What I found most interesting after reading “Value Based Leadership Paradigm,” was how all leaders conduct through their beliefs and values. As simple and obvious as it seems, it is very true that leaders make decisions based upon their own personal values. This is why business ethics is so important, as not every shares the same personal values, especially when making decisions that could have a positive or negative impact on more than just the leader themself. Reading this article, I am reminded of a person who formally held a leadership position at my church. Unfortuantley, their personal values when making decisions, they only thought about the benfits of their self image, and their family, not of the church as a whole. This caused many issues within our church as many people disagreed with the decisions this person was mkaing, and the power they held.

This specific situtaion, along with the article itself, reminds me just how important it is for leaders to have strong ethics and morals, when leading other based on their personal values. I also find it important that people understand that personal values differ within everyone, and it is important to understand and respect that. I also found the models shown to be very interesting and important. These models can be applicable to not only business settings, but personal lives as well. This is important as personal values and oponions are often time brought into the workplace through leadership.

Shatalebi, B., Yarmohammadian, M.H. (2011). Value based leadership paradigm. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042811009050