Leadership and Ethics It s s a Matter of Attitude. Barbara Clemenson, CPA, CFRE

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1 Leadership and Ethics It s s a Matter of Attitude Barbara Clemenson, CPA, CFRE

2 Be like-minded, Having the same love, Being one in spirit and purpose.

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, But in humility consider others better than yourselves.

4 Each of you should look not to your own interests, But to the interests of others.

5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped.

6 But made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

7 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, Even death on a cross!

8 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place And gave Him a name that is above every name That at the name of Jesus Every knee should bow In heaven and on earth and under the earth

9 And every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord To the glory of God the Father

10 Overview The Inquiry The Question The Journey The Results The Information Value Content Values Congruence Attitude The Implications Personally Professionally Organizationally Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

11 The Inquiry: The Question Organizations exist so that people together can accomplish what they cannot do themselves. Why are there so few organizations where both the individuals in the organization and the organization itself flourish? Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

12 The Inquiry: The Question Why, instead, are so many organizations dysfunctional, full of: Ineffective and inefficient production and service Office politics and self-interest Hurting and unhappy people Competition instead of cooperation and collaboration Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

13 The Inquiry: The Question What makes an organization, and the people in it, flourish and find both personal and organizational fulfillment? Might what we believe be more important than what we do? Is who we are more important than what we do? Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

14 The Inquiry: The Journey Readings, secular and Christian, on Leadership Ethics Values Calling Trust Organizational Culture Emotional Intelligence Research An in-depth study of one organization looking at the issue of ownership / stewardship 7 case studies of organizations interviewing leaders and employees, looking at the issue of leader values and their effect on their employees Observation and Analysis Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

15 The Inquiry: The Results A better understanding of God s truth A better understanding of myself A better understanding of organizations Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

16 Broad Background Leadership Models Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

17 Three Things to Remember Value Content Value Congruence Attitude Location Focus Content Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

18 Value Content Attitude Reveals Itself In Actions What we Believe Reveals Itself In What we Do Inner Values Reveal Themselves In Enacted Values Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

19 Value Content Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruits you will recognize them. Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. By their fruits you will recognize them. Attitude Action Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

20 Value Content Deep Longings Problems in our World Wrong Strategies Sin in our Behavior Pain in our Heart Sin in our Heart As Victims, We're Vulnerable As Agents, We're Responsible Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

21 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God Jesus Attitude something to be grasped. But made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being Jesus Actions made in human likeness

22 Being found Jesus Attitude in appearance as a man He humbled Himself Jesus Actions And became obedient to death, Even death on a cross!

23 Three Things to Remember Value Content Value Congruence Attitude Location Focus Content Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

24 Value Congruence Attitude Always Equals Actions What we Believe What we Say Value Incongruence What we Do Inner Values = Espoused Values = Enacted Values Value Congruence Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

25 The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as Jesus Words a ransom for many. Jesus Attitude Jesus Words = = Jesus Actions Value Congruence

26 Values and Ethics Values - Inner and Enacted Values What we believe Ethics - Espoused Values What we say What we do Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

27 Values and Ethics What is it about leaders that could help us understand why some violate their own and their organization s ethics why others do not? Inner Values Espoused Values Value Incongruence Enacted Values Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

28 Three Things to Remember Value Content Value Congruence Attitude Location Focus Content Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

29 Dimensions of Attitude Location of Values Focus of Values Content of Values Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

30 Attitude: Location of Values External or Internal Objective or Subjective Absolute or Relative Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

31 Attitude: Location of Values Three Ethical Frameworks Takala [1999] Pre-Modernism Modernism Postmodernism Focus God Science Me Principle Godliness Relationship with God Reason Relationship with nature Relativism No objective truth/world Point of Reference God Objective external world Me Ethics Unity Truth God-declared Unity Truth Disunity Perspectives Socially construed Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

32 Attitude: Location of Values Implementation of Values Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

33 Dimensions of Attitude Location of Values Focus of Values Content of Values Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

34 Attitude: Focus of Values Other Focused Other Defined Your Relationships Self- Defined Self- Focused Yourself Absolute Values Relative Values Your World Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

35 Just before the Passover... Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He now showed them the full extent of His love. Jesus Absolute Values and Self- Definition Jesus Other Focus

36 The devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under His power, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. So He got up from the meal..and began to wash His disciples feet. Jesus Absolute Values and Self- Definition Jesus Other Focus

37 Attitude: Focus of Values Purpose of Values Goal of Values Time-Frame of Values Serve Self Preeminence Short-term Serve Others Humility Long-term Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

38 Focus of Values: Purpose The Son of Man came to serve and to give His life. Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

39 Focus of Values: Goal Success Significance Servanthood Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

40 Focus of Values: Time-Frame Eternity Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

41 Did not consider equality with God something to be grasped But made Himself nothing, Jesus Value Purpose taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness

42 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself And became obedient to Jesus Value Goal death Even death on a cross!

43 In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you. No one will take away your joy. Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics Jesus Value Time- Frame

44 Dimensions of Attitude Location of Values Focus of Values Content of Values Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

45 Attitude: Content of Values Ownership and Control Executive Owner Board Executive Board Owner Board Staff Executive Staff Staff Kingdom Stewardship Team Kingdom Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

46 Attitude: Content of Values Ownership and Control Leadership is a gift of God based upon character -- who you are, not what you do. It is not something to be grasped. In fact, if you reach for it, you will not get it. God will not be mocked. Power (influence) comes from Him alone. Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

47 Attitude: Content of Values Ownership and Control Five Elements of Power Formal Authority - Position Contingent Inducements - What you have to give Persuasiveness - What you have to say Deference from others - Influence others give you Strategic Skills - Competence Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

48 Insecurity Grasping Power: Self Focus Pride Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

49 Attitude: Content of Values Ownership and Control Level 5 Leaders = Humility + Will Ego and ambition away from self to the larger goal of building a great company Window - Give credit to others for things that go right Mirror - Take responsibility themselves for things that go wrong Level 5: Level 5 Executive Level 4: Effective Leader Level 3: Competent Manager Level 2: Contributing Team Member Level 1: Highly Capable Individual Collins, 2001, Page 20 Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

50 Attitude: Content of Values Ownership and Control Yours, O Lord, are the greatness and the power And the glory and the majesty and the splendor For everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom And you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; You are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power To exalt and give strength to all. Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

51 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place And gave Him a name that is above every name That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow.

52 Do nothing out of Selfish ambition or Vain conceit

53 Attitude: Content of Values Are people A Means to your End? A Tool for you to Use? People Or are people An End for your Means? A Goal for you to Serve? Are you obsessed with the Goal? Or are you obsessed with the Means? Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

54 The Implications Personally To Understand my heart through my actions To Try to be more value-congruent Integrity Trustworthy To Try to understand my Value to God and how much He loves me Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

55 The Implications Professionally and Organizationally Focus on and Serve the People Around Me Watch for both Insecurity and Pride Let God be Sovereign: In Ownership and In Control Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics

56 REMEMBER Value Content: Who do I really believe? I can tell by who I obey and what I do! Value Congruence: Does What I Believe = What I Say = What I Do Attitude: What is my Value Location Focus Content Clemenson - Leadership and Ethics