Journal of Leadership Education Volume 10‚ Issue 1 – Winter 2011 The Intersection Between Soft Skill Development and Leadership Education Christie Brungardt‚ Ph.D. Instructor of Leadership Studies Department of Leadership Studies Fort Hays State University Hays‚ KS 67601 cjbrunga@fhsu.edu Abstract This study examined the relationship of soft skills gained to the amount of leadership education completed by graduates from the Department of Leadership studies at a Midwestern regional university
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Leadership for me is very hard to define. Gregory Moore states‚ “We don’t really know what leadership means‚ in part because it never means quite the same thing twice.” (Hamm‚ 2011 p. ix) I believe that everyone has their own style and views on leadership. Everyone is unique in being the leader that they are or want to become. My personal philosophy in leadership is being a respectful individual(s) and showing that (you) as the leader deserves respect as well. Bringing honesty to the table to the
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Leadership http://lea.sagepub.com/ Strategic leadership: The accomplishment of strategy as a ’perennially unfinished project ’ Marian Iszatt-White Leadership 2010 6: 409 DOI: 10.1177/1742715010379310 The online version of this article can be found at: http://lea.sagepub.com/content/6/4/409 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Leadership can be found at: Email Alerts: http://lea.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://lea.sagepub.com/subscriptions
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it led to the known neurological studies. Talking about the big 5 test‚ Personally this was a great test to know how I would understand different trait questions and to know the outcome which could be different than expected! I have asked one of my colleagues to take the test; thankfully she did it immediately over the weekend and her reaction was (Hahahaha….. kind a long and some questions were vague). Although in office environment we share common views most of the time. Yet‚ this test has revealed
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My personal philosophy of leadership is always putting your maximum effort in everything you do‚ going the extra mile‚ being honest‚ and always trying to bring the best out of people. Two theories from the text that resonate with me and inform my philosophy are the servant leadership theory and the transforming leadership theory. As mentioned before‚ I think I am a servant leader because my primary goals is to serve and help others. In other words‚ the reason I like being an E-Board member in my
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the team‚ clearly and compellingly‚ then steps back and allows the team to work. The leader steps in from time to time to reiterate the vision if required‚ but that is all he / she does. The leader reports that the style was “easy – I didn’t have to do much and I could see how the style would free me up to operate strategically”. The team report enjoying the activity‚ and feel enormously proud of the work they have done‚ often getting out their smart phones to take pictures posing with their creation
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My leadership potential is somewhat paradoxical. Although I am very driven and passionate about my work‚ I make sure that I never boast about my accomplishments. From basketball‚ I heard the phrase‚ "Hungry and Humble." I would say that this is very accurate to my leadership capabilities. As a leader‚ I am very "hungry" to accomplish our task at hand. My drive and passion fuels me to finish the job. If I were to receive any recognition for my work‚ my first reaction is always denial. I respectfully
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Throughout the semester‚ we have worked on our personal definition of leadership. I have done my best to include all of the different leadership approaches within my definition. After a semester of learning about the various leadership approaches‚ my definition is the situational demonstration of the patience‚ morals‚ roles‚ attitude‚ culture‚ traits‚ skills‚ and behaviors needed to motivate a team that achieves common goals or desired outcomes. My original definition was an attitude or culture that
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Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy‚ is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th President of the Philippines since June 2010. Following the death of his mother on August 1‚ 2009‚ many people began calling on Aquino to run for president. On September 9‚ 2009‚ Aquino officially announced he would be a candidate in the 2010 presidential election‚ held on May 10‚ 2010. On June 9‚ 2010‚ the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino the winner of the 2010 presidential
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a new process in part of the organization and the time‚ effort‚ and collaboration it takes. The real experience gained was that of watching my mentor in his role. I observed what kind of leader he was. He was exhibited all the charecteristics of a great leader. He was able to handle and use all kinds of personalities and other leadership styles. During my time there he repateadily showed me exaples of how this worked and why it was important. Each time he changed his manner of leading people the
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