I try to avoid political partisanship in these videos, and the truth is that this is not about politics, it's about leadership.

When Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared that she and her Democratic colleagues must reject bipartisanship and stop “swearing the appearance of civility,” she demonstrated in one fell swoop the most serious failure of U.S. leadership.

Civility is the foundation of civilization. We should be passionate about our beliefs, but we must recognize that there may be legitimate perspectives on issues that are not limited to our own.

To do this, we need to articulate our ideas, listen to the ideas of others, strive for consensus and find common ground for solving our common problems.

Attacking and destroying is easy, but working together, building and repairing are much more challenging.

Yonason Goldson, principal of Ethical Imperatives, LLC, applies ancient rabbinic wisdom to the challenges of the modern, secular world. He teaches leaders and professionals how good ethics positively impact business and the benefits of intellectual diversity.

As an ethics speaker, Yonason provides his audience with a guide to developing an ethical mindset that leads to greater engagement, loyalty, passion and productivity. His ethics keynote combines entertaining stories, powerful lessons and practical case studies that demonstrate the ROI of a culture of ethics in terms of employee satisfaction and retention, brand image and profitability.

Yonason's ethics presentation has received rave reviews from numerous companies and associations in the healthcare, legal, manufacturing, and distribution industries. For more information about him, visit https://www.yonasongoldson.com/.

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