What value differences might you as a leader expect to find among your Baby Boomer, Gen Xers and Millennial employees?

Chapter 5 looks at leadership and values, especially ethical values. Values are simply gut-level belief systems that help us distinguish what is good vs. bad, normal vs. abnormal. Ones values start forming at an early age when family is the single most important programmer of values. Schools, churches, media, television, music, and peers quickly become other important value programmers. By the time we are 20, our values have pretty much formed our filter for how we see the world.
What about ethics? Ethical values have to do with a concept of morality, of good versus evil. Ethics is a big question in Corporate America today where scandal after scandal have left many believing that ‘business ethics” is an oxymoron. Leaders often represent to the outside world the key values of the organization.
Culture begins, obviously, with the founders of the organization. The founder’s vision
of what the organization should be like is very important. Later, as employees are added,
the founders hire people who reflect the same vision and carry it forward. Likewise, these
early employees hire others of similar vision. As new employees arrive, they are socialized
into the organization. Once inside an organization, employees learn culture especially
through the rites, rituals, stories, and reward systems that they observe.

Module Three Discussion Questions (due by Thursday)
Note: Please type the question and then the answer which should be about 250 words for each question.

1. There have been some interesting studies on the effect of gender on leadership style. Respond to the following statement with your opinions and experiences: “Successful male and female leaders tend to have many similarities; yet, women as a group tend to be more democratic in style than men. The modern concept of managerial coaching may thus be more natural for women than men.” Incorporate at least one outside reference into your answer. (250 Words)
2. What value differences might you as a leader expect to find among your Baby Boomer, Gen Xers and Millennial employees? Discuss. Use at least one outside reference in your answer. (250 words)

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