In case you’ve been following leisure information, you’ll know that it has been 20 years since Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, performed a mom and daughter at odds, who magically swapped our 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 decisions,” says the mom, Tess (Curtis), to her daughter, Anna (Lohan) in a Freaky Friday scene the place we see Tess drop off Anna at college and supply sagacious recommendation simply earlier than she drives away.
Since Curtis uttered that epic line (which has develop 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 all the time depend upon each chief to steadfastly make accountable selections–ones that may undoubtedly, whether or not instantly or down the road, have an effect on people, society, enterprise, and authorities.
In case you’ve watched season 4, episode 8, “America Decides,” of Succession (spoiler alert), you might have 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 contemplate a heinous alternative that adversely impacts the whole lot of the US. Popular culture apart, as Noel Murray writes for the New York Instances, “Though this episode is extremely entertaining, it does lower uncomfortably nearer to real-world politics than is typical for ‘Succession.’”
Decisions and Choices
Right here’s the rub. Sooner or later, somebody (or maybe a board or group) may ask a pacesetter to decide based mostly on two express choices. In different phrases, they could ask somebody to do the unsuitable factor.
I doubt anybody would argue that integrity is on the core of honorable management. Moral leaders behave in response to rules and values that serve the widespread good, and don’t deviate from their code of conduct. Together with integrity, many individuals cite honesty, duty, justice, and transparency as mandatory. Although moral management is multidimensional and multifactorial, holding individuals accountable for making accountable decisions appears requisite. To make a sensible choice, you need to contemplate how your determination won’t solely positively influence your personal group, workers, stakeholders, and clients however whether or not it’ll profit or hurt individuals exterior to your group or the planet. Merely, what are the better ramifications?
As a college professor and nonfiction e book creator, I’m obliged to find out studying outcomes. What’s going to my college students or readers be taught on account of taking my course or studying my e book? Again 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. A lot can experience on outcomes.
Honorable Management = Making Courageous Decisions
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Curtis mentioned that she improvised that line. “For some cause that popped out of my mouth. What it actually stands for is, make courageous decisions,” she mentioned. At occasions, making good decisions means we should be courageous. Sustaining integrity below duress, uncertainty or difficult circumstances is feasible. Each time I take into consideration decision-making, I consider French thinker Jean Paul Sartre who believed that we have now to make decisions. He additionally believed that as a result of “existence precedes essence,” each alternative reveals our essence.
Please forgive the inclusion of Sarte’s existentialist philosophy alongside popular culture references. However there’s no denying Curtis’ knowledge.
This visitor put up was authored by Robin Landa
Known as “one of many nice lecturers of our time” by the Carnegie Basis, Robin holds the title of Distinguished Professor within the Michael Graves School at Kean College. She has taught college college students, in addition to educated trade professionals, to generate a lot of worthwhile concepts. It’s no shock individuals contemplate her a creativity knowledgeable. However Robin Landa is greater than that—she makes use of her artistic powers for good.
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