Values leadership: A values philosophy model

Leadership is and has always been the preeminent task in organized human activity. Past leadership theories are faulty in focusing too much on disparate parts of leadership and not on shared values that unite/unify people in organized activity. Past theories conform more to management than leadership needs to define and predict behavior. This paper proposes a new values-based theory and describes its main principles. It identifies values organizational members in the United States have found over the years to be helpful in defining essential organizational relationships.