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Press Release, December 30, 2008:
A Psychologist's Prescription for Economic Turnaround... 

Dr. David Gruder's dynamic new book, The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World, is a triple-award-winning primer for the only course of action that will reverse the devastating economic meltdown gripping our country--and indeed--the world.

It is a clarion call for a New Ethic. "Leaders need an integrity check-up and Dr. David Gruder is just the man to do it. Too many well-meaning leaders haven't made the connection between their personal and relationship development and their effectiveness in the collective arena. Dr. Gruder's simple yet powerful integrity model provides a much-needed shot in the arm." ~ Ken Blanchard, Co-author of  The One Minute Manager.

As we decide upon our own New Year's resolutions during these exceedingly difficult times, a new president is about to be inaugurated whose mandate is not merely to help repair our deep financial crisis, but to rebuild a more responsible and ethical society. How should the inauguration of a new president influence our own 2009 New Year's Resolutions as individuals? What is the connection among the crisis in the economy, the outrageous integrity deficits in government and business leaders, and our responsibilities as citizens?

As dynamic a speaker as he is a writer, America's Integrity Expert, psychologist and multi-award-winning author Dr. David Gruder answers these and many other questions in The New IQ.

Dr. Gruder asks these simple questions of beleaguered companies, facing a financial crisis of long duration not seen for more than six decades... "What if there were an integrated way to enhance employee loyalty and productivity, increase profits and expand your corporate social responsibility? What if employee happiness and health, company profitability, corporate image and making a positive difference in society all required the same thing? Would you invest in that? It's called Integritized Systems™. It is a far-ranging makeover that is indispensable as the foundation for a complete turnaround."

Clearly Americans are disgusted with the ethical meltdown as seen in public figures like Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who is accused of trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's senate seat. Despite tapes that demonstrate this, he insists there is nothing wrong with what he did. Equally disturbing is the massive Ponzi scheme allegedly orchestrated by top Wall Street broker, Bernard Madoff.

Dr. Gruder points out logically and forcefully that we cannot recover the true character of American life until we address these issues and correct them. To that end, his multi-pronged Integritized Systems™ approach restores traditional American values to both public and private life.

The key to an effective turnaround is deceptively simple. Over a decade ago, John Elkington described how Cash Capital (profits), Natural Capital (planet), and Social Capital (people), form the "Triple Bottom Line" of twenty-first century business. Today, Dr. Gruder shows audiences throughout the nation how Integritizing is the single most important key to triple bottom line profitability. He reveals how the hidden key to increased productivity--and thus increased profits--is your people! Your social capital.

According to the Gallup Management Journal's semi-annual Employee Engagement Index:
• 29% of employees are actively engaged in their jobs
• 54% are not-engaged
• 17% are actively disengaged

The Gallup Organization estimates that there are 22 million "actively disengaged employees." By itself this group costs the American economy up to $350 billion per year in lost productivity, including absence, illness and other problems that result when workers are unhappy at work. Just imagine the added costs and lost profits the average company incurs when the 54% of their employees who are "not engaged" are added to the 17% who are "actively disengaged!"

Dr. Gruder asks, "...can the nation afford to continue ignoring these crucial facts? Can we ignore this on a personal, a corporate, or a community level?" And of course, the answer is an emphatic no!

Partner With "The Integritizer."

Now you can partner with clinical/organizational psychologist Dr. David Gruder, "America's Integrity Expert," to Integritize both your corporate culture and your corporate reputation.

Seasoned by over three decades of professional experience, he provides highly rated keynotes and training programs that upgrade "integrity-centered living, loving, working and serving" in employees, managers and executives. This is arguably the most useful non-technical training that companies valuing Corporate Social Responsibility can offer to their employees, managers and executives.

Integritized Systems™ not only can enhance staff loyalty, productivity and decrease sick days; it will also demonstrate to the public that your company is not merely appearing to support CSR--you are building it directly into the fabric of your corporate climate.

Dr. Gruder will also use Integritized Systems™ for outreach programs to whichever non-profits or community organizations that you designate. These programs will have the same powerful impact that is benefiting your employees. This form of CSR can greatly enhance corporate reputation; especially when it is an outer reflection of your company's internal CSR program for maximizing your "social capital."

In today's challenging world, integrity development is the most important message your company can send to the public to enhance your corporate reputation and return to profitability! 

Business leaders are unanimous on the power of Dr. David Gruder's message: "Any executive in the role of being the organization's moral compass or 'canary in the coal mine' should make this a must read, among the more standard business literature." ~ Victoria Berger-Gross, Senior Vice President, Tiffany & Co.

Invite Dr. Gruder to help your people become role-models and champions of integrity, ethics, and character, and to help your company upgrade its public image as a business integrity leader by sponsoring these programs to the public and the cause-based nonprofits your company supports.

Dr. Gruder is available for interviews, print and broadcast, and for speeches, seminars and training sessions throughout the land.  Let Dr. Gruder's Integritized Systems™ work for you!
 
For Free eCourses, or to read Dr. Gruder's IntegrityWatch Blog, go to... www.TheNewIQ.com

For a Private Interview with Dr. David Gruder, or to invite him to give a keynote or training program...
Call (702) 367-0331 or (530) 842-7672 or
E-mail: MerrinPR@lvcoxmail.com