Moral Intelligence:Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success - Hardcover

"Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel offer a timely, important, and practical personal guidance system that anyone in the business world would do well to adopt. The world of business would be vastly improved if Moral Intelligence became required reading." --Daniel Goleman, author, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE "Lennick & Kiel are consulting masters who guide us the way they live-with moral intelligence. They prove that you don't have to sacrifice your soul to lead productively." --Richard J. Leider, Founder, The Inventure Group and bestselling author of REPACKING YOUR BAGS and THE POWER OF PURPOSE "We live in an increasingly competitive and global world. Increasingly, "the end justifies the means." This often results in the loss of our moral compass. Lennick and Kiel show us that the truly great business leaders never sacrifice moral integrity for financial goals and that maintaining the highest ethical standards is not only the "right" thing to do, it produces the best companies and the best results." Paul Fribourg, CEO of Conti-Group Companies and Chairman, Lauder Institute, Wharton Business School Moral Intelligence demonstrates compellingly that doing what is right morally and doing what is right for your business are inseparable. Lennick and Kiel cite numerous business cases where the moral decision was also the smartest strategic decision. Importantly, they provide practical advice and exercises to help readers assess and strengthen their own moral competence and effectiveness as leaders. For CEOs and other decision makers, Moral Intelligence makes good business sense. Dick Harrington, CEO of the Thomson Companies "It should be obvious by now -- our private enterprise system needs to revisit its role in our society. The questions are: What changes are in order and how can they be achieved? Moral Intelligence addresses these questions and provides tools to implement the answers." Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. President/CEO -- Hallmark Cards, Inc. (Ret.) Moral Intelligence is excellent reading for new entrants to the business world as well as experienced managers. I found numerous examples that were right on point with actual events that I have experienced in over 40 years of managing. It was also helpful to have the topics presented in the context of current events that hold the readers interest. This book should be on the reading list of every student regardless of their career choice. Larry Pinnt, Chairman, Cascade Natural Gas

Through a combination of research, and original thought leadership, the authors demonstrate how the best performing companies have leaders who actively apply moral values to achieve enduring personal and organizational success. These individuals exhibit moral intelligence: a strong moral compass and the ability to follow it. Lennick and Kiel reveal how dozens of companies benefit from the moral intelligence of their leaders, help build specific moral competencies leaders need: integrity, responsibility, compassion, forgiveness, and more. This book also includes the new Moral and Emotional Competency Inventory (MECI): an indispensable metric to assess moral intelligence. Leaders with strong moral intelligence can build the trust and commitment that are the foundation of truly great businesses. Be one of those leaders, lead one of those companies, with Moral Intelligence.