Kohlbergs Framework and Leadership
Leadership is correlated with moral intelligence, such that a person can create logical, ethical choices. Kohlberg’s framework is significant in explaining how ethics motivates personal behavior. The argument presented by Kohlberg’s structure is that justice is at the core of moral reasoning and perceptions of justice depend on a person’s definition of ethical responsibilities. The model incorporates three levels and six stages that resound moral maturity. The framework informs transformative leadership which concentrates on the responsibilities of leaders. The levels include; Pre-conventional morality which involves self-interest and self-gratification. Convectional morality focuses on the associations with others and post convectional morality describes moral duty as an obligation to society.
Kohlberg’s framework resounds leadership as a responsibility delivered with moral and ethical standards. With the structure, one can evaluate leadership decisions by categorising them from the least ethical to the most resound decision. Therefore in reference to the Pre-conventional level, a leader may take a decision based on rewards or consequences. The second level is convectional where related to leadership will influence their choice based on what people will think for that particular decision. For instance, a leader may fail to attend a summit because he fears his followers will see him weak. Therefore, the leader’s view of what is right or wrong is influenced by other people perceptions. The third level posts convectional, which resounds an ethical decision that brings out the utmost good for every person. Post conventional level in the leadership context describes a situation where leaders decide to act in a manner that is neutral to every person. Therefore, the decision must be inclined to the universal law that brings out the best for humanity.