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Leadership Ethic

Love vs. Fear: Diagnosing Your Leadership Ethic

Most leaders default to the fear ethic — not because they're bad people, but because it's what was modeled. Here's how to recognize it and choose differently.

The Fear Ethic (Default)
  • Scarcity-driven
  • Hoards power
  • Demands perfection
  • Isolates teams
The Love Ethic (Vision)
  • Abundance-driven
  • Shares power
  • Cultivates growth
  • Connects deeply
Where might fear be disguised as 'professionalism' in your work?
Positionality

Context Is Not Background. It's the Lens.

We don't experience the world neutrally. Every leader enters a room carrying a set of lenses — historical, cultural, political, economic — that shape what they see and what they miss.

The question isn't whether your context shapes your leadership. It's whether you've examined how.

What did love look like in your actions as a leader today?