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About Al Watts

inTEgro owner and veteran consultant with 25+ years' experience serving leaders and their organizations. Expert facilitator, strategic planning consultant and coach for senior teams and boards. Author of Navigating Integrity (Brio Books, April 2011) - a practical guide for positioning Integrity as a winning strategy.

It’s The Journey, Not Just The Destination

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Al Watts

I just returned from ten days sailing Lake Superior.  After crossing from Bayfield to Grand Marais, our plan was to take three or four days circumnavigating Isle Royale, one of my favorite destinations.  Five miles outside of Grand Marais’ harbor … Continue reading →

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Lessons From News of the World

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Al Watts

Rupert Murdoch pulled the plug on NEWS OF THE WORLD, Britain’s nearly 170-year-old tabloid journal, in the wake of its unethical and illegal phone hacking practices.  As I heard that, I couldn’t help thinking of the analogy about “closing barn … Continue reading →

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Authenticity and the Test of Time

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Al Watts

My wife and I recently had the pleasure of visiting our daughter Alison in China, where she has been living and working for eight months.  There is enough about that adventure to fill a few volumes – most of it … Continue reading →

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The Company We Keep

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Al Watts

Do you remember being warned as a kid about “hanging out with the wrong crowd,” and that if you did you were likely to get into trouble?  That was pretty good advice, and it still holds true.  These days I … Continue reading →

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Integrity As Strategy

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Al Watts

We’ve heard a lot lately about how integrity lapses are costly, but less about how integrity drives organizational effectiveness and competitiveness.  Part of the reason may be that we associate integrity mainly with only one of Webster’s definitions (the 3rd, … Continue reading →

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Values? What Values?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Al Watts

When I help organizations articulate their core values, the lists look very similar.  I often see values that are variations of integrity,” “honesty,” “service,” “excellence,” “quality,” “trust” and “stewardship.”  That’s fine as long as people really mean those values; after … Continue reading →

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‘Got Courage?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Al Watts

What would be true if we could summon ten percent, twenty percent or more courage? What unpleasant or even disastrous circumstances might be avoided? What might we achieve that otherwise we can only imagine? Just in the context of recent … Continue reading →

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