Leadership The speeches by Chris Christie and Bill Clinton at their respective national conventions highlight a number of characteristics of collaborative leadership. In politics, being able to collaborate while retaining one's sense of identity is Continue Reading...
Leadership is defined as a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive (Robins, Pinsky, & Krichko, 2004). Bernard Bass' theory of leadership (Bass, 1990) Continue Reading...
3. Group participants can in many situations be empowered to contribute to decision-making, however this should be contingent on the situation. In situations such as those I encounter as a Squad Leader, the overall strategy is not always immediatel Continue Reading...
Leadership Priorities and Practice in Organizational Management The enterprise software industry is going through a series of disruptive innovations that are disrupting the economics of the industry while also shifting the balance of power away from Continue Reading...
Leadership vs. Management It has often been said that a manager is what one does, and a leader is who one is. The leading theorists who are studying management and leadership have a myriad of studies that support this contention of leadership being Continue Reading...
Leadership and Change Management Consider a change that has been recently introduced in your organization. Using relevant change and leadership theories, critically analyze the benefits and problems that introduction of this change has brought. TO W Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles As the behavior of the leader, so is the behavior of the follower." This colloquial proverb can be seen in families. Angry parents tend to raise angry children. Similarly patient, and understanding parents who also know how to set Continue Reading...
Leadership in the Girl Scouts Before becoming involved as a Girl Scout Leader, I would have minimized the amount of leadership necessary for the position. Rather than being a true leader, I envisioned that a Girl Scout Leader would simply be the per Continue Reading...
Leadership Response to Post #1 Your post raises an extremely important point about contemporary business management in relation to staffing and the integrated approach to all human resource management operations and functions. In the past, business Continue Reading...
Leadership Theories There are a number of theories of leadership that can be applied to my own personal development plan in counselling. I first look to servant leadership as a unique approach to leadership, wherein it is emphasized that the effect Continue Reading...
Second, as a spin-off division focused on electronic commerce, systems integration and increasing sales of F&H products online there is a definite status level associated with being a member of this group. For any new manager or COO of this grou Continue Reading...
leadership concepts related with the effective leadership development. It chooses and evaluates the transformational leadership style. It addresses the following questions. What are the qualities associated with transformational leadership style? Ho Continue Reading...
leadership style is one of the most important factors that determine cross functional teams' success. Research and practice in the field have revealed several types of leadership theories, such as trait, behavioral, situational contingency, particip Continue Reading...
Trait Theory and Application The "Trait Theory" of leadership has developed most during the past 3 decades and is concerned with amassing the core personality characteristics of known leaders -- both effective and ineffective -- to predict potential Continue Reading...
Leadership: The concept of leadership is an issue that has elicited considerable debate in the recent past to an extent that there is an extensive body of research and literature that addresses the issue. Some of the most common issues in the wide Continue Reading...
Leadership Theories The step scholarly reading writing critical evaluation, apply a specific lens, context, criteria reach reasoned judgments articulate clear claims-based credible evidence. Evaluation shaped topic, audience, and lens. Critically Continue Reading...
Leadership There are many different concepts of leadership, and much of what a person does as a leader is related to the concept to which that person subscribes. Some leaders are more interested in their followers than others, while other leaders a Continue Reading...
leadership has been in existence since ancient times with various contributions on this phenomena having been cumulative. Regardless of these cumulative contributions, there are still more significant concerns and deficiencies in the existing knowle Continue Reading...
Sociology -- Human Services Leadership Theory and Process A good leadership theory that can be applied to the problem of domestic violence is that of transformational leadership. This is a kind of leadership approach that leads to constructive chan Continue Reading...
By necessity, servant leadership lends itself best to project-specific or result-oriented enterprises and industries, because the primary tool of servant leaders is their own productivity and operational efficiency (Spears, 2002). While extremely p Continue Reading...
When an organization and individual can synchronize their goals and expectations, there is a greater level of trust developed. All of these factors taken together also fuel a very high level of energy on the part of an organization; trust is an acce Continue Reading...
Leadership Traits Necessary to Excel in the 21st Century In the book Good to Great (Collins, 2001) a framework for transforming companies from mediocre or average performance to exceptional levels of accomplishment is presented. The author boils do Continue Reading...
Leadership It is to common knowledge that good leaders are made but not born (Fletcher, 2009), but if the desire is driven by a sheer force of will and coupled with the inculcation of the necessary ambition, one can mould his personality into becom Continue Reading...
The process of leadership also describes the influence of certain individuals on the members of a group. Management usually refers to business activities and is oriented towards increasing the profits of companies, while leadership can be applied in Continue Reading...
In contrast, a "selling and coaching" (S2) approach is demanded when the leader knows the follower may be uncertain about how to perform the task, but the subordinate has a high level of commitment, as in the case of an intern or a new hire. S2 is a Continue Reading...
Use of Transformational Leadership Traits in Emergency Service Oversight In the context of emergency service oversight, each of the four components of transformational leadership are critical in that each much be orchestrated with the other to ens Continue Reading...
Role of Leadership in the Healthcare Setting: Qualitative Study of Nurse "On-the-Job" Satisfaction As Correlated With Supervisor Leadership Style Leadership style is perceived to be an important factor in hiring, retention, and job satisfaction fo Continue Reading...
Furthermore, there are a number of similarities and overlaps between such leadership theories that do not prevent their being characterized as transformational in nature. For example, "Most leaders behave in both transactional and transformational w Continue Reading...
Where the Burns (1978) book sets itself apart is through its evaluation of the practice and theory of leadership skills. In the book, Burns (1978) states that he defined leadership as "leaders inducing followers to act for certain goals that represe Continue Reading...
Part 1 History of Modern Leadership Studies Since 1900 The evolution of modern leadership studies begins with the Great Man Theory, which originated in the 19th century and carried over into the 20th century. It came about as people looked at the wor Continue Reading...
A leadership development plan depends upon knowing who one is as a person and building on the strengths, innate talents and gifts, and ideals that one possesses. It also depends upon educating oneself as to the leadership styles, behaviors, ethics, a Continue Reading...
Culture-Shaping Leadership Among the best ways to shape organizational culture and still be sure that the employees and their socially diverse cultures are being represented and honored is through ethical leadership models. Three of these models are Continue Reading...
Great Man Theory Great Man Theory of leadership originated in the 19th century. It was made popular by writer 1840s by Thomas Carlyle in the 1840s. Carlyle argued that history is shaped by the actions of great men—leaders in all spheres, such a Continue Reading...
In recent years, many researchers have been attracted by the topic of emotional intelligence (EI) and leadership style. Their interest in the area is based on claims that effective leadership style and Emotional Intelligence are linked. Therefore, th Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles of Sam Damon and Courtney Massengale In the military setting, it is very common to hear statements like 'you are acting like a Courtney (Sam) on that issue'. Courtney Massengale and Sam Damon are the two main characters in the nov Continue Reading...
Business Psychology/consulting/Industrial Psychology Business Psychology/consulting/industrial Psycholog Transformational leadership plan is a process moving leadership positions from one person to another or from one generation to another. Two maj Continue Reading...
