Rebuilding Trust in Business

This is a great little article/blog in Harvard Business Publishing's March 17th edition. Within the text, it also lists a few other great articles to read in regard to leadership. The article as the title suggests has everything to do with 'trust.' A particular passage I enjoyed follows;

"....what enables a corporation to succeed in the longer term is a wish for immortality, or at least a long life; a consistent set of values based on an awareness of the organization's own identity; a willingness to change; and a passionate concern for developing the capability and self-confidence of its core inhabitants, whom the company values more than its physical assets. I suggest that those conditions are best met when organizations live up to the literal meaning of the word company--"the sharing of bread"--and regard themselves as communities, not property.....in time, the laws governing corporations will change to reflect (this) new reality."

Well said! All too often we see how ego and greed lead the 'leaders' of an organization into the dark abyss of unprincipled centered leadership. At what point is it that individuals take that turn for the worse where all of a sudden they feel that they got to that point in their company or within their personal life that they believe their accomplishments were achieved solely by themselves?!
Why is it that we often see power and money corrupt and bankrupt both individuals and companies?
While we have always believed that a company gets its vision and direction from the leaders within that organization - we also believe that the company will only achieve that vision of long-term successful financial growth- THROUGH ITS PEOPLE. It is people after all who drive the organization - filled with great ideas ready to blossom - if only the leaders believe and give them the chance to contribute in their success... Their success becomes our success...

Enjoy the read and until next time...