Many leadership theories were developed and studied during the last century‚ but no single approach to leadership has been identified as the best method for all situations. Leadership is “the ability of an individual to influence‚ motivate‚ and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organization. . .” (House et al.‚ 1999‚ pg. 184) Victory will go to the organizations that maintain their flexibility‚ continually improve their quality‚ and beat their competition to
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The Leadership Quarterly 17 (2006) 559 – 576 www.elsevier.com/locate/leaqua Leadership and the organizational context: Like the weather? ☆ Lyman W. Porter ⁎‚ Grace B. McLaughlin 1 The Paul Merage School of Business‚ University of California–Irvine‚ Irvine‚ CA 92697-3125‚ USA Abstract This article reviews the leadership literature from 1990–2005 in twenty-one major journals in order to determine the nature and extent of attention to the organizational context as a factor affecting leaders’
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Scholar Paper “Toxic Leadership” Rosella D. Scott Student # 110179 I. Introduction Webster dictionary defines “toxic” as containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation‚ exhibiting symptoms of infection or toxicities or extremely harsh‚ malicious‚ or harmful. “Leadership” ‚by definition is when an organizational role involves (1) establishing a clear vision‚ (2) sharing (communicating) that vision with others so that they will follow
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Thesis/Comments I thoroughly enjoyed reading Primal Leadership and was pleased that I read Managing Emotions in the Workplace prior to beginning this book. After examining the causes and effects of emotions at work and understanding existing theories and the implications of managing emotions in the workplace‚ Primal Leadership took me a step further. Goleman‚ Boyatzis‚ and McKee note that the use of emotion in leadership functions is a primal task or function of a true leader. The authors
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Leadership and Nurse Productivity Leadership and Nurse Productivity This paper will review an article by Elizabeth Curtis and Rhona O’Connell in Nurse Management-UK. “Essential leadership skills for motivating and developing staff” reviews the importance of leadership skill and empowering staff (Curtis & O’Connell‚ 2011). This article discusses the effect manager has on the staff they supervise‚ and how a negative attitude can produce negative results; whereby a positive and supportive
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Studying Leadership LDR/531 March 26‚ 2012 Studying Leadership Leadership is a vital part in any organization. Although there is not one set definition when it comes to leadership‚ words that are often associated with leadership include guidance‚ facilitator‚ and structure (Yukl‚ 2010). “After a comprehensive review of the leadership literature‚ Stogdill (1974‚ p. 259) concluded that ‘there are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the
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Discussion and Conclusion: Preparation of 1-Bromobutane The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate the conversion of a primary alcohol‚ 1-butanol‚ to a primary bromoalkane‚ 1-bromobutane‚ a SN2 reaction. The conversion of 1-butanol to 1-bromobutane relies on sulfuric acid which plays two important roles. First‚ it protonates the alcohol of 1-butanol to form an oxonium ion which is a good leaving group. Secondly‚ it produces the hydrobromic acid‚ the nucleophile‚ which attacks 1-butanol
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Introduction The role every manager must fill in the workplace is leadership. Managers often make the mistake of assuming that because they are the managers‚ they are also the leaders and that their associates will automatically follow. In reality‚ position only denotes title‚ not leadership. Peter Northouse (2001) defines leadership as a process whereby one individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. To be an effective leader‚ the manager must influence his associates
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Leadership Models in Health care Melissa D. Green‚ MHA University of Phoenix Leadership Models in Health care Leadership has developed over time into a variety of different models. Four of these models are transactional leadership‚ transformational leadership‚ charismatic leadership‚ and situational leadership. This paper will describe in detail the characteristics of these four leadership models‚ focusing on their similarities and differences. These models also can be used to
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experiences. Leaders come in all forms of varieties‚ genders‚ ethnicity and descriptors like Carranza. Carranza didn’t stopped to think about some of the leaders that have inspired her or even some that have infuriated her‚ the qualities of her good leadership skills became apparent through her professional growth with UPS. When we think about the characteristic of a leader in today’s dynamic environment‚ we often think of leaders that are ever-changing. In my opinion a prime example of this was and/or
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