As John C. Maxwell once said‚ “A leader is someone who knows the ways‚ goes the way‚ and shows the way.” An ideal leader would be someone who is altruistic‚ educated‚ and audacious. In the novel‚ The Hobbit‚ authored by J.R.R Tolkien‚ one of the protagonists‚ Thorin Oakenshield is said to be one of the most prodigious commanders. However‚ Thorin is almost the complete opposite of the traits and qualities listed previously. One of the main qualities Thorin demonstrates is greed‚ greed is the intense
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1. Scott has my strongest recommendation to be considered for graduate school. I have had the esteemed privilege to supervise Scott in my position as U.S. Coast Guard Electronic Support Systems Detachment Supervisor‚ New York. 2. Scott has a talent to quickly come up to speed on a variety of complex work projects. Scott is strongly motivated to achieve optimal results excelling in both theoretical and practical concepts. Scott is a highly effective and proficient leader; he displays a genuine interest
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Leading a virtuous life can be both obtainable‚ and enjoyable. Sometimes everyone must consider if what they have done‚ or how they make decisions‚ is acceptable‚ or even logical. As discussed in the paper written by J.N. Hooker entitled‚ “Three Kinds of Ethics”‚ it goes on to describe how the three kinds of ethics are applied‚ and created. To distinguish between the three kinds‚ we must dedicate thought to our actions‚ and consider why we make these choices. Since the world isn’t perfect‚ and we
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Chevening is looking for individuals that will be future leaders or influencers in their home countries. Explain how you meet this requirement‚ using clear examples of your own leadership and influencing skills to support your answer. (minimum word count: 50 words‚ maximum word count: 500 words) I would like to start my essay with Warren Bennis’s quote “The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact‚ the
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The powerful roots in a tree hold it together and keep it from falling down at the slightest resistance. In the same way‚ when leaders work from the bottom all the stakeholders involved gain strength to face adversity from those who stand beneath them. The Douglas McGregor XY Theory highlights two types of leaders: one is authoritarian and the other enables those under their supervision to have a variety of responsibilities for their tasks and freely work towards a common goal. When I took this
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Innovation remains a remarkable experience that challenges individuals to reflect outside the box. It helps in our personal and professional lives when responding to change. There are numerous innovative processes. For example: the five discovery skills‚ design thinking‚ the blue ocean strategy‚ job mapping and the two routes to resilience to name a few. The ability of creating innovation can happen with the sacrifice of time. An individual must have the willingness to think and re-think ways to
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Right people make the right organisation. It is the eyes of leaders that can spot the not so best fit people for the organisation and organisational culture. It is often recognised by gut feeling and to extent performance. Garden often requires weeding and so it stands for the organisation. The not so fit people not only damage the institution but are also wasting their time and skills which could be better utilised where they fit the best. This is a challenging task for the leaders since government
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relationship focuses on the continuing recreation of higher purposes‚ change for the better occurs both in the purposes and resources of those involved and in the relationship itself. The transformational leader plays an essential role in shifting change‚ followers and leaders are bound together in the transformation process. The importance of developing followers to their fullest potential extended the concept of transformational leadership (Bass‚ 1985; Bass & Avolio‚1993). Transformational leaders
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Good morning fellas. I am Nikitha.V of 10th grade. I am here to urge you to vote me into the Student council. I want to be part of the leadership team and hopefully become school vice captain for this year 2015-16. I realize that it’s a privilege to have the honor but I am confident that I will be a suitable candidate I promise to work hard to be the effective leader that you would be proud of in the school. I will try to uphold and obey all the rules and become the role model that you can all look
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Characteristic of leadership style LDR-531 Leadership can be defined as process in which an individual influences a group of people to accomplish a common goal. The goal is achieved by cohesive behavior and mutual cooperation. A leader directs his or her followers to reach a specific goal and infuses sense of positivity in them (Meenakshi‚ n.d.). There are many great leaders but the leader I admire the most is Nelson Mandela. Mandela used his charismatic personality and ethical behavior
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