Where to Now?

As you might guess, this exercise generated a lot of dialogue, emotions, and energy; all the necessary ingredients for transformation. I have indicated below the "suggested diversity-supportive answers." I look forward to your comments.

Taking a Stand - Principles of Leadership

1.Disagree

In leadership roles, taking decisive action – based upon information, advice, and ultimately one’s own sense of ethical judgement – and owning the results and consequences of one’s actions is the essence of responsibility.

Success is not synonymous with responsibility! Taking a stand for what is “spiritually right”* and owning the results and consequences is responsibility from a spiritual perspective.

2.Disagree

If an organizational value violates one’s programmed personal values, it either sets the stage for an in-depth personal growth process or a decision to leave the organization for one where consistency is available.

A programmed personal value is one that has not been tested by a challenging life situation. Whereas, a spiritually soured value is one that has been confirmed or learned by a confronting life experience.

3.Disagree

The long-term best interest and success of an organization is establishing a values-based culture derived from spiritually-sourced principles and the willingness to take action to ensure that these values are practiced as part of everday business functioning.

The reality of today’s local/global world is diversity – from the workplace to customers to management systems.



* That which is “spiritually right” comes from one’s inner self - beyond what one is taught or programmed to believe; although, it does not exclude what we have been taught to believe if our belief has been confirmed by a spiritual life experience.