Moral Intelligence: Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success

What makes humans human? "Morals," says Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel, Ph. D. in Moral Intelligence. Understanding morality and putting it to work in leaders' lives is the premise of this easy-to-read work. The components of a moral compass (comprised of principles, values and beliefs), goals (including purpose and wants) and behavior (through thoughts, emotions and actions) interact together to form moral intelligence.With a genuineness that comes from describing their direct conversations with scores of leaders, the authors make a case for driving business performance through responsible, moral conduct. They believe there is a set of universal expectations about how other human being should be treated and that "they apply to all people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious belief, or location on the globe." Moral Intelligence features copious detailed stories; most include real names versus using pseudonyms, which lends authenticity. Models describe processes, mental schemas and frameworks. To ensure that readers are able to internalize and apply their learning, a series of worksheets guide leaders through the process of defining and refining their own morality.Conspicuous by its absence is a clear warning about the insidious role of self-deceit in the role of leadership. For more on this topic, try  Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box  by Arbinger Institute.One quick "Huh?!" moment: The previously-mentioned Moral Compass Inventory uses the unfortunate acronym, "MCI," 25 times in the book. Unfortunately, this acronym shares its letters with a company, MCI (formerly MCI WorldCom), known for its accounting scandal in the early twenty-first century and its subsequent bankruptcy.Moral Intelligence makes a case for establishing a moral compass, for setting goals related to that compass and for monitoring one's behavior constantly to assure overall alignment. Practical and documented, while remaining approachable, it could appeal to leaders at all stages of their careers.

Really enjoyed this book! A great reference for anyone already in or desiring a leadership role.

Moral Intelligence is an excellent book much needed in todays' world of questionable business behaviors. The book allows you to look into the mirror of YOUR OWN beliefs, values and corresponding actions by taking a moral intelligence inventory, and then assists you in ways to develop integrity. Bottom line, credibility is what gives you credit with others (and, really, with self) and this book can help anyone become a more credible individual.

What I appreciated the most in this book is the fact it halps you to reconsidering you leadership style in a more ethical way.It is an important self analysis all leaders, and actually all the people should do.So read this book at least onece in your life for yourself, your housband/wife, your child and collegues.

This book, a perfect companion for Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, impressed me so much that I, as Senior Counsel now retired of my law firm, gave a copy to each of our 64 lawyers. It represents the way we have tried in this firm to practice law for over 58 years and I wanted to urge them to try daily to improve this way in the practice.

I did not get into the book deeply to get as much as it may have to offer.

Good book

The service was spot on. The book is very good. buy it , read it , and pass it on.