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MBA 659 - SPECIAL TOPICS: THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP ON-LINE COURSE |
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Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu |
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LEADERSHIP SUMMARY
“. . . effective leadership requires specific skills and abilities. For example, good leaders are visionary and decisive. They are able to effectively communicate both their vision and their decisions to a wide array of people, in a variety of venues with multiple methods. Effective leaders have an intuitive understanding of human nature that combines with the ability to care, establish trust and build alliances. They are able to work in teams, which, in turn leads to exceptional skills in fashioning consensus, compromising when necessary, and valuing diversity of thought, ability, and culture. Also the best leaders have the know-how to successfully create and manage change.
"In addition to these acquired abilities, truly great leaders tend to exhibit certain personal traits that are more a part of their character, more innate. They include: high ethical standards in which a person consistently attempts to “do the right thing;” an unusually strong bias for action fueled by a high rate of personal energy and an almost uncontrollable desire to achieve; and a propensity for lifelong learning, curiosity, and continual improvement. Many leaders also possess an unwavering self-confidence that frequently translates into courage in the face of adversity, the willingness to take risks, and a sense of destiny . . .”
Donald T. Phillips. The Founding Fathers on Leadership, page 8.
| THE DEMANDING AND COMPLEX NATURE OF LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP IS: |
Leadership Gold by John Maxwell, page xi. |
| the willingness to put oneself at risk. | the passion to make a difference with others. |
| being dissatisfied with the current reality. | taking responsibility while others are making excuses. |
| seeing the possibilities in a situation while others are seeing the limitations. | the readiness to stand out in a crowd. |
| an open mind and an open heart. | the ability to submerge your ego for the sake of what is best. |
| evoking in others the capacity to dream. | inspiring others with a vision of what they can contribute. |
| the power of one harnessing the power of the many. | your heart speaking to the hearts of others. |
| the integration of heart, head, and soul. | the capacity to care, and in caring, to liberate the ideas, energy, and capacities of others. |
| the dream made reality. | above all, courageous. |
JACK WELCH'S SIX RULES FOR SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP
1. Control your destiny or someone else will.
2. Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it were.
3. Be candid with everyone.
4. Don't manage, lead.
5.Change before you have to.
6. If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
"Part of the human quality of human life, and part of its suffering, is to seek transcendence of fragmentation even while remaining confined to it."
Emil L. Fackenheim, The Religious Dimension in Hegel's Thought, page 13.
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