Do you take responsibility for yourself and for your actions? Even if you screw up by mistake, do you take responsibility for it? Or do you cry to everyone, get others involved in your drama, make excuses, blame others, hideout, and avoid?
Amazingly more people behave as described above than those who take full, 100% responsibility. This is not the kind of behavior that makes for a good referral partner. It is important that we each take 100% responsibility for what we do, both personally and professionally.
Integrity and ethics are built upon our taking responsibility for ourselves and our actions consistently, it requires that we speak up and say what is right, and when we are wrong.
Integrity and ethics are important to the referral relationship. If your referral partners cannot trust 100% that you will act with integrity, ethics and responsibility they are not going to refer you business. Ask yourself, do you take 100% responsibility or do you make excuses. Do you speak up for what is right, or do you hope others will? Do you divide or do you unite others?
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So true Hazel – one of my pet “hates” in BNI and in life is people who don’t take responsibility for their actions. It is almost childlike – “its not my fault” – they say/imply. If we are able to shoulder the responsibility for what we have done/said/not done – maybe we can move forwards and grow in the process. If not – life has a habit of moving us around in a full circle and we get to face the same challenge over and over again!
Graham
Hazel, the world would have a lot less accidents and messes if we could own up and be in integrity and take ownership for our deeds.
What makes it so hard? The quick ‘fast food’ method, just refer, jump up the numbers and ‘who cares about the quality’ is indeed something we need to unlearn.
BNI is a great place to support playing with integrity and what is more, the immediate amazing results that that will create, will be for everybody to see.
Who is the first, to go for quality and not quantity, what a challenge.
Love Wilma
Great topic.
Taking responsibilty is extremely important in a referral business. Credibilty is at stake, which is a cornerstone of any sucessful ongoing relationship.
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