Recent Responsible Leadership Survey Results - HERE

Have you completed the latest Responsible Leadership survey yet?

If not, complete the Responsible Leadership 2010 survey here.

You will help our development of the...

International Road-Map for Responsible Leadership into 2011 and beyond...

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One question in our survey is an open ended question...

"I believe responsible leaders should...

Here are some recent responses..

• Seek to serve their people, their planet and their community
• Lead by Example and take every opportunity to promote ethical behaviour in the boardroom and in public
• Influence the way in which the business world links with the community
• Be ethical and motivational, be empowering to their people, provide clear direction, be consistent
• Take accountability for the results of what they do and what they don't do. We all live in many systems and everything we do impacts them in some way.
• If we take a wider view of responsibile leadership not just to the people we directly impact but to the community - business or social, society as a whole and the environment we live in, we start to see our impact and imprint on the world.  Then we act as if everything we do and every choice we make matters in some way.
• Find the right people and work with their strengths to build sustainable organisations that give back to the community they serve
• Act in the best interests of the country, society, those they manage and the business they are involved in to achieve long term ethically responsible and sustainable outcomes that improve quality of life where possible
• Set challenging goals and strive towards them
• Look after their people and at the same time maintain/enhance a performance culture
• Be motivated to support the best interests of their staff
• Contribute their time to emphasise their vaules and lead by example in fund raising and elevating the cause they believe in
• Discussions on corporate - community investment should be initiated from CEO to CEO so that the two sector leaders agree on mutual business strategy and how each will complement the other - Effective leadership requires multiple touchpoints within each busines from Board through management and staff
• Understand how they can contribute to the community and to building future capability. These leaders cannot be 'scared' to articulate their values and to live their values
• ..keep it real....never lose their common touch...
• ...make this the focus of everything you do, not just everything you say....people do come before profits and not at the expense of profit
• Look ahead to the liniage of their children - behave and design a world as they wish for them
• Recognise the direct and indirect impact their choices and leadership behaviours have on people today and in the future - postively and negatively
• Balance or even better integrate people, planet and profits so that organisations do good and ideally do no harm
• create the environment and culture to support people development, high performance  and sustainable business success without ecological offence
• Turn the heads of their tactically thinking colleagues to a longer term view
• To begin I - don't like the word "should"... I believe responsible and effective leaders take responsibility for an intention to learn how to be effective personally and professionally knowing that each thought, feeling and action has an effect locally and globally
• First and foremost be an example to others - lead the way with new initiatives and "paying it forward"
• Driving cultural change where needed
• Supporting community development
• Developing people and communities that surround them
• Invest in human resources, proved clear strategies for the long term, communicate consistently with all stakeholder providing consistent messages. Business focus should look to building capacity, growth and profit, though sometimes recognize these are sometime competing interests
• Overall businesses should look to support the community and be cogniscent on their environmental footprint
• Know, understand and respect our clients by delivering quality people, supported by excellent management processes in an environment of teamwork and achievement
• Listen
• Seriously consider the long term impact on our world of plans - think beyond today's $ to what the world will be like 50 years' hence - be brave in facing up to those who disagree on emotional (vs factual) grounds; have stewardship as a personal core value and live it to the fullest
• Have compassion, conviction, and respect

We look forward to your thoughts that will contribute to our Responsible Leadership 2011-> RoadMap.

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