In my opinion‚ it is better to be a leader of a group than to be a simple member although being a leader is a quite responsible job. The ability to be a leader depends much on your personality. Being bossy does not necessarily mean that you are able to become a good leader. On the contrary‚ being a leader is a quite tough job because it suggests someone with the ability to follow people towards a specific goal. Certainly‚ it is better to be a leader because usually this is a person who distinguishes
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I have so many ideas of what an effective leader should be that I often feel overwhelmed and cannot imagine how I will become the ideal leader that I want to be. There are many effective leadership styles at my work place. I learn from them everyday. I have also read almost all the modules and sometimes I would read articles on leadership out of the magazines. In my research‚ I have discovered that there are many different styles of leadership and most are effective‚ if used in the right
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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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time I have met a lot of amazing nurses. This semester I have clinical at Providence Medical Center on their OB unit. Although I have only spent a few times there this eight weeks I have met some exceptional nurses. Judy‚ who is one of the nurse managers on the floor I believe‚ meets all the criteria of being an exceptional leader. This nurse has spent a lot of time with Providence advocating and ensuring that all women get the care they deserve. She has made one of her main goals to give every
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President Email Share SHARE THIS ARTICLEx close Share on Facebook Add to del.icio.us Submit post to digg.com Add to Ma.gnolia Seed this post at Newsvine Technorati links to this post Print Find Your Leadership Style The best leaders recognize their natural tendencies and use that knowledge to respond appropriately in different situations. by Darylen Cote The music teacher let you know last spring that the band needs new uniforms‚ new instruments‚ and new music‚ among many
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Are leaders born or made? Defining what best describes leaders‚ followed by the debate based on the assumption that some authors agree that leaders are born‚ some that leaders are mixture of inborn and taught qualities and others try to prove that leaders are made. Finally‚ it will summarise the findings and consider each view to draw a conclusion and answer the question if there is such a thing as natural ability to lead which some people are born with and others not‚ or if not could this be taught
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“leaders are born‚ not made”. According to Stodgily (1950) leadership is the process of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts toward goal setting and goal achievement (Buchanan and Huczynski‚ 2010). In any organized field there is the necessity to recognize the distinguished figure of a leader‚ whether it is the animal kingdom or the human modern society. Businesses and firms (but even hospitals‚ politicians‚ schools‚ military‚ sports…) require a strong figure able to inspire
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Jane Addams: An Emotionally Intelligent Leader Throughout history‚ there have been many great feminists and social activists. There are many women who have changed history and made their mark on the world. Few however‚ can be titled as “the greatest woman in the world” and still regarded today as a pioneer social woman in United States history (Times‚ n.d). Jane Addams‚ Born in 1860‚ knew at a young age that life was not all ice cream and trips to the toy store. As the daughter of a well-to-do
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can make someone a poor leader. The worst leader I ever had was my boss at the insurance company I worked for last year. My boss played favorites‚ did not do her work‚ micromanaged‚ lacked human skills‚ and recorded everything wrong that someone had ever done. All of these factors are what made her the worst leader I have ever had in my life. The first reason my boss was the worst leader I ever had was because she played favorites. First‚ my boss was only friendly towards the people that she liked
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MANAGEMENT 100 Using examples‚ compare and contrast the characteristics of both managers and leaders. There is a lot of confusion‚ or at least very different views‚ about what is meant by management and what is meant by leadership‚ about whether the work of managers is fundamentally different from the work of leaders‚ and whether they are in fact different roles at all. Of course the meaning of such ambiguous words will depend on the definition people choose to give those words‚ and there are
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