Comments on: Character Issues: Responsibility — its apparent demise http://drpaulwhite.com/blog/2008/09/28/character-issues-responsibility-its-apparent-demise/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:50:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Doug Tucker http://drpaulwhite.com/blog/2008/09/28/character-issues-responsibility-its-apparent-demise/#comment-12295 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:56:01 +0000 http://drpaulwhite.com/blog/2008/09/28/character-issues-responsibility-its-apparent-demise/#comment-12295 Paul, I enjoy your observations. The whole area of character and the issues you point out is exacly what our MERIT Character-Driven Leadership program addresses. The MERIT Integrated Solutions entire suite of services provides tangible solutions to helping organziations build and sustain a character-driven culture. Knowing your concern and heart for the importance of character I would like to discuss how we could colloboarate more proactively on ways that would position our solutions within the corporate and government marketplace. We had 10 days ago our MERIT I training. It was humbling how each participant accepted and reacted to our plans. Let us know how we can help colloborate to continue to support the importance of character and how we must all engage to do our part to bring forth viable solutions that can have an impact and make a difference. Paul,

I enjoy your observations. The whole area of character and the issues you point out is exacly what our MERIT Character-Driven Leadership program addresses. The MERIT Integrated Solutions entire suite of services provides tangible solutions to helping organziations build and sustain a character-driven culture.

Knowing your concern and heart for the importance of character I would like to discuss how we could colloboarate more proactively on ways that would position our solutions within the corporate and government marketplace. We had 10 days ago our MERIT I training. It was humbling how each participant accepted and reacted to our plans.

Let us know how we can help colloborate to continue to support the importance of character and how we must all engage to do our part to bring forth viable solutions that can have an impact and make a difference.

]]> by: Keith http://drpaulwhite.com/blog/2008/09/28/character-issues-responsibility-its-apparent-demise/#comment-12293 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:03:27 +0000 http://drpaulwhite.com/blog/2008/09/28/character-issues-responsibility-its-apparent-demise/#comment-12293 Paul- I had an interesting discussion yesterday with an Asian friend of mine who talked about the cultural differences between Asians (specifically Chinese - He is an architech from Hong Kong) and Americans. He said that the Chinese try very hard to not make mistakes, which leads them to very safe solutions. Americans, however, try very hard to find creative solutions which leads them to take greater risks. Are Americans greater risk takers because we do poorer job of holding people accountable for their mistakes? Probably. My friend noted that there seems to be little shame in failure in America. Do we want to bring back shame as a means of holding people accountable? Choosing all safe solutions is not necessarily better than choosing some risky solutions mixed in with some safe ones. I think the issue is taking unnecessary risks with OPM (other people's money). That's what I consider to be the problem with sub-prime lending and borrowing. Paul-
I had an interesting discussion yesterday with an Asian friend of mine who talked about the cultural differences between Asians (specifically Chinese - He is an architech from Hong Kong) and Americans. He said that the Chinese try very hard to not make mistakes, which leads them to very safe solutions. Americans, however, try very hard to find creative solutions which leads them to take greater risks. Are Americans greater risk takers because we do poorer job of holding people accountable for their mistakes? Probably. My friend noted that there seems to be little shame in failure in America. Do we want to bring back shame as a means of holding people accountable?
Choosing all safe solutions is not necessarily better than choosing some risky solutions mixed in with some safe ones. I think the issue is taking unnecessary risks with OPM (other people’s money). That’s what I consider to be the problem with sub-prime lending and borrowing.

]]> by: Who’s responsible? « Douglas and Main http://drpaulwhite.com/blog/2008/09/28/character-issues-responsibility-its-apparent-demise/#comment-12292 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:47:00 +0000 http://drpaulwhite.com/blog/2008/09/28/character-issues-responsibility-its-apparent-demise/#comment-12292 [...] What’s up with that? Dr. Paul White has some thoughts. [...] […] What’s up with that? Dr. Paul White has some thoughts. […]

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