Time pressures are a reality of business life that cannot be eliminated entirely and that even can create a beneficial focus at times, it can be powerful to set aside discrete occasions where individuals are invited to step back, to… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share
Throughout history we have seen the tyranny of the powerful over the less powerful - think of the history of colonialism or of slavery… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
We try to effectively free ourselves up to be creative, to think about what might be possible, to come up with truly innovative ways… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
I am most comfortable in a "learner" role, I may raise my values-related concerns by asking the well-crafted and well-timed question, rather than by… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
Time pressures are a reality of business life that cannot be eliminated entirely and that even can create a beneficial focus at times, it can be powerful to set aside discrete occasions where individuals are invited to step back, to look at their projects from different vantages, to consider input not usually examined, and so on. This again encourages folks… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share
Often we fail to voice and act on our values because, before we even apply our best thinking to developing an action plan, we… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
As for my interest in diversity, I believe it is closely aligned with my work on the project, Giving Voice To Values. That is, there are often times when we may witness or personally experience situations where some individuals are not treated with the same respect or care as others, precisely due to some difference in their identities, their styles,… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share
The whole endeavor becomes less about a constraint on action and rather about helping us to be more of who we would actually like… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
It seems that simply being willing to express our views clearly, persuasively and without malice, can be a powerful invitation to others who may… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
In short, we needed to shift our thinking and teaching about values-driven leadership from asking the question "What is the right thing to do?"… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
Interestingly, many of the organizational characteristics that have been identified as conducive to effectively managing diversity and as conducive to fostering innovation and creativity… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
I have to think that we all have - at one time or another - felt that our own voice was silenced or under-valued.… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
I believed that we would all come to better decisions and we would create more humane and ultimately more livable and more sustainably productive… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
