Yonason Goldson of Ethical Imperatives: “Five Things Business Leaders Can Do To Create a Fantastic Work Environment”

Share the work; share the credit. “Creativity doesn’t happen in a vacuum. All of us are smarter than any of us. The answer is always in the room.” These clichés have become clichés because they’re true. But teamwork requires trust. Rather than bickering over who made the greatest contribution, agree that everyone pulled together to get the project over the finish line. As Harry Truman said, “It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t care who gets the credit.”

As a part of my series about about how leaders can create a “fantastic work culture”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Yonason Goldson. Yonason is director of Ethical Imperatives, LLC, teaching leaders how good ethics is good business and the benefits of intellectual diversity. He’s a keynote speaker, TEDx presenter, and community rabbi, as well as a repentant hitchhiker, recovered circumnavigator, former newspaper columnist, and retired high school teacher in St. Louis…