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What is Integrity?

Stephen M.R. Covey in his book, “The Speed of Trust” (which is an awesome book btw) offers up some questions to help you self-reflect on your current degree of integrity.

Grab a coffee and see how you measure up:

“#1
Do I genuinely try to be honest in all my interactions with others?

#2
Do I typically walk my talk?

#3
Am I clear on my values? Do I feel comfortable standing up for them?

#4
Am I open to the possibility of learning new truths that may cause me to rethink issues, or even redefine my values?

#5
Am I able to consistently make and keep commitments to myself?”

What did you discover?

 

 

When I did this exercise myself, I thought it would be a straight forward ‘tick box’ session (because I feel that I have consistent high levels of integrity)…

And yet each question still gave me pause to reflect.

#1: Am I genuinely honest all of the time? I would have to be honest and say that’s a 90% ‘yes’ and a 10% ‘bending the truth’, usually (in my mind) to protect the person I am speaking with.

#2: I definitely walk my talk. 100%.

#3: I am very clear on what I value and I make lots of effort to prioritise the most important ones. And yes I am clear on my boundaries with my values and have learned over the years to  communicate them with greater ease.

#4: I am very open to learning new things and challenging my current perspectives so… yes – that’s a tick!

#5: Do I consistently keep the commitments I make to myself? On everything except for taking more time to rest, time out to just ‘be’ and to exercise. That is my learning there.

 

 

What do you think about ‘integrity’?

What sort of behaviours are important to you that demonstrate you are behaving with high integrity?

It’s a really interesting one. Maybe it’s a value that many of us takes for granted…

One thing that’s certain: taking time out to do a bit of self-reflection goes a long way.

What do you think?

Rebecca

 

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