View From the Balcony - Writers Block

View From the Balcony

Writers Block

2007-12-03

The Role of Leadership In A Changing Society.

The Role of Leadership In A Changing Society.

Did you know there are organizatons founded on the principle of helping leaders deal with change in their organizations? Foundations such as The Society for Leadership of Change (SLC) help business deal with change management.

One would think leadership roles in a changing society were bound in an individualistic way to serve the needs of off line business. Perhaps originally they were. It is an obvious fact that leadership has and will remain an integral part of business and government since time began and people started to gather into communities. Never more so then now how integrity plays a role in on line business success.

Today, the social and moral ethics of leadership come under the gun and close scrutiny often turns the tables once any form of integrity has been crossed. Offline, it is the newspapers and tv news reporters that will eat you alive. On line, it is your competition in fight or flight mode looking for a stronger more secure piece of an ever changing market share.

They all want YOU! YOU are the prize in these integrity wars.

This is not a moral treatise nor is it a place to drop names for the sake of credibility. What I hope it to be is a way to put together a lot of floating pieces on how personal and moral ethics affect us in the market place, How the role of leadership becomes embroiled in a mix of challenge and attack when it should be challenge and growth for all.

When you deal with what comes in your mail box, when you surf the net and investigate the full blown promises of instant wealth without having to lift a finger, it becomes apparent entrepreneurs are walking into a crisis of confidence in the executive leadership of Internet corporate business.

In far too many cases, the moral integrity of business owners is sadly lacking or is swept to the background, overshadowed by confusing needs of the membership who are expecting to follow in good grace.

When I first came on line, I struggled with what a marketing strategy was. I asked questions and got a lecture on making my own business plans and a lot of talk and gibberish about mission statements but no one could explain to me what a marketing strategy was.

What this mystery did show me was it was all of these things aforementioned with a bit of polishing. What it also showed me was that leadership in so-called coaching and mentorship was lacking in the people I chose at that time to follow.

Let's be fair here. A leader is not born knowing what to do or how to lead you unerringly in to any business direction. It is as much a journey of discovery for them as it is for you.

Add this knowledge into the mix of how fast the Internet is growing, how fast change comes about in dramatic fashion, how technology becomes an intregal factor in business success and you are bound to become easily confused and overwhelmed. The time for checking the ethical background of your leader is not something that comes first, though it should be.

If either of you don't have integrity, if either of you don't practice integrity in all you do, if you do not believe in its power to help you do the right thing and follow those that do live with integrity, then you lose big time.

Irregardless of naysayers who claim integrity stunts your growth, I for one would prefer to go around physically short in stature yet able to stand tall and proud in my business dealings with my business associates.

When you think of the role of strategic leadership in our changing society on line, then due diligence begins to take on a new and more defining meaning.

Fran Klasinski
Mentoring you Through Common Sense.

copyright © 2007 Fran Klasinski All rights Reserved

Your feedback and comments are welcomed.

Posted at 07:10:51 PM | Post Comment | Read Comments (4)

Comment posted by gofermatch at 2007-12-04 20:13:38

Right on Fran! Those that say integrity stunts your growth are probably the same ones that sit around in conference rooms, forums & chat rooms wondering why the whole corporate culture stinks! Duh! We both know we can stand proud and tall by the business practices we employ and integrity we live our lives.
Keep on writing Fran!

George & Diane Culp
www.georgeculp.com

Comment posted by parushing at 2007-12-06 00:49:18

Fran I am not going to post troll comments under an unknown alias at your blog like you have at mine.

You were critical of page rank on a 5 month old blog and the highest page rank I can find on any of your sites is a 1.

Please show me some examples of your vast SEO and page rank raising knowledge.

Comment posted by How2-4Newbies at 2007-12-06 09:33:59

well Paul you said it ... new blogs and building. My post was to ask you not to criticize you. Sorry you are so sensitive to your work?? My blog here is less than 3 months old.
All of my sties need otpimizeing. None of them have had my attention any more than yours have. Oh and one of my sites has always had a 3/10 serps without any effort to optimize.

Comment posted by parushing at 2007-12-08 12:05:43

Fran I have tried to contact you via instant messenger. When you get a chance hit me up. I do spend a lot of time online as the Internet is my only source of income.

Wishing you and yours Happy Holidays.

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