CHOICES, TRADE-OFFS

As a leader, you are likely involved at some stage or at some level in setting strategic priorities for your organization. Commonly, leaders focus their priorities on their organizations’ goals. Even in this context, however, leaders can't escape the fact that their personal motivators play a role. If your organization makes a strategic decision that you think is unethical or that pushes against your own long-held priorities, you have to either find a way to speak out against the decision or live with it.

Think about which values you share with your organization. What differences are there? People can often act in accordance with their organizations’ values during the time they are working, even though those values are different ...

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