My Personal Leadership Philosophy "I don’t know what awaits us on the other side of that berm‚ but I’ll tell you this. If I have to give my life for any of you I will do it in a heartbeat" (Murphy‚ 2008). An insert from the book In a Time of War told from a lieutenant in the U.S. Army moments before he leads his platoon into the invasion of Iraq. A position of leadership comes with many responsibilities other than just delegating work to people under you. One must have ethical values to be a fair
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transformational leader must possess the ability of articulating a convincing and realistic vision and focus others towards a new critical path. In certain circumstances‚ a company may need to be redesigned to support the whole transformational leadership. As we know‚ create a strategic vision is a fundamental element of a transformational leader to become successful. Tony Fernandes need to create and communicate his vision thus stimulate discussions with his subordinates. For example‚ he may run
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Dictionary (2000) defines leadership in the following manor: “1. The position or office of a leader; 2. Capacity or ability to lead; 3. A group of leaders; [and‚] 4. Guidance‚ direction.” At best‚ the descriptors are convoluted and do not provide any meaningful insight into the nature of leadership. Definitions for lead‚ although a bit more descriptive‚ still do not facilitate an understanding of leadership as a theory. Many have offered constructs and models to define leadership. Primarily these
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Discovering Your Authentic Leadership The topic of discussion for this week is “Discovering Your Authentic Leadership”. When discovering your Authentic Leadership‚ you have to look in your inner self and be the best and stand out from other leaders. No one can be an authentic leader by trying to imitate someone else characteristics of becoming a great leader. The respect level is way higher when you are yourself instead of trying to be like another leader. Being authentic doesn’t mean you are perfect
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LEADERSHIP Bill Gates once said‚ “As we looked into the next century‚ leaders will be those who empower others”. This quite sufficiently describes what is‚ in my opinion‚ the new leadership. The way to describe how the old leadership differs from the new leadership can be summed up in one word: sustainable. Compared to the old leadership with a very rigid‚ tip down approach‚ the new leadership style is more sustainable and holistic‚ with power flow in all directions and flexible way of carrying
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the reader that Human nature is fundamentally very greedy‚ power hungry and vengeful because of leadership‚ which is demonstrated by‚ Shakespeare through the literary devices such soliloquy and metaphor. Claudius’s power hunger blinded his human nature. Murdering the king‚ stealing his crown and the queen are not the only things Claudius had done. Claudius married Gertrude right after the death of King Hamlet and gave out a speech in order to get accepted by the nobles of the court in which he says
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Leadership Style Leadership and Performance Development January 13‚ 2014 Leadership Style From John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King and Steve Jobs to President Obama there is a myriad of ways to lead people as there are leaders. When and individual can understand leadership styles and the framework‚ then he or she can develop their own approach to leadership‚ and become a more effective leader as a result (Center for Leadership Studies‚ 2014). In this paper‚ I will highlight some of the
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Servant Leadership The idea of servant leadership was stated by Robert K. Greenleaf (1970). Robert K. Greenleaf founded the nonprofit Greenleaf Center for conducting people and organizations seeking to be better servant-leaders in 1964. According to Greenleaf “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve‚ to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first; perhaps because
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TOPIC : LEADERSHIP A leader is a person who influences group of people towards the achievement of a goal. Leadership is about influencing‚ motivating‚ and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members. Leaders are form various form of influence particularly persuasion and related to tactics that build commitment to ensure that the follower have the motivation and role clarify to achieve specified goals . Leaders also arrange
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Leadership Assessment Paper This paper is primarily from the conclusions derived from the self assessments that were given through the online assignments for the course. The primary source that was used to measure these evaluations were completed from the Self-Assessment Library: Insights into Your Skills‚ Abilities‚ and Interests‚ book by Stephen P. Robbins‚ These evaluation tools measured things such as one’s creativity level to one’s optimism. While some of the results were expected‚ there were
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