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                      Greatness
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Great men and women accomplish great
things
for their organizations, communities,
countries
and sometimes even for the world.

And yet,
those who have acted unethically, done
wrong,
made mistakes, sinned against God,
or hurt their fellow human beings at one
time or another
include:
all kings, presidents, elected and
appointed officials,
all merchants, traders, business people,
all doctors, ministers, rabbis, imams,
all monks, brothers, nuns,
all warriors, all pacifists,
all saints, all of us.

It is very easy to be critical of
shortcomings;
it is harder to forgive human failings.

But a strong majority of great leaders
who have accomplished great things
- considering their lives in total -
have been more virtuous than vile,
done more good than harm,
brought more joy than sorrow.

Let us celebrate their best.

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"Leadership, Ethics, Quality" has received praise from these leaders
who generously reviewed the manuscript:

Wesley E. Bellwood, Chairman and CEO (retired), WYNN'S International, Inc.

Jeanne Canteen, Director, The Trowbridge Group, Inc.

John F. Fischer, Vice President, Sales & Marketing (retired), AT&T Network Systems

David E. Jones, Chairman, D. E. Jones Associates

Ted Levy, Publisher, President, California Fashion Publications and Tourism Development Corp.

Sr. Mary Eileen O'Brien, O.P., Ph.D., President, Dominican College of Blauvelt, NY

Carrie A. O'Hare, Program Coordinator, Faith In Action Network, Columbia County, NY

Arlene K. Rose, Former Quality Coordinator, County of Rockland, NY

Maureen Sanders, President, Standard Bearers Consulting

Ivan G. Seidenberg, CEO, Verizon

Larry C. Spears, President and CEO, The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership

C. Scott Vanderhoef, County Executive, County Of Rockland, NY

Joseph N. Walsh, Jr., Former Vice President - Human Resources, NYNEX