impacts the Bottom Line.
Fred lives on his organic farm in Southeastern Minnesota, in the midst of cold running trout streams and Amish farms, along with his wife, Sandy. Sandy is the innkeeper for the Inn at Sacred Clay Farm—their country inn bed and breakfast with five luxury guest rooms and meeting space for small groups.
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Kathy Jordan, Ph.D.
Kathy was the collaborating writer with Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel for the first hardback and paperback editions of Moral Intelligence, and with Doug Lennick for his book Financial Intelligence: How to Make Smart Values-Based Decisions with your Money and Your Life. She is also co-author of Becoming a Life Change Artist: 7 Creative Skills to Reinvent Yourself at Any Stage of Life.
Kathy has a Ph.D. in counseling and human systems from Florida State University. After working for large organizations (AT&T Bell Laboratories and later Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation), she has flourished as an independent coach, consultant, and writer. Kathy lives in Saint Augustine, Florida, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she enjoys family time with her daughter Erin, son-in-law Doug, and granddaughter, Mackenzie Kathleen.
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In 2005 we were fortunate to publish the first edition of Moral
Intelligence. In the book, we argued that sustainable business perform-
ance was only possible when leaders and their organizations acted in
concert with certain core universal principles, including integrity,
responsibility, compassion, and forgiveness. We described the skills that
were needed for leaders to behave in ways that were both moral and at
the same time financially smart for their businesses. We demonstrated
through the lives of some of the United States’ most highly regarded
leaders the essential relationship between moral competence and busi-
ness success.
Still reeling from the corporate accounting scandals of the early
2000s, such as Enron and WorldCom, we hoped that Moral Intelligence
would serve as a call to action for leaders to “do the right thing” for
their stakeholders and themselves. Since the initial publication of Moral
Intelligence six years ago, countless leaders have heeded that call to
action. Sadly, other leaders continue to bury their moral compasses,
choosing greed over integrity. In some cases, the choice to ignore moral
principles and values has proved nearly catastrophic: By the fall of
2008, the global economy was about to implode. Much of the blame—
though certainly not all—goes to financial services industry leaders
who prioritized short-term financial gain for themselves and their firms
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over everything else, including their responsibility to customers,
employees, and the survival of nations.
Mark Sheffert, Chairman and CEO of Manchester Companies,
headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, offers this perspective
regarding the moral issues that underlie the financial crisis and global
recession:
I truly believe in my heart of hearts that the underpinning in the
financial crisis was greed, power, and corruption with people
grabbing for their unfair share of the economic pie. Financial
institutions, Wall Street, Main Street, investors, rating agencies,
people selling, people buying. Whether it was Ponzi schemes or
backdating stock options or something else, it didn’t matter. It
was all justified somehow by the notion that ‘I deserve it’. The
country has lost its moral compass. The Johnson Institute did a
study recently that revealed 56% of MBA students and 43% of
law students admit they cheat, and 93% of them say cheating is
justified, and more than 90% said they have no moral dilemma
about doing so. Remember, these young cheaters and liars are
our business leaders, politicians, and professionals of the
future. Greed and lack of ethics have permeated every aspect of
our society and it’s a systemic issue. This greed and lack of
ethics has resulted in an upside-down economy with massive
unemployment, and it’s not going to get better soon for a lot of
reasons. Many companies went out of business and aren’t even
here to employ someone. Starting businesses in this environ-
ment is nearly impossible. Big companies are doing more with
less. Six percent of the nation’s GDP is related to the cost of
dealing with fraudulent behavior. If your company generates
$100 million in revenue, then your company is spending $6
million per year dealing with fraud and the lack of ethics.
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Kim Sharan, chief marketing officer and President Financial Planning
and Wealth Strategies for Ameriprise Financial, underscores Mark
Sheffert’s analysis of the financial costs of ignoring moral principles:
Mistrust in the marketplace is very high. How do you reinforce
to the consumer[s] that you’re focused on doing what’s right for
them when every day there is a new scandal or fraud in the
news? What has happened over the past three to five years is it
has gotten harder to rise above the noise. I’m sure what hap-
pened to Enron at the turn of the century was felt by every
energy company. What happened with Lehman and Bernie
Madoff has created a halo effect that is felt by every company
and everyone in the financial services industry. Because of the
proliferation of social media, the viral nature of the situation
has resulted in a high degree of mistrust of the entire [financial
services] industry.
For us at Ameriprise, we have to figure out how to show our
clients that we have acted with integrity and excellence in all
we do, doing the right thing for the consumer at every turn—all
of that is critical. At the heart of building a brand is taking
charge of delivering a great experience for the consumer. Every
advisor and every employee has to deliver on certain principles
every time. Those principles are actively caring about the
client, behaving with integrity, standing up for what is right,
and accepting responsibility for serving them. When it comes to
moral intelligence, all of us have to be very real. It’s always
been critical for sustainable success, but it’s more obvious now
than at any other time.
With this edition of the book, Moral Intelligence 2.0, we intend to
underscore the message that moral competence is critical not only to the
success of individual leaders and business, but [also] to the survival of
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the global economy. For today’s leaders, it is even more clear that moral
competence is not a “nice to have;” it is a “must have.”
The integrity crises of the first decade of the 21st century have been
devastating. But they have not yet convinced enough leaders of the
importance of morally intelligent leadership. How many wake-up calls
do leaders need to get the message that their ultimate success depends
on moral leadership? Will leaders get another chance to do the right
thing? Given the precarious nature of today’s global economy, we fear
that this wake-up call to choose integrity over greed might very well be
our last.
In a spring 2009 conversation with author Doug Lennick, American
Express CEO Ken Chenault observed, “Business has focused too much
on capitalism and profit versus capitalism and societal good.” If the
CEO of an iconic institution such as American Express thinks business
should be paying a lot more attention to moral values, how can any
leader afford to ignore the call to put moral values at the center of what
they do? Leaders must hold themselves to a high standard, a morally
intelligent standard.
Moral intelligence is not an issue only for American business lead-
ers. It is a universal leadership imperative. For example, leaders at
Deutsche Post, a global mail and logistics services provider, continually
reinforce the importance of its corporate values: to deliver excellent
quality, to make our customers successful, to foster openness, to follow
clear priorities, to be entrepreneurial, to act with integrity, and to
accept social responsibility. Deutsche Post has weathered tough times,
including a large layoff in its U.S. based workforce in November 2008
as the world began to experience the impact of the financial crisis and a
global recession. After suffering revenue losses in 2009, Deutsche Post
rebounded in 2010 with 13.9% consolidated revenue growth by the end
of the third quarter. It is no coincidence that Deutsche Post’s commit-
ment to its values and moral principles has contributed to its ongoing
financial success.
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Back in the mid-1990s, well before the early 2000 corporate
accounting scandals, well before the dot.com bubble burst, and before
we could have even imagined the global financial crisis that exploded in
2008, we had a conversation both authors vividly recall. Doug was then
executive vice president, Advice and Retail Distribution for American
Express Financial Advisors. Doug was well known for developing a
high-performing sales force of approximately 10,000 financial advisors
and was an early champion of emotional intelligence skills training at
American Express. Fred, a pioneer in the field of executive coaching,
was a psychologist and co-founder of a leading executive development
company and then as now, actively engaged in helping senior executives
improve their personal performance as leaders.
As we talked, we realized that we had some common ideas about
the ingredients of high performance that we were both struggling to
conceptualize. We agreed on the importance of emotional intelli-
gence—the constellation of self-awareness, self-management, social
awareness, and relationship management skills that are now commonly
regarded as critical to success in the workplace. We discovered, though,
that neither of us thought emotional intelligence was sufficient to assure
consistent, long-term performance.
In the course of nearly 30 years, we had collectively worked as
business executives, entrepreneurs, and leadership consultants to chief
executives and senior leaders of Fortune 500 companies, large privately
held companies, and start-ups. We had each coached hundreds of lead-
ers. The most successful of them all seemed to have something in com-
mon that went beyond insight, discipline, or interpersonal skill. We also
spoke about noted public figures with masterful emotional intelligence
skills who would sway like reeds in the wind when faced with morally
loaded decisions. We hypothesized that there was something more basic
than emotional intelligence skills—a kind of moral compass—that
seemed to us to be at the heart of long-lasting business success. Our
ideas became the focus of the first edition of Moral Intelligence. In
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retrospect, we may have been ahead of our time: Given the financial
crises of the late 2000s, our initial insights about the central importance
of moral intelligence to business success seem more relevant than ever.
We offer this book as a roadmap for leaders to find and follow their
moral compasses. In the pages ahead, you will hear from leaders who
are committed to morally intelligent behavior. Although we believe that
doing the right thing is right for its own sake, recent history has demon-
strated that leaders who follow their moral compasses can find that it is
the right thing for their organizations as well. In this book, we hope you
find the tools to become the best leader you can be. You—and your
organization—deserve nothing less.
Leaders Interviewed We are deeply indebted to the large group of leaders who contributed to
our thinking and research. Our interview subjects were especially gen-
erous with their time and candid in their self-assessments.
Douglas Baker CEO, Ecolab Inc.
Dan Brettler CEO and Chairman, Car Toys, Inc.
Kenneth Chenault CEO and Chairman, American Express Company
Paul Clayton Former CEO, Jamba Juice
Stan Dardis CEO and President, Bremer Financial Corporation (retired)
Lon Dolber President, American Portfolio Financial Services
Jeff Ettinger CEO, Hormel Foods
Lynn Fantom CEO, ID Media
Paul Fribourg CEO and Chairman, Conti-Group Companies
Peter Georgescu Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam
Harvey Golub Director, Campbell’s Soup Company and Chairman and CEO (retired), American Express Company
Brian Hall Former CEO, Thomson Legal & Regulatory Group
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Don Hall, Jr. CEO and Vice Chairman, Hallmark Cards
Dick Harrington Chairman of The Cue Ball Group, former CEO, The Thomson Corporation
Brian Heath Owner, Grape Creek Vineyards
David Hubers CEO (retired), American Express Financial Advisors
Mike Hughes President, Safeco Insurance
Sally Jewell CEO, REI
Ken Kaess Former CEO, DDB Worldwide, now deceased
David Kenny President and Director, Akamai Technologies
Ken Krei President Wealth Management Group, M&I Bank
Mike LaRocco President and CEO, Fireman’s Fund Insurance
Dale Larson Owner and Chairman, Larson Manufacturing
Dan May President, Advisor Net
Rowland Moriarty, CEO and Chairman, Cubex Corporation; Ph.D. Founding Director, Staples; Founding Director,
PetsMart
Don MacPherson President, Modern Survey
Mark Oja CEO, ACTIVEAID
Larry Pinnt Chairman, Cascade Natural Gas
Michael Phillips Former Chairman, The Russell Investment Group
Keith Reinhard Former Chairman, DDB Worldwide
John Schlifske President and CEO, Northwestern Mutual
Spenser Segal CEO, ActiFi
Mayo Shattuck CEO and Chairman, Constellation Energy
Mark Sheffert Chairman and CEO, Manchester Companies
Dale Sperling Former CEO, Unico Real Estate Company
Jay Sleiter Former CEO and Chairman, BWBR Architects
Lynn Sontag President, Menttium Corporation
Kim Vappie CEO, Menttium Corporation
Charlie Zelle CEO and Chairman, Jefferson Bus Lines
Roger Arnold EVP and Chief Distribution Officer, Wealth Enhancement Group LLC
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Brenda Blake Senior Vice President, Global Leadership; Marketing, American Express
Walt Bradley Financial Advisor, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Sam Bronfman Former Senior Vice President, Seagrams, Inc.
George Brushaber Former President, Bethel University
Cindy Carlson Former President, Capital Professional Advisors
Michael Connolly Operating Partner, Legal Tube; Managing Partner, Atlas Digital Partners; Chairman, Table Trac
Dave Edwards Senior Vice President, Client Experience, TIAA Creft
Patrick Grace Former Senior Vice President, The Grace Corporation
M’Lynn Hoefer Principal, Tapaidra
Lori Kaiser Former Senior Vice President, Cray Computer Co.
Gary Kessler Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Honda America
Diane Kozlak Vice President Sales, Modern Survey
Karen Lane Former Governor’s Staff, State of Washington
Harvey Leuning Associate Pastor, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN
Ann Levinson Deputy Director, Seattle Monorail Authority
Pam Moret Senior Vice President, Strategic Development, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Gary O’Hagan President of Coaches Division, IMG
Carla Paulson EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Bremer Financial Group
Tom Perrine Senior Vice President IT, Cardinal Health
Mark Phillips SVP Distribution, UnitedHealthcare Medicare and Retirement (United Health Group)
David Risher Former Senior Vice President, Amazon.com
Pat Roraback Senior Vice President, M&I Bank
Jim Ruddy Former CLO, Safeco Insurance (Retired)
Joe Schlidt Private Family Office Director, Godfrey & Kahn SC
Tom Schinke Financial Advisor, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
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Kim Sharan President Financial Planning and Wealth Strategies and Chief Marketing Officer, Ameriprise Financial
Ben Smith Partner, Lennick Aberman Group; former CEO, American Partners Bank
Caroline Stockdale SVP and Chief Talent Officer, Medtronic
Jim Thomsen Senior Vice President of Distribution, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Michael Wilson Chief Operating Officer, Comerica Wealth Management
Mike Woodward Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Ducks Unlimited
Thought Partners We greatly appreciate our many colleagues and mentors whose input
has helped sharpen our thinking about the moral dimensions of leader-
ship. They include the following:
Rick Aberman, Ph.D. Psychologist, emotional intelligence expert, and co-author of Why Good Coaches Quit—and How You Can Stay in the Game
Reuven Bar-On, Ph.D. University of Texas Medical Branch, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where he directs research in emotional and social intelligence
Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and co-author of Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Kate Cannon President, Kate Cannon and Associates
Robert Caplan, Ph.D. Director, Beach Cities Health District, an organiza- tion charged with promoting mental and physical wellness in three adjacent communities in Southern California
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Cary Cherniss, Ph.D. Director of the Rutgers University Organizational Psychology Program, professor of Applied Psychology and co-author of The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace
Stephen Covey, Ph.D. Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People whose conversations with Doug in the early 1990s reinforced early versions of our alignment model
Vanessa Druskat Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics
Robert Emmerling, Ph.D. Consultant and researcher specializing in the application of emotional intelligence concepts in the workplace
Jim Garrison President and co-founder (with Mikail Gorbalhev) of the State of the World Forum and author of America as Empire
Roy Geer, Ph.D. Psychologist, consultant, and co-author (with Doug Lennick) of How to Get What You Want and Remain True to Yourself
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. Co-director of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University, author of Emotional Intelligence, Working with Emotional Intelligence, and co-author of Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Marilyn Gowing, Ph.D. Vice President for Public Sector Consulting and Services with the Washington office of AON Consulting
Darryl Grigg, Ph.D. Psychologist
Jennifer Hugstad-Vaa, Ph.D. Professor, St. Mary’s University Minnesota
Dorothy Hutcheson Head of School, Nightingale-Bamford School for Girls
Ruth Jacobs Director of Research and Technology at McClelland Center for Research and Initiatives, The Hay Group
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Stuart Kantor, Ph.D. Co-founder and principal of Red Oak Consulting, an executive development firm
Stephen Kelner, Jr. Global Knowledge Manager, Egon Zehnder International, Inc.
David Kidd Partner, Egon Zehnder International, Inc.
Carol Keers Co-founder, Change Masters, Inc.
Art Kleiner Editor-in-Chief, Strategy + Business Magazine
Kathy Kram, Ph.D. Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Boston University School of Management
Richard Leider Founding partner of The Inventure Group and author of Repacking Your Bags, the Power of Purpose, and Life Skills
Jim Loehr, Ph.D. Performance psychologist and co-author of The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal and author of Stress for Success
Fred Luskin, Ph.D. Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, co-founder of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project, and author of Forgive for Good
Matthew Mangino Consultant Director, Johnson & Johnson
Jim Mitchell Executive Fellow, Leadership at the Center for Ethical Business Cultures in Minneapolis
Tom Mungavan President and co-founder, Change Masters, Inc.
John Nicolay, MBA MBA instructor, University of Minnesota
Hy Pomerance, Ph.D. Co-founder and principal of Red Oak Consulting, an executive development firm
Richard Price, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Business Administration at the University of Michigan, and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research
Helen Reiess, M.D. Director, Empathy Research and Training, Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School
Fabio Sala, Ph.D. Associate Director, Learning and Development, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Jeffrey Schwartz Psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author, The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, Harper Perennial, 2003
Tony Schwartz Co-author of The Art of the Deal and The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal and author of What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America
Hersh Shefrin, Ph.D. Professor of Finance at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, and author of Beyond Greed and Fear
Judy Skoglund Partner, Lennick Aberman Group