By creating explicit occasions to invite dissenting viewpoints on a new project, strategy or policy, leaders enable employees to feel that their questions are welcomed and appreciated. — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
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… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
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,… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
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
