Throughout history we have seen the tyranny of the powerful over the less powerful - think of the history of colonialism or… — Mary C. Gentile Failure 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… — Mary C. Gentile Be creative 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… — Mary C. Gentile Action 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… — Mary C. Gentile Business 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… — Mary C. Gentile Action 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.… — Mary C. Gentile Believe 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… — Mary C. Gentile Action 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… — Mary C. Gentile Invitations 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… — Mary C. Gentile Believe 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… — Mary C. Gentile Creativity Copy Share Image
I have to think that we all have - at one time or another - felt that our own voice was silenced… — Mary C. Gentile Children 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… — Mary C. Gentile Decision Copy Share Image
Perhaps sometimes we have self-serving sense that we often experience when we believe we know better than our boss, our teacher, our… — Mary C. Gentile Believe Copy Share Image
Typically efforts to address values and ethics in business education and leadership development tend to focus on building Awareness and teaching Analysis.… — Mary C. Gentile Awareness Copy Share Image
When leaders are willing to talk through their own decision-making process, making visible that values are an important consideration, this sends a… — Mary C. Gentile Consideration Copy Share Image
We are better able to bring the same sort of pragmatic planning and analytical pre-work to our values scripts that we would… — Mary C. Gentile Impulsive Copy Share Image
By creating explicit occasions to invite dissenting viewpoints on a new project, strategy or policy, leaders enable employees to feel that their… — Mary C. Gentile Appreciated Copy Share Image
Communicating and celebrating the times when individuals have made values-based decisions is, of course, empowering and can provide role models. But perhaps… — Mary C. Gentile Celebrate Copy Share Image
