Abstract This paper concerns the age-old question that has been tossed about in both business and academia for decades, or even longer: are the best leaders born or made? This question ponders if leadership relies heavily more on innate talents that Continue Reading...
Transformation Leadership: Nature vs Nurture Transformational Leadership Transformational Leadership: The Nature vs. Nurture Debate Transformational Leadership: The Nature vs. Nurture Debate Spain's famous football club, Real Madrid, has a histor Continue Reading...
One reason has to do with the intellectual hurdles that senior executives jump in obtaining their jobs. It takes at least an IQ of about 110 to 120 to get an advanced degree such as an MBA. There is thus a high selection pressure for IQ in order to Continue Reading...
Leaders and History Having a leadership position and being a leader are not the same thing, even though many people believe it is. Being appointed to a leadership role is entirely dependent upon circumstances; being a leader is an innate quality tha Continue Reading...
Leaders Born or Made? Proposed Outline The question as to whether leaders are born or made has been actively debated for years. The debate continues. However, careful evaluation of leadership behaviors and an informed analysis of literature on mana Continue Reading...
Leadership: Born vs. Taught Leaders Born vs. Taught Leaders: Leadership Experts have given conflicting views in the question of whether leaders are born or made. One faction believes that leaders are born with special qualities that predispose them Continue Reading...
Conclusion It is difficult to show which theory works best in practice, as every company has a unique environment and workforce (Daft, 2004). However, few would argue that Theory X is an outdated leadership style that does not promote success. Acc Continue Reading...
Leadership Can Be Taught The importance of effective leadership to organizational success is well documented, but the process by which people become leaders remains far less understood. For instance, Brandt (2002) asks, "Can those who wish to lead l Continue Reading...
Sun Tzu informs that we cannot punish people until they feel loyalty to us: namely, until they consider themselves members of our group. 10. Keep them guessing This quality may be pertinent only to leaders of a business / corporation. Her Sun Tzu Continue Reading...
Interestingly, and not well-known, is the fact that as a method of "methodically" shortening the long odds against him, Lincoln arranged to have transcripts of his debates with Douglas published. The publishing of those debates greatly improved his Continue Reading...
From scheduling lunch shifts to arranging for common planning time, my principal has effectively and efficiently managed the set amount of time that we have in a school day. Collaboration between parents and community members is evident as well. We Continue Reading...
I figured that in the lifelong journey of self-development brought about by leadership self-reflection is indeed essential and crucial. It is indeed important to be self-aware before pursuing leadership. It is essential that one fully knows his or Continue Reading...
According to the authors, this can be done if employees are given a sense of importance in the organizations. Knowledge workers are already short in supplies and most competing rivals also compete to get the best human resource in terms of knowledge Continue Reading...
He used his skills of persuasion to convince U.S. Commander-in-Chief Jack Pershing that his ideas for a U.S. Air Force deserved attention. Mitchell then personally trained and organized the first pilots of the newly created air force, earning him th Continue Reading...
Executive? The maxim, "Great leaders, are born, not made" has some truth in it and at some point; the capacity for great leadership is innate. Nonetheless, learning to be an effective executive is within the grasp of everyone, that is, whether one Continue Reading...
Leader Business Leadership: A Literature Review Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. Carly Fiorina. What do these names have in common? An easy one - they are all CEO's of major global corporations. They are businessmen, and women, at the tops of their profess Continue Reading...
There are research studies about knowledge management and local knowledge which the present research must take into consideration. However, judging from the information which is available online, it is safe to say that this is a research area which Continue Reading...
He set up three foundations bearing his name: The Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the Mandela-Rhodes Foundation (Ibid). Since stepping down as president in 1999, Nelson Mandela has become South Africa's highest-prof Continue Reading...
Leadership In his Pulitzer Prize winning biography, His Excellency George Washington, Joseph J. Ellis presents a balanced and comprehensive portrait on the nation's first president that steers a course between hero-worship and debunking. He based hi Continue Reading...
Leadership is defined as the procedures that individuals use as authority over others to achieve an objective. The action also provides direction in a manner that makes an organization more coherent and cohesive. Three-Skill Approach This approach Continue Reading...
Conceptually, many agree as to what constitutes a servant leader, although many variations of these characteristics can be found in the literature. The terms "servant" and "leader" may seem contradictory, which is one of the greatest barriers to ope Continue Reading...
Leadership and great leaders have long been a subject of focus and intrigue by our society and for good reason: great leaders can be life changing. Great leaders never fail to inspire and they help to make the people around them better, and more in t Continue Reading...
Tommy Franks Leadership Selection of the Leader Definition of Leadership by General Tommy Franks Leadership Philosophy of General Tommy Franks Learning to Lead Analyzing Strengths and Weaknesses Using Leadership Challenge Model Strengths Weak Continue Reading...
Their leadership role deals with service to their clients, hence, they are their leadership role are similar in a way. However, they differ in that; Florence has the attribute of being autocratic, whereas Clinton is persuasive. Florence showed aspe Continue Reading...
Leadership Comparing Characteristics of Leaders and Managers The term leader and manager is often used in an interchangeable manner and it is likely that at some point most leaders have undertaken a management role. However, when looking at leaders Continue Reading...
leader within the educational sector, it is critical that that qualities of good leadership be reflected upon the entire course of ones career.The management and leadership of academic institution is in deed a challenge that often results in poor pe Continue Reading...
perception about how managers become effective leaders affects how we evaluate individuals' leadership potential. Believing that a manager was born a leader is expected to result in a concentration more on selecting the right person rather than deve Continue Reading...
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. From these humble beginnings the first born son of Thomas, an uneducated farmer, and Nancy Hanks, Lincoln would grow to become the 16th President of the United S Continue Reading...
Eleanor was an activist for civil and women rights, in American political scenario, we have experienced the imbalanced gender ration in the house of congress, the states representatives in their various capacities, may be if Eleanor were alive today Continue Reading...
This he accomplished in part by donating lands and money for the foundations of abbeys such as Echternach. In the following decade Charles led the Frankish army against the eastern duchies. He dealt with the ongoing conflict with the Frisians and Continue Reading...
Bill Gates: A Successful Business Leader A Successful Business Leader The business world has changed into an uncertain and competitive environment where business entities compete with each other on the basis of their distinctive competencies and st Continue Reading...
Precious startup capital can then be logistically provided to critical areas that otherwise would go unserved to accomplish a large amount of growth with less money. Even white collar functions such as customer service, sales, computers, finance and Continue Reading...
(Feldman & Greenberg, 2005, p. 67) Staffing coordinators, often nurse leaders must seek to give priority to educational needs as a reason for adjusting and/or making schedules for staff, including offering incentives to staff not currently seeki Continue Reading...
They have to determine what needs changing, and then figure out how they are going to change it. Only then can they really accomplish something of importance and worth. While Powell is clearly involved in military issues, and protecting and defendi Continue Reading...
Gandhi as the figure of a leader. In this sense, particular emphasis will be attributed not to certain political events in Gandhi's life but rather to conceptual ideas that shaped his purposes. The practice of non-violence for which he has become fa Continue Reading...
Jelly Roll Morton was born Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe in 1890 and later became a pioneer of modern American jazz. Growing up in New Orleans, he played piano in saloons and brothels when he was still a child. As an adult, he formed a band, the Red Hot Continue Reading...
Nelson Mandela was born on 18th July 1918.he served as the president for South Africa from 1994-1999.he served 27 years in prison and there was an international campaign that was run lobbying for him to be released. This plea was granted in 1990 amid Continue Reading...
Chinese-American born in Victorville, California and raised in Los Angeles. As a child, my parents were recent immigrants who had to struggle to establish themselves here in the United States. Although they were eventually successful, they had to in Continue Reading...
Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi leader of the SS. Specifically, it will discuss his direct involvement with the concentration camps and the extermination of the Jewish people. Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) was an unsuccessful chicken farmer and fertilizer Continue Reading...
