Ethical Leadership: Culture And Diversity Of Leadership

The learnings of culture with in organisations were influential in my coaching performance. At the time I started to study culture and diversity of leadership I had culture difficulties at my current place of work as a high level coach. We had recently hired a new male coach who would work alongside me to coach our senior athletes.

Before he started we had set clear priorities for our competitive teams which included our club culture to support others with in the club, to respect the sport of gymnastics and to install a hard working regime so that we deserved good result in the following season. The sociological underpinning of shared meaning was not reached to some of our senior gymnasts as our club culture needed to be installed collectedly

One of the qualities I have come to love about leadership because leadership is not defined it continuous to grow and develop with contemporary ideas. Ethical leadership or an ethical leader as defined by Ciulla (2005) as “someone who does the right thing, the right way, and for the right reasons” is being identified as higher form of leadership. Bass & Steidlmeier (1999) referred to three pillars of ethical leadership 1) the moral character of the leader; 2) the ethical legitimacy of the values embedded in the leaders vision, articulation and program which followers either embrace or reject, and 3) the morality of the process of social ethical choice and action that leaders and followers engage in and collectively pursue. Jackson & Parry (2011) Similarly, noted the three levels of authenticity as part of Authentic leadership theory as 1) an induvial personal authenticity; b) a leaders authenticity as a leader and c) authentic leadership and was defined by Kernis 2003 as “full awareness and acceptance of self, an unbiased processing of self-relevant information, action consistent with the true self and a relational orientation that values openness and truth in close personal relationships.”. Whereby Spiritual leadership relates to Self-actualisation, self-awareness, authenticity, the management of meaning, emotion and passion, intrinsic motivation, wisdom,

I often use Physiological contract with people for example with a friend I see as a good friend I am adhering to a mutual respect, equal effort to make time to meet up, trust, and for them to be there for me when I may need them. Psychological contracts serve to bind individuals and organisations together and fosters commitments.

Week 12: Moving Forward – Leadership