The Role of a Leader

When it comes to leadership everyone has their own idea or theory of what is required of a leader, how they should be perceived, and what skills it takes to be a leader. The information below shows how ethics, healthy communication, performance, power, and social perception are a part of being a leader in the business world. A leader in the business environment has to have high morals, understand, set a strong example of the actions they want their employees to emulate, exhibit that they are in charge, and have a good reputation. The role of a leader in each section is further dissected throughout this paper.

Ethics, Character, and Personal Integrity

The ethics, character, and personal integrity that a company has are import because these are some of the key components that build up the foundation of a company. A leader has to set standards that are backed up by the actions they perform and the plans that have for the organization. Ethics are an essential when structuring a company. The person in charge must be able to execute and establish guidelines that give integrity and uses goals to obtain the mission of the company. Leaders must have the proper skills and techniques necessary to effectively display the morals that they want to be emulated by their employees.

The Josephson Institute’s (2009) six pillars of character are good essential leadership’s skills and can be used throughout the company. These six pillars are caring, fairness, responsibility, citizenship, trustworthiness, and respect. Being caring in the workplace means committing acts to reduce adversity and to be helpful to those around you, fairness is to not take advantage of others, but rather be a team player that does not pass judgment, and responsibility i...

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...ny is a brand and the leader is in charge of making that brand last and that it is perceived properly. The wrong perception can be detrimental to an organization. A smart leader has to be aware of what the stakeholder’s views on the company are, as well as the general public. Each decision is a step in the right or wrong direction and has to be analyzed accordingly. The choices are the leaders main thoughts in the end, but would be easier if they were made by a group of people and the leader just gets the last say on everything. When the boss shows that they put trust and belief in the efforts of the people they have working beneath them it creates a solid image around the leader, that he/she believes in those around them and is willing to give them enough respect so that they can all have a positive, reflective ending perception of the brand being established.