Ethics, Trust, and Teamwork

Presented to CEAM 2020

Charles A. Weinstein, Ph.D.Ethical Leaders in Action

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Playground Leadership

Building Teamwork on Trust

• What Makes a Team?• Shared Purpose• Trust: Some Specific Challenges• Shared Commitments

Basic Features of a Team

• Superordinate goals

• Achievement orientation

• Conflict tolerance and management

• Trust (established and maintained)

• Shared commitments and expectations

• Sisyphus angered the gods through a variety of antics.

• Meaningless toilwas the worst thing the storytellers could imagine for a smart, creative person.

Learning from Sisyphus

Power of Purpose

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Learning from the British Army

Are you in Sisyphean Crisis?

Three Facets of Trust

Capability

Character

Commitment

Reputation and Character Matter

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• How do you see yourself?

• How do you want to be known by others?

• Your actions – not just your intentions – define your character over time.

Character

A Powerful Dynamic

ActionReflection

Intentions

Our actions and reflection on themshape our character over time

“Do not imagine that character is determined at birth. We have been given free will…We

ourselves decide whether to make ourselves learned or miserly.

No one forces us, no one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other; we

ourselves, by our own volition, choose our own way.”

- Maimonides, 12th Century

Character Development

Learning from successes - and failures

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Axes of Commonality or Difference

• Professional role and perspective

• Technical background• Experience level• Industry or sector• Race, gender, and

other Identity factors• Many, many more

Single Stories – Chimamanda Adichie

• Reducing an individual to a simple feature

• Single stories aren’talways wrong – but they are incomplete.

• Related to stereotyping

Learn more at: chimamanda.com

Stereotype vs. Generalization

• Group traits observed relative to other groups

• Tends to be relative or probabilistic

• Neutral – no judgement implied.

• Accepts complexitysupports inquiry

• Personal traits assigned to a group

• Tends to be absolute or certain

• Judgement is explicit or implied – generally negative

• Over-simplifies – ends inquiry

Stereotype Generalization

The Ethical Dimension of Empathy

Cultivateconcern

for others’perspectives

Be curious and listen

Share yourviews, too

Shared Agreements

Purpose:Our role in the larger project or with respect to a stakeholderGoals:Measurable outcomes we are seekingCommitments:How we work together

WhoWhatWhy

WhenHow

Amendment Terms

Anatomy of an Agreement

Practical Wisdom

Thank you for your attention!

Chad Weinstein

Ethical Leaders in Action

cweinstein@ethinact.com Web: www.ethinact.com

651-646-1512 Twitter: @ChadWeinstein

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