Owasso's Character Initiative |  Character Qualities  |  Character Council

Owasso Character Council
Mission Statement

The Owasso Character Council will strengthen Owasso residents, families and the community as a whole by promoting excellence in character, helping Owasso to become known as a "City of Character."

What is the Reward?

The reward of modeling good character traits is the satisfaction of seeing a positive character foundation yield positive actions. Consider the analogy that a healthy root will bear healthy fruit.  The root is CHARACTER. It is the inner form that makes anyone or anything what it is—whether a person, a wine or a historical period.  Applied to a person, it is the essential "stuff" he or she is made of, the inner reality in which thoughts, speech, decisions, behavior, and relations are rooted.  As such character determines behavior just as behavior demonstrates character. 

The fruit is the result of the root.  "By their fruits ye shall know them."  The true nature of one's character is not known by examining the root, which cannot be seen, but by looking at the fruit that one's life yields.

How do you grow in character?

You subjugate your will by producing right actions or good fruit.  In other words, you don't become more sensitive just by sitting around repeating over and over, "I am going to be more sensitive."  You take action by acting as though you were sensitive.   You act like a sensitive person would act. Character grows as one grows into the habit of producing fruit.  The character quality of love or benevolence, for example, is not known by whether you feel loving but by whether you do or say what is loving.

What are the business advantages of implementing a Character Initiative?

Owasso businesses who are taking an active role in the character initiative are seeing advantages such as:

• Marked increase in productivity and morale
• Lower incidences of work-related injuries
• Higher customer satisfaction

These businesses recognize that employees and customers are the two most valuable assets. They are building character among their employees by emphasizing, requiring and recognizing positive character traits. The increased and satisfied customer base is an indirect advantage to the character initiative in the workplace.

The Owasso Character Council is hosting a Character Implementation Seminar on April 25th. The seminar will provide supervisors, directors and administrators with the tools they need to implement a focus on character in their workplace. 

For More Information

To learn more about Owasso's character initiative or to attend the Character Training and Management Seminar, contact Michele Dempster, Owasso Character Council Coordinator, at 918-376-1535 or mdempster@cityofowasso.com

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