Where Do Ethics and Leadership Intersect?
This section delves into relationships. Just as we assess our personal relationships, we are beholden to measure our business relationships as well, and that measuring stick is ethics. “A leader’s commitments and beliefs are part and parcel of the same thing. A true leader cannot commit herself without beliefs….action must follow closely a solid sense of one’s ethics.” (Page 139) Give the Gift of Change This section goes beyond the acceptance and endorsement of change. The larger question revolves around the axis of a culture of change, one that lingers after the leader is no longer at the helm, a legacy of change in the followership. Such a relationship between leaders and followers may only seem a step left of pure mysticism, but, in reality, it is simply transactional leadership at its best – a leader wants his followers to embrace change, and followers want to benefit from those changes. It is a self-perpetuating cycle that grows larger than the leader herself. Delegate! As a lea
