Honesty Is The Best Policy 
12/23/2014
“Honesty Is The Best Policy". It’s A Good Story.. CiteHR
The Seed
A Successful Business Man Was Growing Old And Knew It Was Time To Chose A
Successor To Take Over The Business. Instead Of Choosing One Of His Directors Or
His Children, He Decided To Do Something Different.
He Called All The Young Executives In His Company Together.
"It Is Time For Me To Step Down And Choose The Next CEO," He Said. "I Have
Decided To Choose One Of You."
The Young Executives Were Shocked, But The Boss Continued. "I Am Going To
Give Each One Of You A Seed Today - A Very Special Seed. I Want You To
Plant The Seed, Water It, And Come Back Here One Year From Today With What
You Have Grown From The Seed I Have Given You. I Will Then Judge The Plants
That You Bring, And The One I Choose Will Be The Next CEO."
One Man, Named Jim, Was There That Day And He, Like The Others, Received A
Seed.
He Went Home And Excitedly, Told His Wife The Story. She Helped Him Get A
Pot, Soil And Compost And He Planted The Seed.
Every Day, He Would Water It And Watch To See If It Had Grown. After About
Three Weeks, Some Of The Other Executives Began To Talk About Their Seeds
And The Plants That Were Beginning To Grow. Jim Kept Checking His Seed, But
Nothing Ever Grew.
Three Weeks, Four Weeks, Five Weeks Went By, Still Nothing. By Now, Others
Were Talking About Their Plants, But Jim Didn't Have A Plant And He Felt
Like A Failure.
Six Months Went By - Still Nothing In Jim's Pot. He Just Knew He Had Killed
His Seed. Everyone Else Had Trees And Tall Plants, But He Had Nothing. Jim
Didn't Say Anything To His Colleagues, However. He Just Kept Watering And
Fertilizing The Soil - He So Wanted The Seed To Grow.
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12/23/2014
“Honesty Is The Best Policy". It’s A Good Story.. CiteHR
A Year Finally Went By And All The Young Executives Of The Company Brought
Their Plants To
“Honesty Is The Best Policy". It’s A Good Story.. CiteHR
The Seed
A Successful Business Man Was Growing Old And Knew It Was Time To Chose A
Successor To Take Over The Business. Instead Of Choosing One Of His Directors Or
His Children, He Decided To Do Something Different.
He Called All The Young Executives In His Company Together.
"It Is Time For Me To Step Down And Choose The Next CEO," He Said. "I Have
Decided To Choose One Of You."
The Young Executives Were Shocked, But The Boss Continued. "I Am Going To
Give Each One Of You A Seed Today - A Very Special Seed. I Want You To
Plant The Seed, Water It, And Come Back Here One Year From Today With What
You Have Grown From The Seed I Have Given You. I Will Then Judge The Plants
That You Bring, And The One I Choose Will Be The Next CEO."
One Man, Named Jim, Was There That Day And He, Like The Others, Received A
Seed.
He Went Home And Excitedly, Told His Wife The Story. She Helped Him Get A
Pot, Soil And Compost And He Planted The Seed.
Every Day, He Would Water It And Watch To See If It Had Grown. After About
Three Weeks, Some Of The Other Executives Began To Talk About Their Seeds
And The Plants That Were Beginning To Grow. Jim Kept Checking His Seed, But
Nothing Ever Grew.
Three Weeks, Four Weeks, Five Weeks Went By, Still Nothing. By Now, Others
Were Talking About Their Plants, But Jim Didn't Have A Plant And He Felt
Like A Failure.
Six Months Went By - Still Nothing In Jim's Pot. He Just Knew He Had Killed
His Seed. Everyone Else Had Trees And Tall Plants, But He Had Nothing. Jim
Didn't Say Anything To His Colleagues, However. He Just Kept Watering And
Fertilizing The Soil - He So Wanted The Seed To Grow.
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1/3
12/23/2014
“Honesty Is The Best Policy". It’s A Good Story.. CiteHR
A Year Finally Went By And All The Young Executives Of The Company Brought
Their Plants To