Do leaders need an ethics coach?

Leaders often have personal coaches for all sorts of things. If there’s one simple thing I think more people should do, it’s to have a personal ethics coach. It’s not about attending seminars or reading documents. It’s about having a safe space where you can talk to someone about the really difficult issues that you might not feel comfortable raising in public, because you’re afraid of what people will say.

A write-up of some unscripted comments I made at Management Today’s recent Leadership Lessons conference