Comments on: How To Be A Good Leader: Be Fair

By: elie bassil

elie bassil — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:56:22 +0000

be honest with your self before ,you will be fair or not

By: Phil Dourado

Phil Dourado — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:34:48 +0000

This is a great post on fairness. Reminds me of the 60 Second PhD in leadership that Dee Hock, founder of Visa, first came out with:

THE 60 SECOND PHD IN LEADERSHIP
Think back to the best boss you ever had and the worst boss you ever had.

1. Make a list of all things done to you that you abhorred.
2. DON’T DO THEM TO OTHERS. EVER.
3. Make another list of things done tto you that you loved.
4. DO THEM TO OTHERS. ALWAYS.

Phil Dourado
http://www.PhilDourado.com/blog

By: edbravo

edbravo — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:23:09 +0000

i m currently writing a subject on leadership for my blog and will post it soon. I do agree a leader should be fair, but the most important a leader must have the ability to influnce others. A leader who is found to be unfair is not a charismatic person who is able to make good decisions and inspire others to reach one common goal. i will explain further in my post.

By: edbravo

edbravo — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:35:29 +0000

I think a good leader is way beyond just being fair. Its really impossiable to be fair to every one.

By: mehdi hassan

mehdi hassan — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:49:11 +0000

I think fairness does not only include being open and honest. A good leader can only do fair treatment to his subordinates when he understands them. Some subordinates work hard but they are not very efficient and some are very efficient. If you do not reward the former then, it can be considered as an unfair treatment.

By: Gary Bourgeault (managersrealm.com)

Gary Bourgeault (managersrealm.com) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:08:55 +0000

The idea of creating processes so that people understand how decisions are made is especially important to me.

Also I think that many workers don’t understand what companies themselves are at their core and what they stand for, so when decisions are made, many workers are in the dark as where the reasons or reasons came from.

By: Nir

Nir — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:15:15 +0000

Fairness in and of itself does not matter as much as how a boss is able to make his/her employees perceive fairness. In fact, being purely fair would encourage you to pay every single employee the same regardless of effort and product. Those that work the hardest are not always the ones that do the best job, and hence if you as a boss are completely fair you discourage talent and that extra push of effort that staff may commit to when they know it will be noticed and rewarded.

By: laurence haughton

laurence haughton — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:35:43 +0000

You cannot judge if “you” are fair. When the military wanted generals to “get in touch with their inner jerk” they asked others (like family and direct reports) for an unvarnished opinion.

By: david foster

david foster — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:20:32 +0000

An excellent example of leadership was provided by the spur-of-the-moment actio taken by George Westinghouse, here: http://photoncourier.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_photoncourier_archive.html#108593687763389475

By: Subbaraman

Subbaraman — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:03:21 +0000

http://subbaiyer.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/good-bosses/ My above mentioned post in my blog , I said that bad bosses can be defined just one simple way -- being unfair