integrity

Colin posted a book review on leadership and self-deception in the Hub Book Club and said it provoked the most changed behaviour out of all the books his leadership group at Black & Decker had read and discussed.

We all know too many bosses who became leaders to be somebody; to climb the greasy pole. John Boyd, the fighter pilot famous for inventing the OODA loop decision-making matrix (Observe, Orientate, Decide, Act) defined people who became leaders to be somebody as people who give up some of their integrity to achieve advancement. Hence the paradox that often the best leaders are not in a formal leadership position in the hierarchy, because they refuse to choose placement over integrity.