LEADERSHIP Assignment 1 According to (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/leadership) website‚ “Leadership has been described as a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task. It is an organization of a group of people to achieve a common goal. Different business situations require different type of leadership qualities.” Basically we are going o discuss three types of Leadership: * Autocratic: In autocratic
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Definition of leadership: Leadership is the ability to influence a group of people toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals. A leader steps up in times of crisis‚ and is able to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Unlike management‚ leadership cannot be taught‚ although it may be learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Leader is the person in a group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction
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there is a need for Strategic Leadership in organisations today? What implications may occur as a result? Introduction :- " It is possible and fruitful to identify major events that have already happened‚ irrevocably‚ and that will have predictable effects in the next decade or two. It is possible‚ in other words‚ to identify and prepare for the future that has already happened " (Peter Drucker‚ 1997) By regularly exploring suitable and novel/modern strategic leadership practices presently undertaken
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Participative Leader Participative leader Participative leadership also knows as democratic leadership is a type of leadership that allows everyone in the group to get involved in recognizing important objectives and developing procedures or tactics for reach of those goals. Participative leadership can be seen as someone who depends on the whole group to achieve the job‚ this type of involved leadership style can be utilized in business settings‚ volunteer organizations and even
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2011‚ during the whole course of leadership ‚ I have learned that leadership is a skill which can be learnt and I would like to thank our professor Sue for giving me an opportunity to learn the leadership. To become a good leader‚ a leader needs to have a good vision to see a future and as well as look backward and make prepare their team for future challenges. Leaders inspire people to achieve goals and generate new ones and deliveries result where as poor leadership can deliver faliure results as
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Discovering Your Authentic Leadership During the past 50 years‚ leadership scholars have conducted more than 1‚000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles‚ characteristics‚ or personality traits of great leaders. None of these studies has produced a clear profile of the ideal leader. Thank goodness. If scholars had produced a cookie-cutter leadership style‚ individuals would be forever trying to imitate it. They would make themselves into personae‚ not people‚ and others would
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Leadership for leaders “Informed‚ thoughtful and practical… a very fine achievement.” Yury Boshyk‚ formerly Professor at IMI Geneva and IMD Lausanne Michael Williams Blank page LEADERSHIP FOR LEADERS Michael Williams Thorogood Publishing Limited 10-12 Rivington Street London EC2A 3DU Telephone: 020 7749 4748 Fax: 020 7729 6110 Email: info@thorogood.ws Web: www.thorogood.ws Books Network International Inc 3 Front Street‚ Suite 331 Rollinsford‚ NH 30869‚ USA Telephone:
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assignment will examine models and styles of leadership. A reflective analysis will be given of how I led a research team‚ the impact of Emotional Intelligence on effective leadership will also be discussed. “The word leader is derived from the Anglo Saxon ‘lede’‚ meaning ‘to go’. So an organisation that has a leader assumes it is going somewhere”. Adair 1970. There are many theories of what makes a good leader‚ and also several models of leadership. One of the experts in the field John Adair‚
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1. What are the attributes of having an unique culture Vs. a common culture? Organizational culture can be understood as a set of values and basic assumptions‚ developed collectively and that guide organizational behavior. Directs the way to perceive‚ think and feel the reality within the organization‚ as it serves as a model for dealing with the problems of adaptation and interaction. Organizational culture can be understood through: Observable artifacts (manifestations of an organization’s
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Leadership styles play a huge part in the success of a leader. Understanding what brings an employee satisfaction‚ what major motivations they have‚ and what is interesting to the subordinate lays the foundation for organizations leaders (Prentice‚ 2004). Understanding these factors can enable a leader to use custom applications and methods for each employee based on those characteristics. One thing I have learned over the years is to be a great leader‚ you must have followers. Prentice describes
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