Carlos Ghosn led one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the history of the modern corporation. Dispatched to Tokyo in 1999‚ with orders from France’s Renault SA to rescue its floundering Japanese business partner‚ Nissan Motor‚ Ghosn moved boldly. He slashed costs‚ closed unprofitable factories‚ shrank the supplier network‚ sold unprofitable assets‚ and rewired Nissan’s insular culture. Skeptics pronounced his efforts doomed. But within a year‚ Ghosn had returned Japan’s second-largest auto manufacturer
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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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What is a nurse leader? The profession of nursing is one of leadership by its very nature. Nurses are looked to as leaders across the health care continuum‚ regardless of their role or practice settings. Throughout nursing school I have been taught that I will be a part of care teams‚ associate with colleagues from other disciplines‚ and be held accountable for patient care outcomes. A nurse leader does not mean nurse manger. Not every nurse manger is a good leader‚ and those with strong leadership
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CULTURAL CHANGE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CHANGE EFFORTS OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND CARLOS GHOSN IN JAPAN by KOJI NAKAE B.S. Law‚ University of Tokyo (1987) SUBMITTED TO THE MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY June 2005 ©2005 Koji Nakae. All rights reserved. The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic
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What Makes an Effective Leader? Is a Leader Born‚ or Can They be Made? What makes an effective leader? Is a leader born‚ or can they be made? This paper will attempt to answer these questions and explain what it takes to become a truly effective leader. First we will discuss what an effective leader is exactly‚ and then move on to describing what it takes to become someone like that. What makes a truly effective leader? Are effective leaders only found
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Business School 9-495-011 Rev. April 14‚ 1995 Visionary Design Systems Are Incentives Enough? Visionary Design Systems was a systems integrator and Computer ost Aided Design (CAD) hardware and software reseller located in Sunnyvale‚ California. In its first three years‚ Visionary Design’s revenues jumped from $1.1 million in 1990‚ to $5.5 million in 1991‚ to $9.8 million in 1992‚ to $17.8 million in 1993‚ prompting local newspapers to pronounce Visionary Design Systems a Silicon Valley success story
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Leading the Way. Today we live in a modern world where change is the only constant. We are surrounded by uncertainty in our daily lives‚ whether it is personal or professional. It is important to understand that a leader has to be comfortable dealing with uncertainty and change. First it is important to understand who a leader is. At the most basic level‚ a leader is someone who guides or leads other people. In more detail‚ a leader is a strong individual who has a vision or a purpose. He or she
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Head: CRJ220 Assignment 6 CRJ220 Assignment 6 Thomas Seagle Strayer University What does it mean to be an ethical leader? Obviously‚ one first has to be sure that one is not personally engaged in unethical and corrupt behaviors. Unfortunately‚ in many recent examples‚ leaders cannot pass even this first test. In addition‚ one has to take responsibility for the larger role responsibilities of a leader position. One of the most distressing aspects of public scandals involving public officials
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What if I told you that the “Father of the Air Force” publicly criticized and attacked his superior leaders‚ to include the White House? Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell was a Visionary Leader‚ but an Unethical Leader that successfully campaigned his message extensively while criticizing all of his superiors during his air power movement. Between WWI and WWII‚ Mitchell used his rank and name recognition to spearhead the push for air power relevance. In Hurley’s (1975) writing‚ he said
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successful‚ good leadership must be An effective leader is an essential component to any business wishing to be successful. “Leading is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals. Leading means creating a shared culture and values‚ communicating goals to employees throughout the organization‚ and infusing employees with the desire to perform at a high level” (Sambajee‚ P. 2012). There are a lot of personal qualities within a leader that in turn make them effective. This essay
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