Leadership An overview of Transformational Leadership [Writer ’s Name] [Institution ’s Name] Although some people treat the terms "manager ship" and "leadership" as synonyms‚ the two should be distinguished. As a matter of fact‚ there can be leaders of completely unorganized groups‚ but there can be managers‚ as conceived here‚ only where organized structures create roles. (Main‚ 1987) Separating leadership from manager ship has important analytical advantages. It permits leadership to be singled
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Hathaway‚ is said to be one of the most successful investor on the 20th Century. There are many aspects of Mr. Buffett’s life that makes him one of the most influential and a great leader for our time. As a great leader the Wizard of Omaha has taken a “hands off” management style which is very similar to Laissez-Fraire leader(67‚ Practicing Leadership)‚ very delegative leadership that has often lead to low productivity levels but in this case the approach has worked extremely well for Mr. Buffett
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General Electric and worked his way through the ranks to become the Chairman and CEO of GE‚ making him the eighth and youngest leader (Woopidoo- Biographies- Business Leaders). During his 20 year reign of General Electric‚ one of Americas largest and most well known companies Jack Welch ’s management skills became almost legendary (Woopidoo- Biographies- Business Leaders). His no nonsense leadership style gave him a reputation of being hard‚ but fair when making business decisions and his style
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Odysseus was a great man as the story put it. He showed a lot of traits‚ great traits. He shows them in very different ways. He is a great leader‚ he made sure his men weren’t doing all the work. Odysseus was Great at everything he has done. He gets what he wants done too. He made sure he was taking just as many risks as them. He sometimes even put himself into more danger than his men. Like he could have had one of his men walk up and give the “one eyed beast” the wine‚ but instead he did it.
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task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been." No one can deny that the act being a leader is an enormous job and that the best and worst leaders are remembered throughout history. What no one has determined thus far is if leaders are born or made. True leaders might have natural abilities that lend themselves to taking charge over people‚ but some leaders are born out of necessity; they see a situation and take control over it. The Great Trait website
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you all here today to present a Life Time Achievement Award to a great leader of the Ancient Greece world. In Ancient Greece‚ the people made great achievement in technology‚ government‚ writings‚ and much‚ much more. The person I am about to present the award to has created a spectacular form of government we still use today. I will tell you about his achievements later‚ but let me tell you some background information about this leader. His name is Cleisthenes and was a noble Athenian. His family had
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Abraham Lincoln was a man of humble beginnings who‚ though self-taught‚ rose to greatness through the many leadership qualities that he possessed. Quality traits that Lincoln possessed were honesty‚ integrity and a great devotion towards the rights of the people. It was probably through his impoverished upbringing that he formed such a bond with common folks. Lincoln was able to show the country that an ordinary person‚ with strong character and integrity‚ was capable of inspiring others to greatness
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Marie Antoinette‚ A Great Leader By : Sarah Joan Every leader throughout history has effected the world in some way. Regardless if it was positive or negative‚ short-term or long-term‚ they did have an impact. The greatest leaders are remembered throughout history and the rest of time. The worst leaders are the ones who are completely forgotten‚ or worse‚ remembered for all time as the leader who messed up. There are different opinions as to what really makes a great leader‚ but something that
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Introduction A leader is defined as a person with the ability to influence and guide a group of people to accomplish a common goal. In simple words‚ a leader is someone who is followed by the people. There are different types of leaders and various leadership theories which may help to understand the characteristics of a leader and also the leadership process. Thus‚ the most basic and commonly asked question that arises is- Are leaders born or made? Leadership Theories Trait Theories According to
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which they hunted with each other. In the tribes‚ they still need a leader‚ who can guide them during those hunting journey. Time goes by‚ the develop of human society makes we need another type of leader who can dominant‚ confident‚ aggressive‚ creative‚ and long term view‚ etc. Many great leaders were born to guide the human society develop to higher level; but anything has two sides of it‚ and sometimes we have some leaders who tried to destroy the society. Those people are Julius Caesar‚ Genghis
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