Dealing with the dangerous virus of unethical behavior - Nu Leadership Series

"In the past a leader was a boss. Leaders of today must be partners with their people ... that can lead solely based on positional power."

Ken Blanchard

Many leaders do not act ethically because they do not understand leadership. These leaders may have MBA from Ivey League schools or participated in a course of leadership. Routine can read the best-selling management. However, they do not understand what it means to be a leader. I do not mean that they are unfamiliar with the terminology, but not to model the way.

For this discussion, we will bring several concepts together so that we can get a holistic view of leadership. Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership in 1974 of which 4,725 studies of leadership, however, all these empirical data did not produce a mutual understanding of the term called leadership. We define leadership as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Unfortunately, many leaders do not take seriously the concept of leadership.

Their organizational initiatives are often self-serving, however, the emerging workforce is not motivated by selfish leaders. This selfish behavior often turns into unethical behavior. Winston, a leadership guru, suggests that the behavior of the leader then helps to form the attitudes that affect how followers followers to behave. These negative vibrations can spread like a dangerous virus. "If my managers do not care, then I will not either." Effective organizations are the leaders that do not compromise their principles. Consequently, highly performing managers know and understand what it means to be a true leader.

References:

Kouzes, J. and Posner, B. (1996). The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Winston, B. (2002). Be a Leader for God's sake Virginia Beach, VA: Regent University.

by Daryl D. Green ......