
Check the reference at page top or the links below for resource guides on related topics.When we hear the word integrity in the context of character we think of the definition of being honest and having strong moral principles.

***For additional information on this resource, including reviews, click the bookstore links. Cloud and his wife and two daughters live in Southern California. His bestselling books include the Gold Medallion Award-winning Boundaries books and Making Small Groups Work. John Townsend, of the nationally broadcast New Life Live! Radio program, and cofounder of Cloud-Townsend Clinic and Cloud-Townsend Resources. Henry Cloud is a popular speaker, and co-host, with Dr. Integrity is not something that you either have or don’t, but instead is an exciting growth path that all of us can engage in and enjoy.ĭr.

Drawing on experiences from his work, Dr. A person with integrity has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances. Integrity - more than simple honesty, it’s the key to success. Cloud upholds this but goes a step beyond, by suggesting “ who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, comptencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunties will succeed.” As he says, a person with integrity, has the classic sense of “integration,” meaning “that the whole thing is working well, undivided, integrated, intact and uncorrupted.” (31) Such a person has the capacity to pull everything together for maximum impact.Ĭloud says there are six dimensions of integrity (described below), each of which is developed in a separate chapter.

the people can be trusted not to lie, cheat, steal, etc. Most often this means that character is a “safeguard” against bad things happening, i.e.

He says when we, or the leadership literature, speak of integrity or character, there is the tendency to focus on morals or ethics, not performance, associating it with catastrophes like Enron, etc. Referenced in: Leadership Development Through Character FormationĪlthough not written specifically to ministry settings, Cloud’s message is immensely applicable. Henry Cloud, Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality.
