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Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations—A Complex Task—Creating Models for Responsible Leadership
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Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations—A Complex Task—Creating Models for Responsible Leadership

by Svein Sorlie
April 2007
Intermediate to advanced
3 pages
11m
English
Center for Creative Leadership
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BASED ON VALUES

The importance of developing a leadership philosophy of values-based leadership cannot be overstated. All organizations will have a problem excelling in the future unless their people are able to achieve a common understanding of what the company's core values are and the implications of those values for local values around the world.

The focus in business and leadership research has been on leadership as an employee-manager interface or as a supplier-customer relationship (brand value). But values have much broader leadership implications than that. Leaders need to find a way to measure the gap—what are the politics and pressures on leaders? Do leaders need to move some of the company's border posts or further define which expectations ...

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