Welcome to TishTrek - THE JOB BLOG:
Allow me to 'paraphrase' from Dr. Phil McGraw's quote that I shared on my last blog post. “I'm one of those 'recruiters' & a 'voter' that believes you can't be one kind of a man or woman and another kind of president, governor, IMF head, sales executive, CEO, leader, employee, parent, & spouse.”
One week ago, I wrote about protecting your reputation on Social Networks. I spoke openly and passionately about the importance of employees and employment candidates possessing 'leader behaviors' which in my book includes operating with 'business integrity & values;' having the 'management courage' to speak up no matter what the personal consequences; understanding the value of 'teamwork & collaboration" - (i.e. - If you can believe it, few things in life are only about you!); living the tenets of 'ethical transparency,'and the list goes on... What repeat leader behaviors make your list?
The Media's informative reporting on the sick details related to the alleged actions of former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and California Governor 'Benedict Arnold' Schwarzenegger has inspired a re-assessment and re-inspection of all the self-described & self-absorbed leaders of our time.
For almost 25 years, I've worked for companies who made it their business to reject employment candidate in the hiring process who arrived with great skills and experiences, but whose past performance history lacked consistent 'leader behaviors.'
The leaders in the news this week are high profile cases of two iconic men in their chosen fields with past performance histories that included life-long ethical challenges and frankly a lack of respect for all the women in their lives and the world over. Few people are 'actually' surprised by either story.
In former Governor Schwarzenegger's case, who chose to live a double-life which lacked transparency, trust, respect for others (including his own child who he did not recognize publicly for 13 years)... It's all sad, but everyone saw this train wreck coming because we've watched his behavior in public for decades.
In an age, when staying single or divorce are legitimate and popular options, this sad story for the Shriver & Baena families would be no ones' business if the voters of California were not involved. Think about it, he partially failed as Governor because an end result of his 'consistent' unethical behavior obviously kept him from having the ability to focus 100% on the serious challenges he was accountable for in his state.
Unfortunately, on Wall Street, in politics, and inside companies very often powerful, good looking, or rich people who have operated with despicable repeat behaviors since age 11, talk their way through some of the best behavioral assessment experts in the land.
When hiring practices or voting habits fail to mitigate these risks (i.e. fail to weed these people out) for companies, states, voting districts, corporate employee populations, customers and clients, the potential for damage is dangerous and devastating for organizations on so many levels.
Great leaders in companies and communities make a difference everyday because they live the leader behaviors that so many people either weren't born with, never learned or made a choice to never practice them.
If you find yourself challenged in these areas, work harder to change those behaviors that can trip you up in every single part of your life because it's all connected.
Best regards,
TishTrek
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