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High-Performance Ethics: 10 Timeless Principles for Next-Generation Leadership [Hardcover]

Wes Cantrell (Author), James R. Lucas (Author), Zig Ziglar (Afterword), Steve Forbes (Foreword)
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March 29, 2007
Do you have to lower your ethical standards in order to succeed at your job? High-Performance Ethics authors Wes Cantrell and James Lucas say that the answer is no. The authors outline ways to make ethical decisions (based on the Ten Commandments) that lead to highly successful business practices. High-Performance Ethics includes tips on how to lead a team with integrity, practical tools for resisting the pressure to compromise workplace standards, and encouragement for workers who want to see strong businesses—and strong values—thrive.
10 Principles:
  1. First Things Only (priorities)
  2. Ditch the Distractions
  3. Align with Reality (never claim support for a bad cause)
  4. Find Symmetry
  5. Respect the Wise
  6. Protecct the Souls
  7. Commit to the Relationships
  8. Spread the Wealth
  9. Speak the Truth
  10. Limit Your Desires


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"This is a truly wise, remarkable book! Comprehensive in scope, beautifully written, compellingly illustrated, Cantrell and Lucas illuminate the mind, heart, and soul of high-performing leadership. Wondering whether it's worth buying and reading and applying? Just study the inspiring chapter outline and listen to your conscience for the answer." --Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

"Clearly, an ethics-free focus on performance is a superb way to destroy performance....But what is perhaps not as obvious is the wealth and good that can come from closely connecting these two powerful concepts - ethics and performance. In this wonderful book, Wes Cantrell and Jim Lucas show us what this connection looks like, and how it can be put to work to build prosperous organizations and careers. You should find the style of this book appealing. It is a very personal case study encased in outstanding teaching. The focus is on the career of Wes Cantrell, an excellent leader and CEO who lived the precepts of this book in a forty-six-year career with Lanier. The teaching comes from Jim Lucas, and internationally recognized authority on leadership and organizational life....You can take what he says to the bank - both figuratively and literally. High-Performance Ethics is a rare commodity, a book with a truly unique and provocative message that can actually make a difference in the way we act and the results we get today. Its message is as important as any you will hear now or in the years to come." --Steve Forbes, President & CEO, Forbes, Inc., Editor-in-chief, Forbes Magazine

"In an ever changing society and business landscape, we need something solid and real to hang onto. Something that tells us how to do right, something that tells us how to do well. High-Performance Ethics points the way to that `something'....this book is based on principles that are thousands of years old, illustrated with examples as current and cutting-edge as today's news. You will do well to take the message you've received in High-Performance Ethics and apply it to your life and career." --Zig Ziglar, Author and Motivational Teacher, Founder, Ziglar

"What a great book. Every young man and woman entering the marketplace would do well to internalize these principles. Every seasoned business veteran will enjoy the story. The section on Life Balance vs. Whole-Life Symmetry is worth the price of the book." --Andy Stanley, Pastor

"High-Performance Ethics is a must-read book authored by two people who have lived these principles in the rough and tumble world of corporate America. Wes Cantrell and Jim Lucas have done a masterful job of clearly and practically communicating what it means to be a person of integrity in the marketplace. Read it and you won't be the same." --Howard Dayton, CEO and Co-founder, Crown Financial Ministries

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In a new normal world it is more important than ever for organizations and institutions to be guided by leaders who are not seduced by the avant-garde or the faddish, but who embrace and indwell timeless wisdom. Wes Cantrell and James Lucas mine nuggets of rich wisdom and traffic in the timeless. High Performance Ethics is a very rewarding read for those looking to lead wisely. (Tom Nelson )

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (March 29, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1414303408
  • ISBN-13: 978-1414303406
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #903,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended to those who look for success and leadership, August 18, 2007
This review is from: High-Performance Ethics: 10 Timeless Principles for Next-Generation Leadership (Hardcover)
On a day of June 2007, I flipped through as many business management books as possible -- on 8 fully loaded 6-foot Barnes & Noble bookshelves - because I was desperately in need of professional books to help me with my job. 60 minutes passed by, I couldn't find a book that I felt worth my money and my time commitment to study at home. I murmured to myself, "God, tell me which book I should buy.... my eyes are getting blurred and my legs are tired." a newly published High Performance Ethics suddenly stood out right in front of me. I slothfully opened to the middle of the book because I was too tired to start from the beginning. I was immediately engaged with Cantrell's perspectives on how to deal with various types of leaders, wise and especially unwise, when we have to submit to their authorities due to the hierarchy. I paid for the book at the cashier literally seconds after I first saw it on the shelves.

The layout of the book presents an interesting juxtaposition of coherent and convincing theories with Cantrell's real life experiences during his time as a CEO of an international business organization. Cantrell and Lucas are not only great writers but fantastic teachers. I enjoy so much gaining solid knowledge through reader-friendly writing style. I am well related to Cantrell's insisting on the importance of having both competence and characters as a High Performance Ethics (HPE) Leader. I couldn't agree with him enough because I have witnessed at many workplaces the negative impacts by people having either competence or characters but not both.

Through reading, by surprise, I realized that Cantrell is actually a Christian and a son of a local minister. I myself am a 3rd-generation Christian and a lay music minister for many years. However, the older I am, the more dissatisfied I become towards the church culture. In my observation, many Christians have been drawing an extremely bright-color line between Faith and Profession. On one side of the spectrum, many Christians are with little or no professional trainings (or intentionally avoiding high-level professional trainings). They quoted that it is harder for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God than a camel going through the eye of a needle. On the other side, many houses of worship are polluted by skilled Christians with undesirable characters.

Cantrell's life experience shows me that long term success is birthed by in-depth understanding of true prosperity and it is attainable and can be expected. He said "Prosperity, for those who haven't been given everything from the beginning, is a by-product of passion, commitment, and good thinking - and a willingness to limit desires. "The leader who basically focuses on himself or herself is going to mislead, "warns Peter Drucker. (p.208)" I personally was very encouraged by the book and therefore strongly recommend it to any potential readers.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Doing well AND doing right, July 10, 2007
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There's a lot of books out there talking about ethics, and most of it is surrealistic. You couldn't apply it in real organizations - you couldn't even apply it in the ivory towers where they're writing this stuff. There's also a lot out there on performance. Some of it even gives a nod to "being ethical." But this book is totally different. It's a book about ethics that will actually help you perform at higher levels. It has insights for individuals and for leaders of organizations. I really like the approach the authors take in going back and forth, one laying out the concepts and the other illustrating it with stories from his career. An enjoyable and profitable read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Difference Maker, August 14, 2008
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This book is a difference maker and is the one book that I would recommend to any professional, young or old. Everyone will face ethical dilemmas in his or her professional career. High-Performance Ethics is a roadmap through those difficult times, as well as a reassurance to leaders that it does pay to do the right thing - always. This book made such a difference in my life that, as Predident-elect of the South Carolina Public Relations Society of America, an organization that lives by a strict code of ethics, I immediately invited Mr. Cantrell to come speak to our members. A must read.
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aligning with truth, unwise leaders, copier business, worthy vision, incentive trip
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Wes Cantrell, High-Performance Ethics, Gene Milner, United States, Baton Rouge, Hicks Lanier, Harris Corporation, Lanier Performance Promise, Lanier Statement of Principles, World War, Wall Street, Jack Hartley, Nye Systems, Peter Drucker, Ten Commandments, Gray Audograph, New Orleans, Sartain Lanier, Oxford Industries, Carl Reith
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