THE DANGER OF IMPOSING VALUES

Scores of people are dying daily by cult values as some sort of idealisation that presents to their imagination a future devoid of obstacles. 

The notion that a leader can choose the values for an organisation is a fantasy. No one is able to say ‘these’ are going to be ‘your’ values. I believe it is an illusion to think that you, leader or not, might be able to manufacture a value; however you may be able to manufacture a norm. You can only demonstrate through your behaviour and interactions with others what your values are, but you can’t instruct someone else to have a voluntary compulsion – a value - that’s personal to them.

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