Putting Your Values to Work

Matthew R. Fairholm, PhD, is associate professor in public administration and the W. O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership at the University of South Dakota.

• Tables and FiguresAcknowledgments1. IntroductionProblems and Issues of ControlFour Leadership Streams and Organizational PracticeA Word on Position and RelationshipsA Word on PowerThe Four Vs IntroducedPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical Activities2. Values: Principles of PracticeThe Value of ValuesMorality and TechniquesValues Displacement: The TechniquesPrinciples Are ImportantPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical ActivitiesNotes3. Vision: Pictures of PracticePainting a Picture of PracticeA Word on Vision StatementsHow to Have a VisionVisions Are Leader-Centric, but Follower-FocusedA Word on InspirationStories: The Essence of VisionPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical ActivitiesNotes4. Vectors: Pathways of PracticeA Word on "Misions"Operationalizing Vision: The Pathways to PracticeThe Link between Thinking and DoingPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical ActivitiesNotes5. Voice: People of PracticeA Matter of Individual ChoiceImagine an Organization of VolunteersA Reminder about Individual ChoiceSense of SelfTo Act or Be Acted Upon: The Primacy of AgencyPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical ActivitiesNotes6. Strategic Thinking and Planning Process: Using the Four VsThe STP ProcessPutting It Together: A Deployment Process and "Tool Box"Where Does Voice Fit In?Making the Four Vs Real in ActionThe End ResultsPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical Activities7. Four Vs, Four 'Ems of Management, and Five Perspectives of LeadershipManagement RootLeadership RootThe Four 'Ems of ManagementInfluence and "Power With"Evaluating Other People's Leadership: Perspectives of Leadership and the Four VsPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical ActivitiesNote8. ConclusionMeasuring SuccessA Moral ReminderWhere the Four Vs Take UsPoints to PonderQuotablesPractical ActivitiesIndex