Of Mountains, Molehills and Change Management    

An excerpt from Chad’s book “Thinking Aloud: Reflections on Ethical Leadership”. We hope you enjoy the essay – and perhaps introduce the questions below as a way to start conversations with your teammates. – ELA Team Get a free PDF version of Chad’s Book, “Thinking Aloud” now at https://ethinact.com/thinking-aloud/. Of Mountains, Molehills and Change Management    […]

The Ranting Tree

An excerpt from Chad’s book “Thinking Aloud: Reflections on Ethical Leadership”. We hope you enjoy the essay – and perhaps introduce the questions below as a way to start conversations with your teammates. – ELA Team See a list of other posts in this series at Blog Post Series The Ranting Tree: A Shortage of […]

Helping Those Who Care for Our Elderly: Online

As we bring 2020 to a close we are all looking for things to be thankful for during a year of serious hardships.  At ELA we are thankful for the success we have had serving our clients by moving our courses and workshops online.  2021 will be our 13th year teaching the Leading 4 Life […]

Warning: Humans in the Workplace

An excerpt from Chad’s book “Thinking Aloud” which discusses another aspect of The Elements of Moral Action. We hope you enjoy the essay – and perhaps introduce the questions below as a way to start conversations with your teammates. – ELA Team See a list of other posts in this series at Blog Post Series […]

Ethical Intuition

An excerpt from Chad’s book “Thinking Aloud” which discusses another aspect of The Elements of Moral Action. We hope you enjoy the essay – and perhaps introduce the questions below as a way to start conversations with your teammates. – ELA Team See a list of other posts in this series at Blog Post Series […]

Professional Development Program: The Elements of Moral Action

Professional Development Program The Elements of Moral Action   We live in a world where it can be extremely difficult to get a bearing with your moral compass.  What is the right thing to do?  Why should we do it?  How do we push through the tension or uncertainty surrounding difficult situations?  How can we […]

Courage in the Moment

Introduction by James (Jamie) Fischer At Ethical Leaders in Action, we have been focused a lot these days on Moral Courage, one of the Elements of Moral Action.  If you saw Chad’s recent video post, https://ethinact.com/video-the-elements-of-moral-action-part-1/, you know that we observe three elements which lead to Moral Action: Moral Motivation, Moral Clarity, and Moral Courage. […]

Command and Control

See a list of other posts in this series at Blog Post Series Command and Control It sounds intimidating, doesn’t it?  Command conjures up images of the great general on horseback or the company president barking orders as their eager assistants take notes.  Control gives the impression of the puppet master pulling strings, or maybe life […]

Leaders Listen

“True” listening can occur only when we are open to the difference and the uniqueness of the other without judgment, blame, or critique. In being and doing so, we are listening ethically. (Harlene Anderson, Taos Institute) Here are just a few of the examples of challenges your employees are facing, and have been facing, for […]

The Elements of Moral Action: Video

In this video Chad Weinstein lays out the Elements of Moral Action: moral motivation, moral clarity, and moral courage.