374: The Line You Never Cross

About this episode

In this episode, John Castelly discusses the importance of defining values as a leader and shares insights from his experience in ethics and compliance.

Pressure doesn’t reveal your values. It exposes whether you’ve defined them at all. In this conversation with John Castelly, you’re challenged to think about who you are as a leader before the moment arrives when everything is on the line. You’ll hear how John built and scaled ethics and compliance at ServiceNow and now navigates high-stakes decisions as General Counsel at Promise. Through real stories, you’ll discover how small compromises become major failures, why trust is the founda...

People in this episode

Host: Meredith Bell

Guest: John Castelly

Topics covered

• leadership
• ethics
• decision making
• trust
• compliance
• values

Keywords

• leadership
• ethics
• compliance
• trust
• decision making
• values
• pressure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ServiceNow, Promise

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