Tony Dungy Tony Dungy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Strength and Uncommon. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4‚ 2007‚ the first such win for an African American coach. Dungy established another NFL first by leading his teams to the playoffs for ten consecutive years. Dungy joined the Colts in 2002 after serving as the most successful head coach in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history. He has also held assistant coaching positions with the University
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Adolf Hitler: A Transformational Leader Adolf Hitler: A Transformational Leader If there is such a thing as effective leadership‚ it involves enthusiasm‚ inspiration and devotion. Throughout his reign of dominance‚ the historical and contentious Adolf Hitler had possessed all of the listed traits; qualities in which a transformational leader seizes. Witherbee (2009) revealed that Adolf Hitler was an Australian-born German politician that was highly known as the leader of the Nazi Party. As
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paper is that while fulfilling the criteria and abilities of being a top management‚ the leadership style of the top managers is similar to that of transformational leaders‚ that is‚ the higher the management hierarchy one is belonging to‚ the more likely that he is a transformational leader. The theory of transformational leadership shows that leaders who exhibit positive leadership behaviors like idealized influence‚ inspirational motivation‚ individualized consideration and intellectual stimulation
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of the leadership assessment taken during this course‚ I would be characterized as Transformational-Servant Leader. Per the leadership assessment‚ the characteristics of a transformative leader are charismatic‚ inspirational‚ a role model‚ and an enabler. The leadership styles presentation viewed during the course describes a transformative leader as one who strives to develop shared visions. A transformative leader inspires others toward change and partners with others to obtain commitment. They
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understand a leader simply as somebody whom people follow‚ or as somebody who guides or directs others [citation needed]‚ while others define leadership as "organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal"[citation needed]. Studies of leadership have produced theories involving traits‚[2] situational interaction‚ function‚ behavior‚ power‚ vision and values‚[3] charisma‚ and intelligence‚ among others. Transformational leaders are those who transform their followers into becoming leaders themselves
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Transactional Leaders‚ Transformational Leaders‚ and Emotional Intelligence The difference between transactional and transformational leaders lies in their process of motivating followers. Transactional leaders begin with established goals or directives of their company and motivate employees to pursue these directives by “clarifying role and task requirements” (Robbins‚ 2005: 367) through rewards or intervention if standards are not met. Basically‚ they employ a hands-off management style‚ but
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Prominent Leaders C Ashford University: MGT 380 7/28/2014 PROMINENT LEADERS IN TIME Moments in history are remembered by the impact and importance that were brought upon a Nation and its people. Henry Knox‚ a transformational leader was born in July 1750 as a native of Boston Massachusetts‚ has impacted the United States in multiple ways. Raised in Boston‚ Knox became an apprentice as a bookbinder where he became a self-taught skilled engineer and military tactician as well as
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Steve Jobs: A Transformational Leader Steve Job’s is a visionary inventor who is co-founded and CEO of Apple Inc.‚ the most valuable company in Silicon Valley. Before claiming his title as CEO he first got ousted from his company in 1985 and invited back as interim CEO in 1997. In the following decade he survived two near death experiences‚ one securities-law scandal‚ and also conceptualized and ran his product line-up to become the dominant leader in four distinct industries – music‚ movies
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two-time All-NBA second team‚ and a five-time NBA all-defensive first team (land of basketball.com). Also‚ he recently just passed Michael Jordan to become the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring leader‚ and the first player to average a triple-double in NBA Finals history. I believe LeBron James is a transformational leader; he brings optimism and greatness to the
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A transformational leader is a person that lays his/her goals out and takes extraordinary measures to accomplish them. Their goals usually focus on the well being of the situation and their people. They strive to change the views of others and convince followers that the ethical behavior is morally correct of the leader’s. An example of an exceptional leader would be Steve Jobs‚ the current CEO/co-founder of Apple Inc. Jobs is considered a leading figurehead in both the entertainment and computer
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