Running head: SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP Successful Leadership: The Aspiration to Inspire Others Heather Shaw Liberty University Abstract This paper addresses many of the behaviors needed to lead others effectively. Leadership is not achieved through an appointed position‚ but rather‚ through character traits that inspire others to follow. The variations of leadership power and styles identify key leadership qualities. The fundamental traits of transformational and
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Case Study: Leadership Assessments for Succession of the Robinson Agency Kia Williams University of the Rockies Abstract This paper is a case presentation of a collaborative effort between an established leader of firm and a consultant team to develop an assessment approach in preparation for Mr. Robinson’s retirement and succession plan. Given that this once small family owned business has developed into a well-established firm under the tutelage of Mr. Robinson‚ he desires for the legacy
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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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Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies Educating global leaders: Exploring intercultural competence in leadership education Irving‚ Justin A. Bethel University Abstract The globalization of the world has brought about massive shifts over the past two decades. With the increase of international travel‚ the quantum leaps in global communication brought about by the World Wide Web and the increasingly interdependent global economy‚ the way leaders and organizations approach
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decisions - what is good and bad? * How to lead and use of authority. Our concepts of ethics have been derived from religions‚ philosophies and cultures. They infuse debates on topics like abortion‚ human rights and professional conduct and leadership. On the other hand‚ Christian ethics is well summarized by Colossians 3:1-6: “Since‚ then‚ you have been raised with Christ‚ set your hearts on things above‚ where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above‚ not
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Qualities that traditionally associated with leadership are toughness‚ determination and vision. However‚ Tyco’s managers believe these are insufficient. Through the interviews with Tyco’s employees‚ we realized that truly effective leaders are also distinguished by a high degree of innovation‚ and communication. Tyco’s VP or innovation Robert Locke believes innovation is essential for a company. He says‚ today’s consumers continuously looking for better goods and services. A good leader need to
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behavior approaches to leadership similar? How does Fiedler’s contingency model differ from both? Even though these two approaches to leadership are very different in many ways‚ we have found that they are in fact very similar as well. We notice that the trait approach focuses on the leaders’ personal characteristics yet ignores the situation in which they try to lead. In a very similar way the behavior approach identifies the behaviors responsible for effective leadership without considering how
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According to Webster’s‚ it’s simply referred to as “One who possesses the qualities of a leader…†If a person were to wonder what a leader was‚ they could get a fairly clear idea from the US Army’s Field Manual 6-22. This manual covers‚ with precise detail‚ what a leader‚ both military and otherwise‚ truly is. In this interpretation of what I feel leaders and leadership are‚ I will give the basic characteristics of leadership‚ what qualities are exemplified
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Transformational Leadership Lindsey L. Richardson Georgia College and State University Transformational leadership‚ as a concept‚ has been present and used with leaders all over the world as far back as history records. This style of leadership has been central to several leadership techniques‚ research articles‚ and books for an extended history. Transformational leadership developed as a vocabulary term when it was first introduced by James MacGregor Burns in his book‚ Leadership (Burns
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experience and it insisted on the freedom and the autonomy of the individual” (Wolf). The philosophy of existentialism‚ and one of its greatest philosophers Jean Paul Sartre‚ were the motivation and inspiration to the arts and humanities during the 1940’s and 1950’s. First allow me to elaborate on the definition of existentialism and France at the start of 1940. Existentialism is a philosophical movement oriented toward two major themes‚ the analysis of human existence and the centrality of human choice
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