Programs

Integrity Check-up Workshop

"Integrity and firmness are all I can promise. These be the voyage, long and short, shall never forsake me."
George Washington, April 1789

in•te•gri•ty: whole, undiminished, unimpaired, undivided, unadulterated, uncorrupted, unbroken, sound, complete
Integrity is a most powerful asset, It is every person's true north on their ethical compass. An individual's personal work on integrity grows a noble character. Working on it with others grows trust. Momentarily forgetting integrity in the pursuit of short term gain can destroy a lifetime of good works. Remembering it while addressing tough decisions and circumstances reaps endless respect from others.

in•te•gri•ty: Its work is never complete. Integrity is not a prize won; it is a virtue practiced by individuals active in the day-in-day-out commerce of businesses, organizations, agencies, collaborations, communities, governments and nations. As a yardstick offering a mirror for self reflection, integrity can be a transparent, demanding taskmaster. As a tool in the mission work of organizations, it can be the benchmark that defines sustained marketplace success.

in•te•gri•ty: For the individual integrity encompasses honesty, respect for self and others, responsibility, fair mindedness. For organizations its tasking includes teamwork, accountability, perseverance and vigilant communication. Integrity embraces self-management and pursues an organizational culture that values the talents and skills of individuals working creatively and productively in shared purpose.

in•te•gri•ty: What does it look like as an interactive, educational workshop... the ethical edge INTEGRITY CHECK-UP? The check-up is a 2 ½ hour group experience of thinking, conversation, reflection and reporting intended to capture an organizational pulse of the perception of the workplace culture of integrity.

in•te•gri•ty: Does the ethical edge INTEGRITY CHECK-UP provide an exact measurement of workplace culture? No. The workshop is not a diagnostic test. The workshop is an experience of shared observation that captures the integrity pulse of an organization working together to explore ethical insights focused on how the organization communicates trust among all stakeholders who deliver the organization's mission, goals and objectives to the business and professional marketplace.

in•te•gri•ty: What ethical insights may be discovered in the ethical edge INTEGRITY CHECK-UP? Participants may discover together that their workplace culture does or does not:

value accountability, commitment, responsibility or tolerates misuse of the workplace for personal needs.
value teamwork or tolerates competitive employee backstabbing.
value the means justifying the ends or tolerate cutting corners and compromising service or product excellence.
value innovative thinking in delivering the organization's product/service or fixates on placing blame for mistakes.
value management modeling ethical behavior or tolerates a management model of "Do as I say; Not as I do."
value open handed communications and processes for problem-solving or tolerates grapevine gossip, secrecy.
value patience, understanding, empathy or tolerates double standards that coddle and protect the few.

in•te•gri•ty: What 2 Deliverables do participants experience in the ethical edge INTEGRITY CHECK-UP? (1) The Ethical Assets: management skills defining personal and professional integrity; (2) The Integrity Pulse: consensus statements of the organization's integrity indicators discovered and discussed in the workshop by participants.

in•te•gri•ty: Contact Passkeys at 949-770-7602 to pursue your organization's ethical edge INTEGRITY CHECK-UP.

Leaders of Integrity Awards

The 2nd Annual Event - October 13, 2010 11:15 am-1:30 PM
Radisson Hotel Newport Beach
4545 Mac Arthur Blvd. adjacent to John Wayne Airport

Building upon a thirteen year tradition of presenting the Ethics In America program, Passkeys redefines and renews its annual celebration of ethical excellence as it presents the inaugural ethical edge LEADERS OF INTEGRITY awards.

The special event will honor four Orange County leaders who have modeled a sustained commitment to build trust-driven relationships that elevate and inspire those they serve. Each selected honoree will represent a distinct arena of the OC business and professional community.

Highlighting the program will be the LEADERS OF INTEGRITY Speaker Bruce Brown, national keynote speaker to athletes, coaches, parents, school districts and corporations.

Forum: A leadership conversation

The FORUM:
For four consecutive months 6-10 professional leaders make a commitment to themselves and their FORUM peers to come together for a two ½ hour roundtable conversation about the seven ethical edge commitments that define the self-management skills of integrity.

The 4-month/10-hour time commitment includes an Introduction; 7 distinct and unique one-hour thematic conversations and 1 summary conversation linking the participants' interests to further their professional leadership networking about the themes explored in the FORUM.

FORUM participants enter into a meaningful, thought provoking inquiry and dialogue about what it takes to wear the mantle of leadership using a conscious code of ethical conduct.

Russell Williams facilitates each FORUM conversation. All conversations are held with mutual confidentiality among participants.

The FORUM's Purpose: valuing a time set-aside for the purposeful networking of professionals who carry the shared noble purpose of building a personal and professional life of integrity.