Chapter 7. Effective Leadership and Personal Integrity
As we've seen, Drucker made a clear distinction between the law and personal integrity. Personal integrity, he felt, had to be a part of everything that a leader did; without it, leaders had no legitimacy and their followers would eventually desert them. As he wrote, "In military training, the first rule is to instill soldiers with trust in their officers, because without trust they won't fight."[60]
Integrity in Action
The need for personal integrity is integral to all of Drucker's views of leadership. Integrity means adherence to a moral code; particularly, adherence to such a code under all conditions and regardless of whether anyone knows it. To Drucker integrity is critical because "the ...
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