Though the philosophy "the ends justify the means," is popular, I've never personally subscribed to it. Leaders must remember that few ends can justify any means, and vice versa.
Thank you for providing this perspective. The ends only justify the means if those means are not mean. The journey is often more important than the destination, and how a team navigates a project or deals with a crisis will determine if that team can survive to work through other projects and crises. The leader of the team sets the tone and the tempo; encouraging or discouraging, uplifting or downtrodding, and leading or just simply managing. Even failed tasks can be successfully coached into growth and development when the means are considered by an organization as equally important a function as getting to the correct ends. In my experience, allowing the team to help me develop the plan as we went along, was often more successful than those times I was forced to put out a plan of my own that focused only on the end goal.
Thank you for providing this perspective. The ends only justify the means if those means are not mean. The journey is often more important than the destination, and how a team navigates a project or deals with a crisis will determine if that team can survive to work through other projects and crises. The leader of the team sets the tone and the tempo; encouraging or discouraging, uplifting or downtrodding, and leading or just simply managing. Even failed tasks can be successfully coached into growth and development when the means are considered by an organization as equally important a function as getting to the correct ends. In my experience, allowing the team to help me develop the plan as we went along, was often more successful than those times I was forced to put out a plan of my own that focused only on the end goal.
Integrity calls us to integrate Ends &Means to be well integrated ethically , morally and truthfully .