We believe in being RIGHT with oneself and others. If you don’t have it first with yourself, you won’t be able to give it to others. You can’t give what you don’t have.
Having these qualities, characteristics and standards is an important part of who and what Sponsor A Senior strives to be known for.
We believe that each one of these words is to be defined as a verb, an action, not just something we say but rather something we do.
R – Respect
I – Integrity
G – Generosity
H – Honesty
T – Trust
We have provided definitions to give the meaning or standard that we hold ourselves and the organization to.
It provides you with an understanding of exactly what we were thinking during our decision making process of creating our guiding principles.
RESPECT
Respect is a way of treating or thinking about something or someone. It is treating people in a positive manner that acknowledges them for who they are and/or what they are doing. Being treated or treating an individual in a dignified manner.
Respect is earned and is never just given. BUT, you must give respect to receive respect. Meaning when you interact with an individual you treat them with dignity and in a respectful manner as this shows your character as a person.
Excerpt taken from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Respect
INTEGRITY
Integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.
Taken from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honesty
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
Taken from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=integrity
GENEROSITY
The University of Notre Dame’s Science of Generosity Project defines generosity as “the virtue of giving good things to others freely and abundantly.” When we think deeply about this definition, three parts stand out clearly. Generosity is giving “good things”, giving “freely”, and giving “abundantly.”
We can deepen our experience of generosity by moving from acts of generosity to cultivating an attitude of generosity. When we embody an attitude of generosity, the good things we share expand out from deep within our hearts as an offering of freedom from fear…
Excerpt taken from https://www.mindfulschools.org/personal-practice/what-does-it-mean-to-be-generous/
HONESTY
Honesty, speaking and acting truthfully, is more than not lying, deceiving, stealing, or cheating. It entails showing respect towards others and having integrity and self-awareness. Honesty is the foundation for trust and key in social relationships; it gives us hope, confidence, compassion and improves decision-making.
Excerpt taken from https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/listen-first/super-skills/honesty.html
a moral/philosophical quality that you can't buy at the local Walmart
Taken from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=honesty
TRUST
Firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; faith; reliance.
Taken from https://www.yourdictionary.com/trust
We think of trust as precious, and yet it’s the basis for almost everything we do as civilized people. Trust is the reason we’re willing to exchange our hard-earned paychecks for goods and services, pledge our lives to another person in marriage, cast a ballot for someone who will represent our interests. We rely on laws and contracts as safety nets, but even they are ultimately built on trust in the institutions that enforce them. We don’t know that justice will be served if something goes wrong, but we have enough faith in the system that we’re willing to make high-stakes deals with relative strangers.
Trust is also one of the most essential forms of capital a leader has. Building trust, however, often requires thinking about leadership from a new perspective. The traditional leadership narrative is all about you: your vision and strategy; your ability to make the tough calls and rally the troops; your talents, your charisma, your heroic moments of courage and instinct. But leadership really isn’t about you. It’s about empowering other people as a result of your presence, and about making sure that the impact of your leadership continues into your absence.
That’s the fundamental principle we’ve learned in the course of dedicating our careers to making leaders and organizations better. Your job as a leader is to create the conditions for your people to fully realize their own capacity and power. And that’s true not only when you’re in the trenches with them but also when you’re not around and even—this is the cleanest test—when you’ve permanently moved on from the team. We call it empowerment leadership. The more trust you build, the more possible it is to practice this kind of leadership.
Excerpt taken from https://hbr.org/2020/05/begin-with-trust
