If you’ve been following leisure information, you’ll know that it has been 20 years since Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, played a mother and daughter at odds, who magically swapped bodies in Disney’s 2003 remake of Freaky Friday. Disney has confirmed a sequel, and Curtis and Lohan are open to a return.
“Make good choices,” says the mom, Tess (Curtis), to her daughter, Anna (Lohan) in a Freaky Friday scene the place we see Tess drop off Anna in school and provide sagacious recommendation simply earlier than she drives away.
Since Curtis uttered that epic line (which has turn into a meme and copypasta), all of us have been hoping that organizations and governments will appoint or elect leaders who will make unimpeachable selections. I say “hope” as a result of we are able to’t at all times rely upon each chief to steadfastly make accountable selections–ones that will undoubtedly, whether or not instantly or down the road, have an effect on people, society, enterprise, and authorities.
If you’ve watched season 4, episode 8, “America Decides,” of Succession (spoiler alert), you have got seen a (fictitious) tv information community election night time broadcast manipulated by its co-CEOs, two of the Roy brothers, who make what many would take into account a heinous alternative that adversely impacts everything of the United States. Pop tradition apart, as Noel Murray writes for the New York Times, “Although this episode is incredibly entertaining, it does cut uncomfortably closer to real-world politics than is typical for ‘Succession.’”
Choices and Options
Here’s the rub. At some level, somebody (or maybe a board or group) would possibly ask a pacesetter to decide based mostly on two express choices. In different phrases, they may ask somebody to do the unsuitable factor.
I doubt anybody would argue that integrity is on the core of honorable management. Ethical leaders behave in line with ideas and values that serve the widespread good, and don’t deviate from their code of conduct. Along with integrity, many individuals cite honesty, duty, justice, and transparency as essential. Though moral management is multidimensional and multifactorial, holding individuals accountable for making accountable selections appears requisite. To make a good selection, you have to take into account how your choice won’t solely positively affect your personal group, staff, stakeholders, and prospects however whether or not it is going to profit or hurt individuals exterior to your group or the planet. Simply, what are the better ramifications?
As a college professor and nonfiction guide creator, I’m obliged to find out studying outcomes. What will my college students or readers be taught on account of taking my course or studying my guide? Back within the day, instructors framed programs based mostly on targets. Framing programs or books based mostly on studying outcomes works much better as a result of it locations the emphasis not on the trainer or creator however on the individuals they serve. Much can experience on outcomes.
Honorable Leadership = Making Brave Choices
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Curtis said that she improvised that line. “For some reason that popped out of my mouth. What it really stands for is, make brave choices,” she said. At instances, making good selections means we have to be courageous. Maintaining integrity beneath duress, uncertainty or difficult circumstances is feasible. Whenever I take into consideration decision-making, I consider French thinker Jean Paul Sartre who believed that now we have to make selections. He additionally believed that as a result of “existence precedes essence,” every choice reveals our essence.
Please forgive the inclusion of Sarte’s existentialist philosophy alongside popular culture references. But there’s no denying Curtis’ knowledge.
This visitor publish was authored by Robin Landa
Called “one of the great teachers of our time” by the Carnegie Foundation, Robin holds the title of Distinguished Professor within the Michael Graves College at Kean University. She has taught college college students, in addition to educated business professionals, to generate plenty of worthwhile concepts. It’s no shock individuals take into account her a creativity knowledgeable. But Robin Landa is greater than that—she makes use of her inventive powers for good.
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