Question

Sharing leadership responsibility often allows leaders an opportunity to learn about the experiences of other cultures and can ensure a greater chance of managing and leading all followers in a socially acceptable manner. How important do you think it is for a leader to know the social and cultural norms and values of their followers? Do you think this is always possible?

Answer 1

It is very much important for the leader to know the social and cultural norms and values of their followers because the leaders who lead ethically are the role model , communicating the importance of ethical standard and also holding their employees accountable to those standards . it is also important for the leaders to know the social and cultural norms so that he can understand the feeling and sentiments of their followers . leader can only be a good leader if he should value their followers, if he cannot value their follower then their follower are against their policy and dont follow them . so it is must for the leader to value the feelings of their followers. if the leader shoould know the cultural and social norms then only he is able to take right decisions that are beneficial for their followers too. Yes this is always possible for the leader to know the cultural and social norms and to value their followers. if he cannot do all such than he will not become a good leader.