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Leader of character framework

Character development is a journey not a destination. The Leader of Character (LoC) Framework is the road-map for that journey.

LoC components

Lives honorably, lifts others, elevated performance

Systems Leadership

a set of skills and capacities that individuals or organizations can use to understand and characterize complex situations/environments, build coalitions, and solve multifaceted challenges.

Systems leader

An individual (or group) that can apply innovative and adaptive approaches that engage broad networks of diverse stakeholders to advance progress towards a shared vision or goal.

Key Skills of a systems leader

The ability to see the larger picture, the ability to foster reflective and generative conversations, building teams that can solve complex problems and co-create a future.

society

the coordinated efforts by people sharing some common tribal or national identity to collectively survive and flourish as a collective

Social structure

Arrangements for how to do things which take on a life of their own beyond the individuals within them. Acts like scaffolding and outlines how behavior is arranged in each bit of social space in that society. Major components include: culture, social class, social status, roles, groups, and institutions

social institution

the complex set of rules, roles, and relationships designed to meet basic survival needs. Examples include: Economy, Polity, Military, Family, and Religion

Informal group

A group that shares informal norms about how to behave. Sanctions and norms are not written down

Formal group

includes organizations and other formally arranged groups with designated procedures and norms

Power

the ability to impose ones will even against resistance from others. Results primarily from position in a social structure. Changes behavior without changing attitude.

Social Status

A person's socially determined position within a group organization or society and the respect, prestige or honor given to that person. Status changes as the context you are in changes.

Achieved Status

acquired on basis of merit (earned or chosen)

Ascribed status

society assigns to us (not earned or chosen)

Social role

social position and the expectations associated with it.

Culture

the substance of a society's way of life, details the content of these arrangements from the language to be spoke to the facial expressions to be used to the rules for doing any activity.

Culture shock

the deep, visceral reaction people may experience when abruptly taken out of their socio-cultural comfort zone.

self-concept

totality of thoughts and feelings that an individual has about himself or herself

identity

Who we are

Personality

Distinct set of dispositional traits/attributes that distinguish us from others; have a biological component

Social (group) identity

Used to categorize/differentiate people based on attributes (race, gender, etc.)

Role Identity

Roles/parts we play in relation to one another (sister, cadet, athlete, etc.)

personal identity

Individual characteristics, values, beliefs, attitudes that we bring to interactions

socialization process

individuals acquire the values, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of their culture or subculture, including religion, nationality, and social class

Sociological imagination

Capacity to shift from one perspective to another; capacity to range from the most impersonal and remote transformations to the most intimate features of human self and see relations between them; why things are as they are (big picture)

History

When you live can have a dramatic impact in how you live your life. Think of how different your life would be if you lived in the 1860s or even the 1960s.

Biography

Where you live and the circumstances of your upbringing can impact how you live your life. Think of how your life would be different if you grew up in a different country and under different circumstances

Utilize sociological imagination to find the intersection of

History and biography

Structurally

"What is the structure of this particular society as a whole? What are its essential components, and how are they related to one another? How does it differ from other varieties of social order? Within it, what is the meaning of any particular feature for its continuance and for its change? "

Historically

"Where does this society stand in human history? What are the mechanics by which it is changing? What is its place within and its meaning for the development of humanity as a whole? How does any particular feature we are examining affect, and how is it affected by, the historical period in which it moves? And this period - what are its essential features? How does it differ from other periods? What are its characteristic ways of history-making?"

Hierarchically

"What varieties of men and women now prevail in this society and in this period? And what varieties are coming to prevail? In what ways are they selected and formed, liberated and repressed, made sensitive and blunted? What kinds of `human nature' are revealed in the conduct and character we observe in this society in this period? And what is the meaning for 'human nature' of each and every feature of the society we are examining?"

Personal troubles

occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others. The person is doing or failing to do something

Social issues

matters that transcend these local environments of the individual and the range of her inner life. Aggregate set of private troubles that reveal a larger systemic pattern

Personality

The characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behavior that contributes to an individual's uniqueness from others. Personality is relatively stable over time.

Type theory

take an "all or none" approach to describing people based on the assumption that there are "types" of personality. These approaches often minimize individual differences in order to simplify a complex and difficult task of categorizing people into personality types.

Trait theory

a trait characteristic aspect of an individual's cognition, affect, or behavior that tends to be stable over time and consistent across relevant situations". Trait theories measure individual traits of individuals based on where each person falls along the trait continuum and can be described in terms of "how much" of a trait they possess, relative to others.

Big 5 Leadership Traits

open to experience; conscientiousness; extroversion; agreeableness; neuroticism (OCEAN)

open to experience

Trying new things/ideas; imagination, art, emotions, adventure, liberalism

Conscientiousness

Order/discipline a person prefers to have; order, duty, achievement, discipline

Extraversion

outgoing, talkative, sociable, assertive in social situations; friendliness, assertiveness, activity, excitement

Agreeableness

Gets along with others, confront or go along; trust, mobility, sympathy, cooperation

Neuroticism

anxiety, insecurity, emotional instability; anxious, tense, moody

fundamental attribution error

the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition; looks at the individual rather than the situation

Good Samaritan study

A person in a hurry is less likely to stop and help a homeless person or someone who is suffering

attributes

-Situational: giving money after getting a raise at work

-dispositional: giving money because you are a good-hearted/generous person; relatively stable aspects of character

strong situations

one's actions are public, and there are explicit norms and constraints on behavior

weak situations

One's actions are less public, few expectations/rules on behavior

Moral potency

a psychological state marked by an experienced sense of ownership over the moral aspects of one's environment, reinforced by efficacy beliefs in the capabilities to act to achieve moral purpose, and the courage to perform ethically in the face of adversity

Moral potency components

Moral efficacy, ownership, and courage

Moral ownership

A sense of responsibility for our and other's actions in one's environment

Moral efficacy

Confidence that your actions will make a difference; beliefs/capabilities to act to achieve moral purpose

Moral courage

Ability to act; perform ethically in the face of adversity

self-deception

Language euphemisms, slippery slope of decision making, perception errors, constrained representations of self

moral disengagement

Person justifies their unethical actions/inactions to protect their self-image; comparison, blame victims, diffusion of responsibility, dehumanizing, not recognizing extent of harm, sanitizing language