Question

1. What is the difference between being deeply committed to a value and imposing your will on others? Why does a leader need to know the difference?
2. What does “find your voice” mean in terms of leadership? Give examples.
3. In what ways do individuals and organizations benefit from shared values?

Answer 1

1. Your deep commitment to value means that you are extremely passionate about the work you do. You are doing it out of your own will and also encourage others to do that if they like it while it is totally different from imposing your will on others. You impose your will on others when you feel that they should something because you feel that better but you are just persuading them to do that against their will. A Leader should know the difference between the two because good leader most encourage other to adopt the values and do work by free will not by imposing the work on others by against their will.

2. Find your voice means that today leaders are so much influenced by environment and decision of others that they have missed their inner voice. A true leader is a one who takes decisions on his own not by under the influence of others. He should listen to his inner voice and try to handle the situations by creating value through courage. For example- Leaders are now very much politically driven. Sometimes they don’t want to take decision but under pressure they are asked to take such and such decision which morally is not supported by him. Thus, it requires that Leaders should listen to their voce and do want hey want to do.

3. Both individuals and organization will be benefited from the shared values. Individuals should realize that values which are followed in the organization to achieve the organization goals is as much important to him as his personal goals, then only both will be befitted from it. Otherwise, if values are differently understood by them, clashes will increase in the organizational and both will work differently for their interest and no one will be befitted in the last.