by Steve Priest, President of Ethical Leadership Group, a Global Compliance company

The financial markets are in chaos. Employees at every level of almost every organization are anxious about their savings, worried that they might never be able to retire, and fearful that they might lose their jobs.

In short, we feel out of control. And unfortunately human beings who feel anxious, fearful, and out of control are prone to do stupid things. No matter how demonized CEOs have become as we rush to apportion blame, they need to step up and communicate to their people in this high stress time.

Click here to visit the Compliance Communicator page of our website, which includes a link to a free special edition of the newsletter with a sample message from the CEO containing the message employees need to hear in these difficult times.

In the darkness, light a candle. Come on CEOs, there is good work to do.