Strategy and Leadership: The Importance of Leadership in Strategy Implementation Strong leadership as Lussier and Achua (2009) point out is regarded one of the most critical strategy implementation tools. In that regard, therefore, the relevance of Continue Reading...
In terms of the continuum of communications openness, all of the elements such as transmission, trust, agendas and goals all register to the right side which indicates complete and open communication (Helregel, & Slocum, 2007, 334). Between Mula Continue Reading...
utopian communal societies and their influence on leadership in the nineteenth century. Utopian societies sprang up around the United States during the nineteenth century, partly in response to some of the ills their members saw in society at the ti Continue Reading...
Generally active and decisive, these personality types -- like myself -- perform best with a fair amount of independence and self-management (Geier 1999; Politis 2001). Such behaviors tend to be more prominently displayed by effective analytical pro Continue Reading...
Role of Positive Psychology and Resiliency Factors in Overcoming Leadership Challenges Leaders in the profession of arms greatly rely on influence to make their leadership effective. Influence can be defined as that ability to direct the character an Continue Reading...
Transformational Leader Transformational and charismatic leadership has increasingly been shown to be valuable for organisations, especially with respect to empowering employees. Generally, transformational and charismatic leaders inspire and motivat Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership Merriam-Webster's New English Dictionary defines a leader as being, "a person who has commanding authority or influence" (Merriam-Webster's New English Dictionary, 2011). Most would agree that this definition adequately captur Continue Reading...
This article provides the findings of a study that sought to examine how leadership and follower characteristics influence self leadership behaviour in followers. Two hypotheses were formulated: H1) empowering leadership positively influences self le Continue Reading...
Introduction My personal leadership development plan is based my intention to use transformational leadership theory to promote healthcare-eldercare advocacy in my organizational behavior. As Shanks and Buchbinder (2012) show, “leadership deve Continue Reading...
Importance of Effective Change Management An old adage goes that "change is inevitable." It is a constant phenomenon. Organisations exist in an ever-changing world. Factors such as competitive pressure, regulatory changes, shifts in consum Continue Reading...
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is very important in leadership. It enables a leader to understand and communicate with his followers in a way that is empathetic, supportive and non-abrasive. It can be considered one of the most effective tools of a lead Continue Reading...
Leadership philosophy denotes the values, beliefs, and principles that define or influence how a leader leads their followers. There are many different leadership philosophies, but one philosophy that particularly resonates with the author’s le Continue Reading...
The role of leaders in the present-day service-oriented organizations entails inspiring and motivating subordinates, promoting positive work-related attitudes, and developing a feel of both importance and involvement in and with subordinates. The afo Continue Reading...
Introduction My leadership quiz highlights my leadership style as transformational. In the quiz, it was found that I have the following strengths: self-confidence, positive attitude, emotional intelligence, compelling vision, ability to motivate peo Continue Reading...
Introduction Often leaders and people may feel inclined to place the blame or responsibility outside of themselves. Taking responsibility for one’s own actions and thinking presents as a major challenge, leading to additional problems in the lo Continue Reading...
Global Leadership Roadmap The global economy is a rapidly shifting frontier. With the continued inclusion of developing nations in the world trade community, the ever-evolving capacity of our communication technologies and a collective thrust toward Continue Reading...
The second meta-analysis revealed strong average effects for the leadership dimension involving promoting and participating in teacher learning and development and moderate effects for the dimensions concerned with goal setting and planning, coordin Continue Reading...
Curriculum and Instructional Leadership: A commitment to life-long and self-directed learning is essential for effective learning-centered curriculum and instructional leaders. These leaders need to have a deeper understanding of the way students le Continue Reading...
As Hill (1996) sees it, the differnce between instructional leadership of the previous decade and instructional leadership of the present and the future is that leadership of the past focuses on teaching and learning, whereas leadership of the pres Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice Leadership Strategies and Practices Leadership Strategies and Practice Examples and Analysis of Roles Organizational culture Behavioral Theory Planning The criminal justice leadership strategies are also partly similar to busin Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership Regardless of the field, most research studies show that collaboration and teamwork are among the top examples of job satisfaction and performance. In the modern healthcare situation, this tends to move far beyond just the physici Continue Reading...
When this happens, they will be effective in reaching out to different patients (from a host of backgrounds). This is the point that the underlying quality of care will improve. As a result, I have learned how to apply these concepts to real world h Continue Reading...
Business Leadership Analysis: Richard Branson Introduction Richard Branson rose up from obscurity in England to become one of the most revered business leaders in the world. From a small record shop in London to an independent record label that signe Continue Reading...
Paths to Nursing Leadership" by Bondas (2006). This qualitative study attempted to determine the motivations behind nurses entering nursing leadership programs and for seeking out jobs in management positions in healthcare. This study was also a com Continue Reading...
8. Gradual Adjustment, Adaptation and Improvement It is not an untold secret that no leadership or management training program is a success in the start. This is the reason why companies today tend to work towards the persistent modification of th Continue Reading...
Epistemological Beliefs and Organizational Leadership Epistemological Philosophies: Comparing Plato and Protagoras To understand our quest for knowledge, we often have to go back to some of the classical theories in order to get a full view of how Continue Reading...
Global Leadership The role of ethics is important in business even though there are significant factors that oppose their consideration. Business has also taken a more global and international role ensuring that new relationships and understandings Continue Reading...
Reflection on a Personal Ethical DilemmaOverviewThe purpose of this paper is to provide a critical personal reflection of an ethical dilemma that I faced in my business. The goal of the paper is to conclude with actionable strategies for improvement, Continue Reading...
Transformational Leadership in the Financial Services IndustryAbstractThe problem of motivation among workers in the banking industry is one that has been exacerbated by recent pullbacks in extrinsic motivational factors, such as bonuses. Managers ne Continue Reading...
Leadership Theory Handbook for College ProfessorsINTRODUCTIONThis is a guidebook on the leadership of learning and teaching for college lecturers. Specialist skills are required in the area to embrace the emerging teaching and learning methodologies. Continue Reading...
Transformational leadership is a leadership style that inherently aligns itself with Christian values, even when it is practiced in a secular setting or organizational context (Scarborough, n.d.). Defined by the leader’s strength of character a Continue Reading...
Strategic Leadership and Management The link between Strategic Direction and Leadership Leadership can be described as "a process in which a number of people work together for a common task. It also covers accomplishment and eventually getting the Continue Reading...
In 1997, numerous key educational institutions including the AASA (American Association of School Administrators); ASCD (the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), NAESP (the National Association of Elementary School Principals), Continue Reading...
History of Women in Leadership Roles in the U.S. MILITARY Women in military in the Revolutionary and Civil wars Since the revolutionary periods of the war, women took center stage positions in leadership roles. This was unlike earlier periods, when Continue Reading...
Leadership models and traits An analysis of how cultural style dictates the perception of what is ethical in a leader's use of power, influence, and authority. Ethical leadership models function as implements for curating organizational culture. Continue Reading...
Transactional and Transformational Leadership in Healthcare Assessing Transformational vs. Transactional Leadership During IT Implementations Transactional and Transformational Leadership in Healthcare: Assessing Transformational vs. Transactiona Continue Reading...
strong leaders has been an important aspect of organizational development since the beginning of time. Compelling leaders possess a number of personality traits and skills that require constant development, and it has been demonstrated that leaders Continue Reading...
Introduction The person I interviewed is named Pio and he is an IT consultant who has 20 years in the industry and now heads his own company and provides leadership for other companies that need expert advice on their networks and infrastructure. He Continue Reading...
