Klaus Kleinfeld, an impressive speaker, sophisticated, well spoken, open, self-sacrificing, warm, and engaging. Through storytelling, he identifies, promotes, and reinforces his shared values; freedom and respect. Personal values come from the heart and with conviction, he inspires to pursue your vision, purpose and behave ethically with respect to people; this is how he believes people should behave. Endeavoring to transcend his values, I believe, he hopes the workers of the organization will support his vision and character. As we know, leaders can encourage or discourage followers to behave a certain way.
Speaking only briefly about his early days in Germany, when freedom was far from his reach, Kleinfeld says, freedom is a state of mind and if you give that up – you give up a great deal. In the …show more content…
Speaking passionately about respect and the realization of how simple kindness is felt as respect in the workplace and the world, values that are extremely personal to him; created this response from the housekeeping team: “When you are poor, people look right through you”. Klaus effectively identified, reinforced and promoted his value of respect, a moral for the basis of ethics and professionalism; important in corporate and national cultures. Supporting the wider society that we work and live in, realizing a person for whom they are and for what they accomplish and what their contribution is to the organization is important.
Kleinfeld, a role model, and inspiring leader is “truly living his values (page 180). Freedom and respect, two values that overlap in corporate values, are critical to sustaining a successful global organization. Klaus Kleinfeld, is a good example of “practicing what you preach”, earning him respect and integrity, while he impresses the importance of morals, to live by them, and never lose sight of
Speaking only briefly about his early days in Germany, when freedom was far from his reach, Kleinfeld says, freedom is a state of mind and if you give that up – you give up a great deal. In the …show more content…
Speaking passionately about respect and the realization of how simple kindness is felt as respect in the workplace and the world, values that are extremely personal to him; created this response from the housekeeping team: “When you are poor, people look right through you”. Klaus effectively identified, reinforced and promoted his value of respect, a moral for the basis of ethics and professionalism; important in corporate and national cultures. Supporting the wider society that we work and live in, realizing a person for whom they are and for what they accomplish and what their contribution is to the organization is important.
Kleinfeld, a role model, and inspiring leader is “truly living his values (page 180). Freedom and respect, two values that overlap in corporate values, are critical to sustaining a successful global organization. Klaus Kleinfeld, is a good example of “practicing what you preach”, earning him respect and integrity, while he impresses the importance of morals, to live by them, and never lose sight of