On Integrity - according to the Conscious Leadership Group

Why integrity matters#

Having integrity is crucial for being a well-adjusted individual and surrounding yourself with people who want the best for you, whatever that is based on circumstances. Being well-adjusted means being able to make others feel secure and trust that you will behave reliably. This can boost your confidence and improve the quality of your life since the nature of your relationships can significantly affect your overall well-being.

A high-integrity approach to life can enhance your degree of meaning and responsibility because it is a source of leverage that makes you someone people want to have on their side. Integrity—from the Latin “integer” (source)—in the behavioral context is a way of showing up in the world as a whole human, which makes life easier for others because they know they can rely on you; and for yourself because you know you can rely on yourself.

As the Conscious Leadership Group’s exponents underline, drama (emotionally charged interpersonal conflicts and events) arises from unkept agreements (often unspoken) or unaligned commitments (often unspoken too). Integrity is leaning into agreements and commitments with the whole body. Agreements are implicit or explicit rules of behavior with other people, which may manifest themselves in value statements in organizational settings. Commitments represent the whole-body conviction of sticking to the agreements with conviction and honesty.