LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY Are leaders born or made? What traits do effective leaders need to possess? I’ve asked myself these questions since becoming a leader. The search for the answers only grew as I became older and placed in roles of greater responsibility. I have used my experiences to shape my own philosophy about leadership. My current leadership philosophy is that in order to be a good and effective leader‚ you must possess certain traits‚ some of which you are born with‚ while some you are
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There are many definitions of a leader and how their leadership skills can be described. One of the theories developed to study leadership is trait approach. Also known as great man theories‚ it was developed to explain how traits influenced leadership. This theory suggested that certain people were born with special traits that made them great leaders. (Bass‚1990; Jago‚1982). For this applied leadership mini paper I chose Ronald Reagan as my leader. Through this paper I would like to enlighten
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Associate Level Material Appendix D Contingency Theory of Leadership |Description of work environment | | | |Describe the work environment you intend to review for this assignment. | | |The work environment I am reviewing is a Steel Mill which involves construction. | |
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Leadership Self-Analysis As per MSMQ assessment my dominant leadership styles are "Coaching"‚ "Coercive"‚ and "Affiliative" and my least preferred styles are “Pacesetting”‚ “Visionary” and “Democratic” in that order. I expected to see myself high on coaching as I use that style a lot at my work‚ hence I was not surprised to see that as my most dominant style in self-assessment. I did not expect to see my coercive style usage to be high and visionary style usage to be low. In fact‚ I was under the
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experience that there are exceptions to rules‚ I believe that leadership style assessments are useful if they are coupled with other data‚ such as independent assessors. For example‚ this week I completed a self -assessment regarding my leadership style from our course textbook‚ Leadership Theory and Practice‚ which indicated I am strong in both task and relationship skills. While I mostly agree with this outcome after reflecting on my past leadership accomplishments and activities‚ I wondered if others who
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(2006) defined that leadership is the process of influencing other people in order to agree and understand what needs to be done and how to do it and the process of facilitating individuals and collecting efforts to complete the targeted objectives. It means leadership is the transactional event between the leaders and followers. It is two-way effects in which leaders and followers will both positively and negatively affect together. Northouse (2010) also determined that leadership is the process in
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An analysis of flexible leadership style Name: Shi Baoyuan Student ID: 20121367 Email: frank_ais@yahoo.co.nz Word Count: 2029 Executive Summary Flexible leadership style is a vital for leaders to manage the company that a leader needs to possess this model to cope with the changeable company activities. A leader who utilizes the flexible leadership style will provide a suitable working surrounding to his (her) subordinates‚ and make them working in positive emotion; hence‚ the subordinates
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FEATURES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP Introduction Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders. A transformational leader focuses on "transforming" others to help each other‚ to look out for each other‚ to be encouraging and harmonious‚ and to look out for the organization as a whole. With this leadership‚ the leader enhances the motivation‚ morale and performance
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on this topic I received a better understanding of what emergent leadership verses appointed leadership is. Emergent leaders are employees who began to take on tasks voluntarily to help others complete their tasks more effectively. They also encourage consensus among coworkers through their leadership abilities. This type of leadership is distinguished by the leader proving his or her abilities before being formally given a leadership title. Emergent leaders have the advantage of showing in advance
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not helpful for anyone wanting to become a leader themselves because a leader is so much more than someone who leads. A leader has great virtues that allow them to obtain the trust of others. Through leadership experiences‚ one will learn the qualities needed to be a leader. I have gained leadership experiences through hockey‚ work and student government. These experiences taught me to be calm‚ passionate‚ and gain the respect of others. I have learned how to express these traits through integrity
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