Self Esteem and Team Performance Post #6 Personal Integrity
My final post on the impact of self esteem on team performance, the 6th pillar as defined in Nathaniel Branden’s book “The Six Pillars of Self Esteem” – Personal Integrity
6. Personal integrity:
Living with congruence between what we know, what we profess, and what we do; telling the truth, honoring our commitments, exemplifying in action the values we professes to admire; dealing with others fairly and benevolently.
Living with personal integrity impacts every aspect of our lives and how we feel about our self. As part of a team it is fundamental in the develop and maintenance of trust amongst team members. Trust is the foundational element of effective teams, it opens the doors to all other elements of teams working effectively together. Personal integrity is not just about making the right choices ethically and morally, it is about being consistent between our thoughts and actions. If we do not understand ourselves and our motivations enough we can appear to be lacking personal integrity as we do not act with consistency, this can undermine trust within a team. Self reflection when we find we are being challenged on our consistency is extremely important to work out for ourselves where we stand and then in turn can manage the trust development with out team members.
Lynn
Team Enthusiast
