Character

and
Leadership

Week14 By anna

Good leader VS Bad Leader

Good Leader
competent,

cared

about people,

kept us

trustworthy,

informed

positive,
dependable,

Bad Leader:

incompetent (or only

marginally capable),
o pessimistic,

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o didnt care about

anyone else,

o wouldnt share
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To be Leaders

To Lead Is to Influence: Effective and positive influence

Focus on effectiveness and a focus on success: leaders

should be successful, but a better gauge is whether they are
truly effective in terms of influence

Focusing on Behaviors: leadership as a matter of how

to be as a leader and not how to do or say something.

Leadership character is all about behaviors: A leaders

behaviors are a combination of attributes: traits, qualities, and

skills [a positive influence on others]

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Leadership Character Can Be

Developed

Behaviors involved

can be learned by adults regardless of age

through intense discipline and aggressive

training

Through the results of and feedback from their behaviors,

through reason and reflection

process of personal discovery and problem solving

Adjustment (as opposed to wholesale, instant

change) is really the key word in developing better

leadership behaviors
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Constructive and Affirming

Behaviors

Golden

Rule: Do unto others as you

would have them do unto you.

Silver Rule. We should not treat others the

way we would not want to be treated

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Values, Needs, and Behavior

Aware values

Values systems have limits.

Decision making or efforts to influence
Authority
Personal values; organizational values and

standards;

Spiritual beliefs; common sense, logic, reason,

moderation, and balance;

and the norms of honorable conduct

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Choices, Consequences, and

Dilemmas

Importance of choice

absolute truths of the universe

an ethical manner

Eudaimonia [Aristoteles say: Tujuan hidup manusia adalah

kebaikan]: Progress mencapainya disebut kebahagiaan

Making choices: maturely owning and taking full responsibility and

accountability for the choice

Arguments, Situation, alternatives,

one choice may conform with societal, cultural, or organizational

values and standards of behavior, may be open to interpretation

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The Five Es: A Framework

for

Character Development

Example

Experience

Education

Environment

Evaluation
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To be leaders

Courage
Caring
Optimism
Self-control: self-discipline: Respectable

Communication
trustworthy

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