Leadership Theories Page 2 There have been many studies on the factors that make a great leader. Everybody has their own idea of what makes a great leader. There are several theories of leadership. The three common things among all theories is that there must be a leader and at least one follower‚ leadership
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The Freedom Movement Leaders These men had a choice; a choice was between saving the hometown by surrendering it to the Americans or wreaking destruction on the city by resisting the foreigners. Those who decide to surrender were considered as collaborators and those who decide to fight led a resistance. The seven personalities to be discussed hereafter are Luis Flores‚ Bonifacio Aranas‚ Juan Climaco‚ Arcadio Maxilum‚ Leon Kilat‚ Candido Padilla and Julio Llorente. The discussion of these seven
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“Important Characteristics of a Leader” A leader is someone who directs or guides others by going before them. It takes a lot of good character traits to be true leader. There are three important characteristics to have when you’re a leader. These characteristics are integrity‚ credibility and servant hood. Integrity means to have a code of values such as honesty‚ sincerity and wholeness. Credibility is to be trustworthy and believable. Servant hood is to have humility not to be served but
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Great leaders are overlooked and underestimated. Cyrus was taught selflessness‚ courage‚ gratefulness‚ leadership‚ strength‚ trustworthiness‚ humility‚ and more which all factored in to him becoming who he was. “Cyrus was able to penetrate that vast extent of the country by the sheer terror of his personality… not one of them dared lift a hand against him. And yet he was able‚ at the same time‚ to inspire them all with so deep a desire to please him and win his favor…”(Xenophon 2). Cyrus did one
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MEN ARE BORN TO BE LEADERS Usually in a typical sibling scenario‚ the oldest one tends to be the role model‚ the boss‚ or even the leader. In my case‚ I had to switch roles with my older brother. About four years‚ my brother had been hit by a car. Following the accident‚ he had severe brain injuries and fell into a coma for about two weeks. Thankfully‚ he managed to make it through the storm and face the real world again. However‚ his life perspective altered. It was difficult for him to stand upright
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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 also has the skills and dedication required to see this vision through‚ guiding
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kindness‚ then transformed into a self-centered and covetous leader. He “. . . grew bloodthirsty‚ gave no more rings/to honour the Danes. He suffered in the end . . . . his life lost happiness” (1719-1722). King Heremod ceased practicing generosity‚ and as a result he lost his happiness and prominence as a good leader. As his reign continued‚ the people were wary of his judgment and no longer looked up to him as a strong and virtuous leader. This shows that when
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Are Leaders born or made? The debate of whether leaders are born or made dates back many centuries. In today ’s modern society‚ we are seeing a rapid decline of heredity leadership and a significant rise in role models being business or political leaders. Daniel Goleman argued in Social Intelligence on the topic (chapter 10) and points out that the debate turns out to be pointless‚ as it assumes that our genes and our environment are independent of each other. For business leaders‚ it ’s a
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Love>Fear Leaders are one of the most important parts of a team. They keep everyone organized‚ and tell who what to do and when to do it. But‚ what sets a good leader apart from a bad one? The answer would be in how these leaders conduct their work‚ how they get respect from their workers or team members. Love‚ or respect based leaders‚ and fear based leaders are the main two. Love or respect is a better aspect for a leader than fear because of the short and long term effects‚ and has many positives
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act as a leader. On the other hand‚ a manager can be a true manager only if he has got the traits of leader in him. By virtue of his position‚ manager has to provide leadership to his group. A manager has to perform all five functions to achieve goals‚ i.e.‚ Planning‚ Organizing‚ Staffing‚ Directing‚ and Controlling. Leadership is a part of these functions. Leadership as a general term is not related to managership. A person can be a leader by virtue of qualities in him. For example: leader of a club
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