Professional Integrity; Know Your Boundaries.

Professional Integrity; Know Your Boundaries

When boundaries are tested, strength is demanded.  Professional integrity will endure the harshest of business blows.  Welcome critics to assess the foundation of sound principles.  All is revealed in troubling times.

High standards excel above and beyond mediocre or lackadaisical performances.  Transparency clears up any uncertainty.  It’s only the ignorant that think power of such magnitude can be easily trampled.

High standards excel above and beyond mediocre or lackadaisical performances. Share on X

Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company. – Hannah Arendt

A promotion.

Close professional bonds are an additional bonus in our everyday working lives.  Friendships are formed and trust develops over time.

A promotion shifts these dynamics.  It should be a time for celebration.  Yet this step up has the potential to create animosity in established relationships.  Job titles change as pay rates increase.

With a new position comes more responsibility.  Confidentiality is a priority.  No longer able to disclose employee details or gossip within the group.

A struggle develops when attempting to balance new rules with old work friends.  Moving up the corporate ladder is not achieved with sloppy work ethics.  Professional integrity is at stake.

Continue reading