Leading a Diverse Work Force

Critically, the leader has come to replace the hero, and leadership, heroism.

There will be two causes that will give rise to leadership.  John Work describes the first one as perceived-inequity cause.  Simply what grows out of perceived inequities across diverse groups in corporate and organization workplaces, communities etc.  The second cause we can call the search-for-excellence cause.  Individuals with positions of responsibility and authority may perceive a need and be motivated to raise than improve an organization's level of efficiency, production and delivery of goods and/or services, and profitability.

Whatever the reason or cause, true leadership must lead to change that translates into social betterment.  Ultimately, true leadership makes a difference in the lives of people.

We need to take this to the workplace situations that, left leaderless, may well devolve into more complex patterns of discrimination, lowered levels of employee morale and productivity, a poor public and international image, and a failure to identify and develop new markets.  True leaders will recognize the opportunities and potential benefits inherent in diversity, such as the creation o new markets, broaden customer bases, higher levels of productivity, more creativity and new ides, and increased cor-orate capacity to effectively participate in different competitive and global configurations.

John W. Work shares some interesting thoughts on this subject.  He states that

"the seeming decline of heroes in our society as images possessed of enduring vison and values, capable of transforming the wretched into nobility, and serving as repositories for historic tales of victory over the implacable forces of evil is being offset today by the rise of the notion of leaders and leadership.  But who are the leaders of today, and what is leadership?  With respect to organizations and workplaces, true leaders are individuals with organization visions and commitments and embrace beyond traditional management concerns.  They fashion higher standards of social concern than are required by fundamental management skill.  Given this reenginerred  leadership, our institutiions and workplaces now can meaningfully adapt the values inherent in a diverse society."

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