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Honesty is absolutely important and there were many a times during uh my tenure at the society where we had taken
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a decision a very public decision to do something and then it turns out it was incorrect. Um and as the president I had
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to go out publicly and admit that the information that we had put out um uh that I had signed off was incorrect. It
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was so own it. It was mine to own. And I think, you know, having the courage to do that is um is one of those
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characteristics of a good leader. Nobody likes somebody who, you know, sits on the fence. People when they look to
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leaders, they want somebody who is clear, who communicates well, who has good judgment, values that comes with
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that. Um, ethics. We hear that all the time. But one cannot underestimate uh the value of good judgment, you know,
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ethics, honesty, integrity. You know, uh, one of the things we tell uh, newly admitted solicitors when they come to
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the law society, we tell them about integrity. Integrity is something you either have it or you don't. It's not
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something you can have a little of. Um, and how important that is. Um, as we progressed in our professional lives,