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Dignity First Climate Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

In “The 8 Th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness,” published in 2004, Covey identified the “industrial age paradigm” – in which controlling, extracting, and exchanging “things” is de rigueur – as the fundamental “problem.” Global businesses should apply this foundational principle to the private enterprises that public authorities charter.

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Dignity First: Executive, Enterprise & Economic Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

“ The crises we face are not a science problem, they are a human problem.” – Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart, announcing Walmart’s commitment to become a “Regenerative Company” . Doug McMillon is right. In the new “leading with dignity” paradigm, Covey’s interdependence is both prescriptive and profound.