Analysis should include using the list of leaders and characteristics generated in the task/competency above to distinguish between leadership benefits and risks.
- Benefits:
- High achievement; wide recognition
- Rewards, including money or power
- Effectiveness, influence on others or satisfaction in working for the benefit of others
- Risks:
- Sacrifices necessary to maintain position
- Failure; competition
- Susceptible to corruption; threat of power becoming an obsession
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is meant by the phrase, “It’s lonely at the top”?
- What characteristics make up an ethical leader?
- How might ethical leaders deal with stakeholders who disagree with them or challenge their position? How might unethical leaders deal with these situations?
- What risks are associated with taking on a leadership role? How do leaders decide when to take risks?