Navigate difficult decisions, maintain trust, and uphold strong core values.
Explore the complexities of ethical leadership with Tina Seelig and John Hennessy as they share their experiences and insights. From handling ethical dilemmas to maintaining core values amidst challenges, John highlights the importance of honesty, trust, and organizational integrity. Tina leads a profound discussion on navigating gray areas where legality and ethics might conflict.
Together, they uncover strategies for fostering trust, inoculating oneself against unethical decisions, and how a leader's values impact the culture of an entire institution.
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Chapters:
(00:00:00) Introduction
Host Tina Seelig introduces the topic of ethical and trustworthy leadership with John Hennessy.
(00:01:05) Maintaining Ethics in Leadership
How reputation and core values play crucial roles in leadership.
(00:01:43) Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas
Encountering unethical requests and the importance of standing by one’s principles.
(00:03:46) Preventing Ethical Pitfalls
Advice on preparing for ethical challenges.
(00:05:04) Organizational Accountability
The challenges of ensuring ethics within large organizations.
(00:07:40) Ethical Decision-Making in Gray Areas
Navigating situations that fall in the gray areas of legality and ethics.
(00:10:48) Ethical Leadership and Core Values
The importance of staying true to core values in leadership.
(00:13:18) Trust and Crisis Management
Why trust is crucial for managing crises and driving change within organizations.
(00:16:00) Rebuilding Trust After a Crisis
Rebuilding trust and the importance of addressing issues head-on.
(00:18:19) Organizational Ethics and People
How ethics rely on both leadership and individual actions within the organization.
(00:20:05) Episode Takeaways
Four key lessons for listeners from this episode.
(00:20:36) Conclusion
Leading Matters 
