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Thinking about Leadership Styles & Leadership Character: The 3 Key Questions. Am I comfortable with the likely consequences of this action? Am I meeting my duties and respecting others ’ rights? Am I meeting my commitments and my organization ’ s commitments?. rdeshpande@hbs.edu
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Thinking about Leadership Styles & Leadership Character: The 3 Key Questions • Am I comfortable with the likely consequences of this action? • Am I meeting my duties and respecting others’ rights? • Am I meeting my commitments and my organization’s commitments? rdeshpande@hbs.edu LP 2011
Leadership: Character & Situation • “Leadership is not rank or privileges, titles or money. Leadership is responsibility” • (Peter Drucker) • But responsibilities to Whom? • Stakeholders (Investors, Employees, Customers, Partners, Government, Public) rdeshpande@hbs.edu LP 2011
3 Quick Tests for Responsibilities of Leaders • Visibility (the “Newspaper Test”) • “Would I be comfortable if this action were described on the front page of a respected newspaper?” • Generality (the “Golden Rule Test”) • “Would I be comfortable if everyone in a similar situation did this? If someone did this to me? • Legacy (the “Obituary Test”) • “Is this how I’d like my leadership (or my company) to be remembered? For this to appear in my obituary?” rdeshpande@hbs.edu LP 2011
