Authentic leaders must 'walk the talk'

摘要

There's an old saying in the workplace that you can help yourself to a ballpoint pen but you should never take a boxful. Most people have an instinctive understanding of what that means; of what is and what is not acceptable behavior. They do know that taking one very cheap pen because you've mislaid your own is neither here nor there, but going home with the box constitutes theft. As such, it becomes a clear case of workplace deviance, something to be seen in same light as damaging the company's property, arriving late at work, taking unauthorized breaks, neglecting superiors' instructions or publicly embarrassing superiors.