Eva Gysling, OLY

The brutal truth: Others control your career progress!
 
Take back control with this framework:
 
🎇 Shocking truth: Right now, somewhere...

Your name is being mentioned in a meeting.
But who's fighting in your corner?

🎇 The painful reality:

❌ Some spread doubt behind closed doors
❌ Others demolish reputations in silence
✔ While few... fight fiercely for your success

The difference?

❌ It's not your talent.
✔ It's who speaks up for you when you aren't there.

Here's how to build an army of career defenders:

1. Become worth fighting for
↳ Deliver work that makes others look brilliant
↳ Be the colleague everyone wants on their team

2. Turn leaders into loyal advocates
↳ Make your wins visible (but credit your supporters)
↳ Solve problems that keep your bosses awake

3. Build your high-level support network
↳ Connect with seniors two levels above you
↳ Give them reasons to remember your name

4. Create trust that echoes
↳ Champion others first (especially in their absence)
↳ Build a reputation that speaks before you enter a room

🎇 The brutal truth:

- In every senior meeting...
- In every promotion discussion...
- In every project assignment...

🎇 Someone is either:

✔ Championing your potential
❌ Or letting silence kill your chances

🔥 Your reputation travels without you 🔥

Make sure it has powerful allies carrying it.

What's the most powerful way someone has advocated for you when you weren't in the room?

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Think integrity in leadership doesn't matter?

Think again. It's the cornerstone of trust.
 
“Look for 3 things in a person: intelligence, energy, and integrity. If they don’t have the last one, don’t even bother with the first.” Warren Buffet

In today's dynamic professional landscape, integrity is the cornerstone of effective leadership, encompassing alignment with core values, accountability, and ethical conduct, all crucial for fostering trust. Leaders must embody integrity in every aspect of their roles, as it stands tall as a foundational pillar guiding decisions and character.
 
Integrity is the quality of being honest, truthful, accountable, and reliable, with actions aligned with one's values and principles and committed to doing what is right, even when faced with challenges or temptations.
 
Integrity has a transformative impact on organizational culture and success in several significant ways by building:
 
1) Trust and collaboration
2) Strengthening relationships
3) Credibility and respect
4) Strong decision making
5) Accountability and responsibility
6) Employee engagement and morale
7) Positive reputation and long-term success
8) Innovation and adaptability
 
Integrity is built over time through deliberate actions and consistent behavior. Here are several ways to cultivate and strengthen integrity:

1) Define aligned core values
2) Lead by example
3) Clearly communicate expectations on integrity
4) Encourage transparency
5) Provide training and development
6) Reward integrity
7) Foster a culture where trust is valued and nurtured
8) Build strong, honest, and reliable relationships
9) Follow unethical behavior with consequences
10) Continuously evaluate and improve

By actively promoting integrity, cultures, where ethical conduct is valued, practiced, and celebrated, can be built.
 
These points deepen understanding and foster a stronger dedication to practicing integrity both personally and professionally:
 
- Self-development: grow by practicing continuous self-reflection
- Vulnerability and courage: integrity requires vulnerability, courage to stand up for what is right, despite discomfort or opposition
- Resilience: individuals are empowered to navigate challenges with determination, drawing strength from their values
- Emotional intelligence: the correlation enables leaders to empathize, resolve conflicts constructively, and build trust-based relationships
- Courage: integrity demands courage to stand up for what is right, advocating for others' well-being despite discomfort or opposition
- Impact on well-being: prioritizing integrity leads to greater happiness, fulfillment, and inner peace
- Ripple effect: acts of integrity create a ripple effect, inspiring positive change, and trust in thriving cultures within organizations
 
 
What does integrity mean to you, and how does integration help in your environment?

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