Effective leadership, ethics in decision making, and the systems approach

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In the current state of our economy and educational system of today, many individuals and organizations are currently looking towards how to resolve the issues revolving around the leadership within the organizations. The traditional ways of leading the organizations proves to fail, and new means are being created through innovation and adaptability (Laurie & Heifetz, 2003). The purpose of this paper is to consider the effective leadership, ethics in decision making, and the systems approach.
Effective Leader in a Learning Organization
The leader within the learning organization must be able to make distinctions between their authority and the need for learning (Laurie & Heifetz, 2003). The leaders in the organization must be able to make adaptations and admit they do not know all of the answers, but instead are willing to work with the other employees or members of the organization in order to learn and adapt to new ways of doing things outside of the traditional means (Laurie & Heifetz, 2003). There are five main principles of the leader of a learning organization should utilize to be an effective leader: identify the adaptive challenge, regulate distress, maintain disciplined attention, be willing to give the work back to the people, and give the voice to the individuals throughout the organization (Laurie & Heifetz, 2003).
Leadership Strategies That Ensure Positive Outcomes
A leader cannot be the defining boss, but instead must be willing to allow others to learn and accept the responsibility of the learning (Laurie & Heifetz, 2003). Within the strategies the leader should be willing to collaborate with other individuals throughout the organization, develop a strategic perspective and be willing to adapt to new challenge...

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