Integrity Works - Building Inspired Teams

Trust and Forgiveness

I recently posted a question on Facebook that resulted in a fascinating discussion. The question was: “Can you trust someone again without forgiving them?” The question came out of an article that I wrote about how to rebuild trust. You can read that article by going to the Resources heading of Integrity Works and clicking on “Articles”. I’d love to hear your response to the article and to my forgiveness question.

Lou Holtz:
I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
Buzotta:
If you think of vision and mission as an organization's head and heart, the values it holds are its soul.
Sam Ewig:
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
Anne Frank:
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Abraham Lincoln:
If you look for the worst in people and expect to find it, you surely will.
Vincent Lombardi:
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work.
Dot Richardson:
Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.
Napoleon Hill:
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Lou Holtz:
It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
Plutarch:
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Zig Ziglar:
To respond is positive, to react is negative.
Aristotle:
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Tony Dorsett:
To succeed... You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Margaret Mead:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Winston Churchill:
Never, never, never, never give up.
Andrew Carnegie:
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
Aristotle:
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Oprah Winfrey:
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.