Leaders are born not made? What is a leader? According to Dr. Paul Hersey‚ leadership is "working with and through others to achieve objectives." Given this definition‚ anyone in a position whose achievement requires the support of others can play the role of a leader. So in my understanding‚ a great leader is both born and made. Both parts are essential to a true leader. Some people are born with innate qualities that predispose them to being leaders‚ and other people while not naturally gifted
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qualities and characteristics a leader must have to be able to succeed in the long run. For example‚ a good leader isn’t only strong physically‚ but is also strong mentally‚ and has to be prepared to take on anything that comes their way and be able to handle it. I think that there are three main qualities that really build a leader to make him strong and successful. One of the main things of being a good leader is to know how to be unselfish with your power. If a leader is selfish with their power
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TIM COOK All the great personalities have greater leadership qualities in them. On my personal view‚ i admire all the leaders and even critise them for their few negetive traits but in my recent days the person named‚ “Tim Cook” have got my attention. The reason is he confessed in the public that he is a gay! and this caused a controversy all over the world. I wondered who is he and why people are giving more importance to him and that is when i learned that Tim cook is the CEO of the famous
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Traits of a Good Leader “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.” (Northouse‚ P.G. 2012). I will be discussing the criteria I would set forth in selecting a new company president for my organization and the leadership traits that must possess in order to effectively transition into this role. A leader is someone who is able to command and lead an organization or department while doing what is in the best interest of
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of Health Care Leader Interview of Health Care Leader My background and role in the interview was to determine what it takes to be an effective leader. The central issue to understand before conducting an interview with any subject is to ask oneself these following questions. They include‚ who is this subject? What does he or she do? How does he or she work and what makes them who they are? Asking these questions also are important when one is conducting an interview with a leader of a health care
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article titled‚ The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders‚ written by Daniel Goleman‚ emphasizes on the emotional intelligence aspect of leadership and discusses various points regarding emotional intelligence in leaders and in people in general. There is a clear separation of raw intelligence technical expertise from that of emotional intelligence. It is explained that raw intelligence and technical expertise are the basic skills and capabilities required of a leader‚ but that emotional intelligence is the
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We already understand how “social contagion” or followers affect leaders. We also already know what a good leadership creates; engaging the followers. But we need to understand what the effect of tyrant leader casts upon its overseas or how leaders look upon us followers. In conclusion‚ my question is how leaders should not be tyrants and how do their barbarousness affects society? This question is answered by Frank R. Stockton in The Lady and The Tiger and Percy Shelley poem Ozymandias. Frank R
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For me‚ both leaders are sort of born and they can also be made‚ it really depends on how you define leadership. Some people believe that leaders are born with the necessary qualities that make them successful as a leader. While others believe that leadership‚ like many other similar characteristics‚ can be learned and developed through life. According to the “Great man theory” leaders are born based on the principle that leaders are exceptional people‚ born with innate qualities are destined to
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Introduction In today’s organizations there is a greater focus on employees stepping up to be leaders rather just managing their respective responsibilities. It is not enough to simply manage tasks and perform your delegated responsibilities any more employees are expected to take initiative and motivate those around them to also be leaders even if you are not a manager by title. In order to be a leader‚ one must start by making a commitment and learn those skills needed to model the way and be examples
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I have so many ideas of what an effective leader should be that I often feel overwhelmed and cannot imagine how I will become the ideal leader that I want to be. There are many effective leadership styles at my work place. I learn from them everyday. I have also read almost all the modules and sometimes I would read articles on leadership out of the magazines. In my research‚ I have discovered that there are many different styles of leadership and most are effective‚ if used in the right
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