Giving Voice to Values-based Leadership: How to Develop Good Organizations Through Work on Values

The complexity facing today’s organizations calls for a rethinking of leadership.The world is facing grand challenges for people and the planet.Leaders and employees bear the responsibility of formulating strategies grounded in strong values.These strategies aim to foster the growth of sustainable organizations and promote ethical work practices.This book gives voice to values-based leadership and provides a method for leaders to develop a values-based organizational culture. Values play a role on many levels in how we work as individual leaders, in teams, and in organizations and in how organizations approach societal challenges.Values can be a compass or orientation point, giving direction for decisions and actions.Awareness of values can make organizational responsibilities clearer and give a sense of meaning to work and help leaders to create organizations where corporate, moral, and social values are embedded at every level.This book gives insight into a Scandinavian values-based