Leadership and You Can't Spell Mismanagement without 'Age'
Do you know what the "age of enlightenment is?"
The Age of Enlightenment, or simply The Enlightenment, is a term used to describe a time in western philosophy and cultural life, centered upon the eighteenth century, in which reason was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority. (Wikipedia) Me either... The question may come back to the differentiation between the age of accountability vs. the age of adulthood vs. the age of responsibility. An article in the October 2009 issue of Governing magazine tackles this issue and reminds us that the government is confusing us by assigning different leadership roles to different ages. For example, 18 is the default age for "adulthood" - with the exception of the following responsibilities... Confused? You should be. Who knows what the exact age is that we become adults. That is why we should hearken back to the days of yore and base adulthood on your reasoning skills. We have too many people in leadership and management roles who lack the skill of reason. They make their leadership decisions based on what it will do for their career, what it will do for the shareholders, and what it will do for the bottom line. We need to get back to making REASONABLE decisions in business, and these should be based on character, integrity and ethics. And I don't care how old you are - if you agree with that statement above , you are more of an adult than most adults...
Does that concept still exist in leadership today? Do you think that people who are in roles of authority gained those positions due to the fact they they have excellent reasoning skills?
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