The Four Ways of Being that Create the Foundation for Great Leadership, a Great Organization, and a Great Personal Life
October 31, 2013 Leave a comment
Werner Erhard Independent
Michael C. Jensen Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
October 10, 2013
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-027
Barbados Group Working Paper No. 13-03
Abstract:
In this paper we argue that the four ways of being that we identify as constituting the foundation for being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership are also the foundations not only for great leadership, but also the foundations for an extraordinary organization and the foundations of a high quality personal life. One can also see this as a “value free” approach to values because each of the four foundations is a purely positive phenomena that has no inherent normative content. 1) authenticity is a purely positive phenomenon (being and acting consistent with who you hold yourself out to be for others and who you hold yourself to be for yourself). 2) being cause in the matter as a declaration of the stand you take for yourself regarding everything in your life is also a purely positive phenomenon. 3) being committed to something bigger than oneself is also a purely positive phenomenon (that says nothing about what that commitment should be other than it be bigger than oneself). And finally 4) integrity as we define it (being whole and complete by honoring your word) is also a purely positive phenomenon.
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