Fred Kiel gives a few examples of what it means to be a great leader for a company in his book, Return on Character, where he focuses on the ties between strong moral values, success, and leadership. One of the examples he gives of what it means to be a leader who focuses on ethical … Continue reading Owning Our Mistakes
Category: Return on Character by Fred Kiel
Compiling a Coherent Life Story
One characteristic that high performing and morally focused CEOs have in common is an understanding of their life story and the events that happened in their life, shaping them into the people they are today. This idea is a cornerstone part of Fred Kiel’s book Return on Character. Kiel researched successful companies and CEOs trying … Continue reading Compiling a Coherent Life Story
Personal Change
Author Fred Kiel advocates for self-awareness and and the development of strong moral character traits among leaders in business throughout his book Return on Character. Kiel spends time explaining the ways in which leaders with strong values, who truly care about the people they work with and providing real value for the people they serve, bring … Continue reading Personal Change
Caring for the Workforce
Throughout his book Return on Character Fred Kiel addresses the importance of business leaders maintaining high moral standards and incorporating those standards into their businesses. Kiel addresses the ways in which leading with strong values can have a positive impact on a companies bottom line. He explains ways in which many companies fall short in bringing … Continue reading Caring for the Workforce
Human Capital
Many employees in companies across the country do not feel very engaged in the work they do. As a result, they don’t feel inspired to do their best, and they do not provide the most value possible to the companies they work for. Fred Kiel argues in his book Return on Character that this is because employees … Continue reading Human Capital
Organizational Structure
In his book Return on Character author Fred Kiel addresses ways in which a business leader’s strong moral character can boost the bottom line for the company they work for, and how their strong moral character can have a meaningful and positive impact on the lives of the employees working for them. Part of the way … Continue reading Organizational Structure
Expectations and Boundaries
Fred Kiel addresses the importance of leaders and how they transmit their values and beliefs throughout their leadership teams in his book Return on Character. He explains that it is important for leaders to hold strong moral values and principles, but he also explains the importance of leaders sharing those values and building them into … Continue reading Expectations and Boundaries
Confirmation Bias: A Hindrance to Quality Decision Making
Fred Kiel addresses his ideas about disciplined decision making processes in his book Return on Character which focuses on the ways in which leaders with strong moral character make greater impacts on the companies they lead than do leaders with weak moral character. Part of Kiel’s idea regarding these strong moral leaders is that they have … Continue reading Confirmation Bias: A Hindrance to Quality Decision Making
Mental Complexity
“The term mental complexity refers to our ability to perceive the subtle nuances that separate similar ideas, issues, and events in the world around us—the gray areas that replace the strictly black-and-white understandings of the world that most of us have when we’er young.” Fred Kiel uses this quote to introduce us to the ways in which … Continue reading Mental Complexity
Leadership: Act Accordingly
Fred Kiel addresses leadership throughout his book Return on Character and he constantly relates leadership and decision making back to our character development. Kiel focuses on self-awareness and the ability humans have to recognize their decision making and their environment and to grow and change within those frameworks. Kiel writes, “We aren’t born great leaders, after all; … Continue reading Leadership: Act Accordingly