My colleague, Yiting Zhang, recently wrote about her thoughts on leadership.

“What is leadership? Can I be a leader of a team? Yes, I can.”

Exactly two months ago, Paul asked us to define the term “change-maker”. Similar to Yiting’s idea of how a leader cannot simply work alone, I imagine it is crucial to understand that change-makers and leaders are alike in the sense that, to fulfill their duties, they require support from stakeholders.

This brings me to reminisce the concept, business ethics leadership, and the belief that no matter where you are in an organization, you can make it better than it would be without you.

People, like businesses, will never be perfect; however, we can always usually plan our next course of action.

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Accordingly, this brings me to redefine what a “leader” is; an individual supported by stakeholders with the common goal of ethically improving an organization. By practicing value based management and not exploiting the vulnerable one can become a true leader.

Throughout COMM101, Jeff and Paul have guided us through what could be the “renaissance“ of business education; from business ethics, to tech-based activities, to the heavily encouraged class participation, the skills and experiences garnered are invaluable. As the first term of my university career comes to a close, I am now confident that I have what it takes to survive the rest of this multi-year journey.