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So next time you want something done in a certain way, rather than telling people what to do, show them the behaviour you expect from them. This way, you will have more engaged, happier employees and clients.

6.Speaking of change, embrace it!

And one of my favourites — embrace change! Being a leader means knowing and accepting that nothing is forever. Even liking the idea: Change is a given in anything we do in life. In business, change brings with it opportunities and challenges more than it brings trouble.

So be flexible, be adaptable, enjoy change when it comes, and from time to time, search for it yourself — it will be worth it.

Misconceptions About Leadership

Like so many other things, leadership has its own myths and misconceptions.

I have found 3:

1.You can not be a leader if you aren’t in an authority position.

False! You can be a leader if you are a manager, but if you are a leader, you don’t have to be a manager as well. Setting positive examples, guiding the people around you, being their voice when the situation arises — that is the job of a true leader, no matter his daily job description.

2.You can not be a leader if you are an introvert.

False! Character traits are so different in people that we simply can not put a label on it and say that introverts aren’t good leaders. Sometimes, thinking more on the inside than on the outside proves even more beneficial than we think. Introverts aren’t masters of public speech, but that doesn’t mean they can not guide and inspire people toward great goals.

3.If everyone is a leader, who will follow?

False! The truth is, nobody leads in everything. The best leaders have their „specialties” and also, they step in and out of their role as leader gracefully.

The best estimates offered by research are that leadership is about one-third born and two-thirds made. How does this reflect into real life? Well, we can consider that leadership is a set of innate traits, completed by another set of qualities that are refined and perfected in time, with education, training, and experience.

I believe being a leader isn’t usually a job that you find, but rather one that finds you. Although it is not easy, it has a certain *je ne sais quoi* that draws one like a moth to a flame. As a leader, you need to make smart decisions about products and services, marketing, financing, and other operational issues, but you also have to maximize the full potential of your employees. There is a lot to do, but allow me to let you in on another little secret — leadership skills are great even for those who don’t want to lead. All the qualities I have depicted above will serve you well no matter your position at a job and in your personal life — you will be ready to step in, lead and make things smoother and better for many other people.

Once again remember “…be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”. Get your five buckets filled, and that wi

1. Education for Justice (E4J) Integrity and Ethics Module 5: Ethics, Diversity and Pluralism

2. Agenda Ethics, Diversity and Pluralism (60 minutes) Diversity, heritage and identity (20 min) Ethical role models and their relevance (60 min) Intersectional Constitution exercise (30 min) Summary (10 min)

3. Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this module students should be able to: Understand and define diversity, tolerance and pluralism. Perceive the value of cultures, identities, histories, and points of view other than one’s own. Provide examples of moral role models whose actions promote the values of tolerance and pluralism. Demonstrate a preliminary understanding of more complex aspects of diversity such as intersectionality, identity and subcultures.

4. Ethics, Diversity and Pluralism Diversity The existence of difference among social groups Can lead to negative outcomes – intolerance and prejudice Can lead to positive outcomes such as inclusion

5. Ethics, Diversity and Pluralism Tolerance The capacity to endure opinions or beliefs with which one disagrees A political principle (or virtue) in which we are obligated to respect differences A liberal idea

6. Ethics, Diversity and Pluralism Pluralism Pluralism is more than toleration Pluralism is the acceptance and celebration of differences Pluralism is a moral and political position Pluralism as a political concept Pragmatist philosophy – John Dewey American political science – interest groups and democracy European Legal theory – constitutional and legal

7. Ethics, Diversity and Pluralism Are societies improved through diversity or do they suffer because of the conflicts that arise? What is the difference between tolerance and pluralism? What experiences of discrimination have students experienced in their own lives? What experiences of tolerance have students experienced in their own lives? What experiences of pluralism have students experienced in their own lives?

8. Ethics, Diversity and Pluralism Exercise 1: I am Malala Can diversity principles ignore the teachings of prevailing local religions that in this case might encourage discrimination against girls and women? What can Malala’s father’s behaviour tell us about diversity, tolerance and pluralism?

9. Diversity, heritage and identity Exercise 2: The DNA Journey

10. Ethical role models and their relevance Neil MacGregor on the Cyrus Cylinder: A great moment for the Middle East

11. Ethical role models and their relevance Exercise 3: Mandela’s The Long Walk to Freedom In the excerpt you have just read, how do we make judgments about their behaviour? Is either person morally correct? Or are both of them right “in their own way”? How might you have handled the problems based upon race, role, and age emphasized in this excerpt? Are educational courses like this one an antidote to racism or does higher education embalm and transmit “eternal” problems of human nature which cannot be changed in diversity and ethics courses? How important and practical is what we are doing in this class?

12. Intersectional Constitution exercise Exercise 4: Role Play Hindu activist from India Chinese Communist party member American transgender activist Palestinian Hamas leader Venezuelan Catholic liberation theologian Any other role that would be relevant in that particular context

13. Core reading Anita Foeman (2017). DNA tests, and sometimes surprising results . The New York Times , 20 April. Available from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/us/dna-ancestry-race-identity.html British Museum (2017). The Cyrus Cylinder . Available from http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=327188&partId=1 Mandela, Nelson. (1994) Long Walk to Freedom . New York: Little, Brown & Company Yousafzai, Malala (2013). I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban . New York: Little Brown and Company. Gandhi, Mohandas (1957). Gandhi, An Autobiography. My Experiments with the Truth . Boston: Beacon Press.