1. How difficult would it be for you as a leader to fire someone who is bringing in big sales and profits for the company but not living up to the cultural values? Explain.

2.How might leaders use symbolic acts to strengthen a cultural value of teamwork and collaboration? How about a value of customer care and responsiveness?

3.Describe the culture for an organization you are familiar with. Identify some physical artifactssuch as logo, mascot, building, advertising imagesassociated with the company and discuss what underlying values these suggest. What did you learn?

4.Name one or two companies in the news that seem to have strong corporate cultures, and describe whether the results have been positive or negative. Discuss how a strong culture could have either positive or negative consequences for an organization.

5.As a leader, how might you recognize a culture gap? What techniques might you use to influence and change cultural values when necessary?

6.Compare and contrast the achievement culture with the involvement culture. What are some possible disadvantages of having a strong involvement culture? A strong achievement culture?

7.If you were the leader of a small technology firm, how might you imprint in peoples minds the values shown in Exhibit 14.2 for responsive cultures in order to create a high-performance culture? Be specific with your ideas.

8.Discuss the meaning of calling and membership, as related to spiritual leadership. Identify an organization or leader that uses these concepts. To what extent were these concepts present where you have worked? For example, students could cite Starbucks responsibility effort.

9.If a leader directs her health-care company to reward hospital managers strictly on hospital profits, what kind of values is she encouraging within the company culture? Discuss.

10.Some mortgage company leaders have said that providing subprime mortgages (earn a commission by making loans to people at high interest rates who may have difficulty making the payments) was based on the noble purpose of giving poor people a chance to participate in the American dream of home ownership. Discuss your opinion of this explanation.

11.Some people believe that all good leadership is spiritual in nature. Others think spiritual values have no place at work. Discuss these two opposing viewpoints.

Please do not jumble your answers together but number them 1 to 11. Please provide a minimum of 75 words for each question which does not include the question.