The courage to participate in transformation is key to a follower’s and
leader’s success. Thinking about the previously mentioned destructive behavior, if the leader is
not prevented from behaving in such a manner by realizing it him/herself or by being reminded
by the follower that such behavior is self-damaging and especially damaging to the organization,
Mary Ryan: no need to repeat the book name
Mary Ryan: (Johnson, p. 80)
MORAL COURAGE
the leader must realize that whatever he or she is doing is wrong and transformation needs to
happen in order to succeed. The courage for this transformation is especially difficult for the
follower to come up with, since it involves pointing out immoral behavior to his …show more content…
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courage to bring it up is similarly difficult (Johnson, page 80).
When claiming these various kinds of courages mentioned in the previous paragraph, it
seems implied that every leader was a follower before. It would further need to be assumed that
all the characteristics mentioned previously were met fully or at least to a certain degree, for the
follower to transition into becoming a leader. It can then be assumed that most or all of the traits
a good leader should have, as well as all of the moral standpoints and acts of courage can be
learned. Although some might have a talent for being a leader, meaning courage is something
that comes naturally to those individuals, good leaders are not born to be leaders more than any
other individual who wants to be a leader, and the moral courage needed to be a good leader can
be learned after all. Thus, moral courage in the workforce is to stand up for values that serve the
organization. When someone’s goals are to be successful in life, that person should endeavor to
see the success of the organization as their own success, which would include the success of
leader’s success. Thinking about the previously mentioned destructive behavior, if the leader is
not prevented from behaving in such a manner by realizing it him/herself or by being reminded
by the follower that such behavior is self-damaging and especially damaging to the organization,
Mary Ryan: no need to repeat the book name
Mary Ryan: (Johnson, p. 80)
MORAL COURAGE
the leader must realize that whatever he or she is doing is wrong and transformation needs to
happen in order to succeed. The courage for this transformation is especially difficult for the
follower to come up with, since it involves pointing out immoral behavior to his …show more content…
The
courage to bring it up is similarly difficult (Johnson, page 80).
When claiming these various kinds of courages mentioned in the previous paragraph, it
seems implied that every leader was a follower before. It would further need to be assumed that
all the characteristics mentioned previously were met fully or at least to a certain degree, for the
follower to transition into becoming a leader. It can then be assumed that most or all of the traits
a good leader should have, as well as all of the moral standpoints and acts of courage can be
learned. Although some might have a talent for being a leader, meaning courage is something
that comes naturally to those individuals, good leaders are not born to be leaders more than any
other individual who wants to be a leader, and the moral courage needed to be a good leader can
be learned after all. Thus, moral courage in the workforce is to stand up for values that serve the
organization. When someone’s goals are to be successful in life, that person should endeavor to
see the success of the organization as their own success, which would include the success of