leadership There is no unanimity among scholars about the origin of leadership. Whether leadership is a natural trait‚ a developable competency or a combination of both‚ it is reported by executives that a great part of what leaders use to lead effectively comes from experience‚ more than from formal training. A key question is then how do we need to modify training interventions in order to represent a source of leadership learning? Learning is understood as a transformational effect on the
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Types of Leadership 1. Autocratic Style: Leaders have complete authority and control”His style is ’Do What I Tell You”.He retains as much power & decision making authority as possible. He makes decisions without reference or consulting to anyone else. It makes high degree of dependency on the leader which may create de-motivation and hostility of staff. • An autocratic leader is the one who commands and expects followership. The leader leads by the ability to withhold or give rewards
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DEFINITIONS OF LEADERSHIP “Leadership is not about titles‚ positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” John C. Maxwell “Leadership is influence‚ nothing more. And nothing less” John Maxwell “Leadership is a function of knowing yourself‚ having a vision that is well communicated‚ building trust among colleagues‚ and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.” Warren Benni “Leadership is accomplishing things that reach beyond solitary abilities by
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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Discovering Your Authentic Leadership During the past 50 years‚ leadership scholars have conducted more than 1‚000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles‚ characteristics‚ or personality traits of great leaders. None of these studies has produced a clear profile of the ideal leader. Thank goodness. If scholars had produced a cookie-cutter leadership style‚ individuals would be forever trying to imitate it. They would make themselves into personae‚ not people‚ and others would
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1. What are the attributes of having an unique culture Vs. a common culture? Organizational culture can be understood as a set of values and basic assumptions‚ developed collectively and that guide organizational behavior. Directs the way to perceive‚ think and feel the reality within the organization‚ as it serves as a model for dealing with the problems of adaptation and interaction. Organizational culture can be understood through: Observable artifacts (manifestations of an organization’s
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Leadership By: SSG Member-Meneh‚ Sylvanus 88M SLC Class #003-2013 What is Leadership? Leadership is the art of influencing and directing people in such a way that will win their obedience‚ confidence‚ respect and loyal cooperation in achieving common objectives. To become an effective Leader‚ there are certain traits and characteristics that must be present in an individual. No one is born a Leader; certain individuals are born
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1.Charismatic Leadership ASSUMPTIONS Charm and grace are all that is needed to create followers. Self-belief is a fundamental need of leaders. People follow others that they personally admire. Style The Charismatic Leader gathers followers through dint of personality and charm‚ rather than any form of external power or authority. It is interesting to watch a Charismatic Leader ’working the room’ as they move from person to person. They pay much attention to the person they are talking to
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Leadership has been an integral virtue of an individual to be successful and effective in business‚ politics‚ sports or the military. It is stated by Howard (2005) that leadership can be regarded as an ability of an individual to influence a group of people to respond to organisational goals and as a means to enhance others’ performance by forming operative groups‚ motivating and giving a right direction to them. It means that‚ as far as a business is concerned‚ achieving an organisational objective
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PM Page 301 Culture and Leadership 13 DESCRIPTION As the title suggests‚ this chapter is about culture and leadership. Like the previous chapter‚ this one is multifaceted and focuses on a collection of related ideas rather than a single unified theory. Because there are no established theories of cultural leadership‚ our discussion in this chapter will focus on research that describes culture‚ its dimensions‚ and the effects of culture on the leadership process. Since World War II‚ globalization
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