I see that in my own leadership style I am oriented towards a transactional style, but that in order to improve my leadership I need to weave the daily leadership actions together better with an eye to creating long-term organizational excellence. Continue Reading...
Leadership Principal theories of leadership and motivation Leadership might be described as: the affect that specific people (leaders) apply on the target accomplishment of other individuals (employees) within an organizational framework. An early Continue Reading...
Leadership Defining an Ethical Leader Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric The nature of leadership is multifaceted and often requires the continual mastery of new skills, insights, intelligence and perspectives to stay effective over the long-term. S Continue Reading...
Leadership Qualifications in the Workplace Quintessential Leader Proposed Leadership Model For eras there have been people and leaders have discussed what the qualifications that make a great leader are. Leadership travels all the way back to the Continue Reading...
Leadership Values of a Mentor Leaders are born and made in the characters and values they own in the course of managing, planning, controlling, and directing their subjects. The values and principles of these vital leaders of the social order offer Continue Reading...
Transformational leaders have the innate ability to motivate their team members by the vision of what they are trying to accomplish together (Hur, van den Berg, Wilderom, 591). Leaders at this level also show through personal effort why sacrificing Continue Reading...
Leadership Research Models of leadership and management Comparison and contrast of leadership models Application of leadership model: Case of Mark Zuckerberg Table 1- Leadership Table Leadership Research Leadership in public and private sector Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles In many ways the United States offer the ideal case study for examining different leadership styles, because its particular process of election and governance presents opportunities for each leadership style to flourish. In short, Continue Reading...
This boss was lazy. Simply put, where Uncle Gail was prepared not only to do his job but to make sure everybody else was doing theirs as well, this boss at Hardee's was unwilling to even do his own job, much less help anybody else. The entire crew Continue Reading...
Leadership Development Plan Creating, staffing and managing a virtual team to results presents a very unique set of challenges both form a logistics and leadership standpoint. Creating a state-of-the-art new packaging product that is inexpensive to Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles It is highly likely that I will be able to develop high quality leadership traits with the passage of time. Values and personality: It is hard to become familiar with your personality because you cannot see the flaws in yourself. Continue Reading...
A leader carries with him/her a vision that he/she shares with those that are led. In today's society a leader must by dynamic and flexible, as society is constantly changing and with that the rules that govern society. Thus a good leader must be p Continue Reading...
It is the balancing of tools within the rubric of employee-supervisor roles that requires one use different managerial techniques in order to solve the problem at hand. Similarly, find ways to build and increase trust between members of the group an Continue Reading...
Leadership Frank's leadership style is ineffective, which is part of the reason why his company may not be doing so well. The leadership style that Frank exhibits in this case study is authoritarian in nature. Frank does not want to listen to his ma Continue Reading...
Frequent virtual meetings at the onset of the change team would be required to create a sense of teamwork and also to clarify roles. The virtual team can take full advantage of technologies that enable collaboration. By keeping in mind the core visi Continue Reading...
In my opinion, leaders should be an example for their team regarding work. They should promote increased enthusiasm towards work, in order for their example to be followed by other members of their group. However, when assessing an individual's lea Continue Reading...
These leaders are aware of their emotions and the effects they have on others. Understanding one's emotions is the starting point for an effective self-management and management of others. In addition to this, an effective leader should be aware of Continue Reading...
The benefits of high-quality relationships come from relational resources (Wright, et al. 2005) they create. Such resources include durable obligations (e.g., arising from feelings of gratitude, respect, and friendship), network contacts and connec Continue Reading...
Leadership for Organizations Leadership The success of organizations and individuals' careers are influenced by the role of leaders. Nowadays firms seek leadership skills in individuals for all sorts of careers while recruiting. Chief Executive Off Continue Reading...
Integrity is defined as wholeness, as the matching of words to deeds. A person with integrity has no divided loyalties, nothing to hide, and expresses themselves exactly as they are. Maxwell claims that integrity leads to happiness and contentment. Continue Reading...
This is significant, because the author cites studies that indicate how organizations that have a high degree of transformational leadership skills throughout each layer of their companies are much more adept at transforming all forms of knowledge i Continue Reading...
Most conclusions on this approach were vague or indecisive in terms of social, psychological or mental significance (Rice, 1978, 1981; Graen et al., 1972; Ashour, 1973). Furthermore, over the years, many scholars have come to the realization that l Continue Reading...
The passive style is described as management by exception where employees do not receive notice for their positive contributions to the organization, but instead are paid attention by their manager only when an error or problem arises. Punishment or Continue Reading...
By providing 'Role clarity' formalization eliminates the confusion pertaining to 'who does what' in an organization. Formalization also results in 'specialization of tasks'. Formalization is a process by which organizations try to standardize employ Continue Reading...
High-performance teams are self-directed and empowered to achieve powerful results in a very short period of time. Team members will learn and grow as they work together. Negative team members or malcontents are individuals who will come into the p Continue Reading...
It was after this season that Phil Jackson left the Platoons of Albany and joined the Chicago Bulls as an Assistant Coach, and as it is generally said, the 'rest is history'. (Lakers Coach Phil Jackson signs with WMA and Original Entertainment) In Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles Among Male and Female Principal It is the intention of this research to study the leadership and cognitive styles of teachers and instructors of both genders within the educational system and their preference for types of leadershi Continue Reading...
Leadership in Nursing Excellence in leadership is an inherently innate skill set that over time emerges in the attitude, commitment and performance of subordinates. It is also reflected in how a given business unit or department coordinate, collabor Continue Reading...
It has been suggested further that the transformational leadership is a special type of transactional leadership because both leaderships are goal oriented. The difference comes from the way methods used to motivate people and the goal sets (Hater & Continue Reading...
Leadership Training The Leader is interested in aligning the beliefs and values of people with the overall goals and vision of the organization. In the Leadership role one can bring about change by providing direction, by setting an example, by moti Continue Reading...
Leadership Development The usefulness of the planning methods used to meet the leadership requirements at strategic level Planning is a very important process at every level of the organization, it is the process being used by the leaders to set th Continue Reading...
This theory is applicable in the hospitality management. It is a business of managing people. Managing people means ensuring that they are working according to their roles and responsibilities. Senior management's strategy to achieve success in thi Continue Reading...
Whether involvement is through full time employment or volunteer service, the challenges of today's fire service demand commitment to training, education, experience and self-development. One's professional development is a journey, not a destinatio Continue Reading...
The authors also find that the firms where these antecedents are most present are those in which either leadership style is highly evident. Firms that lack either leadership style are the lowest performing with respect to quality management. The ul Continue Reading...
2. Leadership analysis of the two former Arab leaders Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Alnahyan and Saddam Hussein were two great Arab leaders that significantly influenced the Arab world, but there is very little resemblance in their leadership styles. As Continue Reading...
Leadership Behavior for Effective Decision Making Effective decision making in the competitive business environment is closely linked with leadership skills. Managing change in existing organizations can often be extremely difficult, as it requires Continue Reading...
Leadership in Public Sector There has been a declining public sector performance and a constant stream of complains from the general public. Over the years, there have been attempts to restructure the public sector in a bid to improve the performanc Continue Reading...
The transformation was so effective in the company that it eventually changed an entire industry as well (Lawless, 1998). Another aspect of leadership lessons learned from Her Keller include his tolerance for individuality and non-conformity on the Continue Reading...
Organizational transformation, once seldom required, is now required frequently in many organizations. This places increased emphasis on the importance of leaders with transformational skills. The other way in which globalization has impacted leader Continue Reading...
