8/16/2021 - "Leadership values & values based leadership: What is the main focus?"

• the current image of good leaders can be idealistic and push aside anything outside the narrative as unfit, oftentimes working off personal gain rather than truly pushing to help others or groups

• potentially limiting values may quickly fix a situation, but later on cause more harm than good

  —> oftentime support self interest from fear of ego

• role of leadership is to add value to others and influence is the main measurement

  —> actions speak louder than words but words speak too

  time + culture = values based leadership

  → clear principles, honest, truly inspire, give more than recieve

"what aspects include 2 concepts such as "leadership values" and "values based leadership?"

leadership values:

• leaders should influence values to their groups
• promotes concept of "responsible leader"- committment, understanding and determination
• rather than conducting leadership as a "team building" activity, positively building upon values creates IMPACT
• defining values as a leader is incredibly important

leadership values → related to personal & organizational purpose

most (if not all) true descriptions of leadership fall under 3 concepts→ personality, interaction/relationship and action

personality: leaders/companies who show clear vision of their values oftentimes produce employees who want to perform well, learn and grow. on the flip side, when companies/individuals push aside morals destroy sense of identity and community

interaction/relationship: leaders use strengths to tackle problems they have no tackled before & work to achieve true mastery in their strengths

→ leaders empasize COMMUNITY

action: good leaders offer meaning and value to not only potential work or progress, but to individual existence

• flexible leadership is something done with people, not for

  → implemented through teaching, coaching, mentoring, acting & communicating

OUR OWN INPUT: personality/interaction/relationship - leaders were oftentimes seen to progress others, but spoke little about leaders growing by learning others. There's always room to grow, and in some terms the article shows aspects of leaders being imperfect

values based leadership:

• values based leadership takes on the soul of an organization and lives vicariously through it. everything done is done to serve the organizations vision and values. it tells members how to behave, yet work in a way to connect those values with individuals.