0 LIBERIA: A Momentary Glimpse at Leadership and a Call for Transformational Change January 2014 By: Isaac Dadah Wolofar An article that captures a momentary look at the status quo of underlying leadership in Africa’s oldest Independent Republic. The article supplementarily transcends the glimpse and gazes at the vision for transformational change against the prevailing paradigm of a nation with extraordinary promise. 1|Page ell‚ in due course President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
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Leaders and Leadership What is leadership? Leadership is a special form of power‚ one that involves the ability‚ based on the personal qualities of the leader‚ to elicit the followers’ voluntary compliance in a broad range of matters. Leadership is distinguished from the concept of power in that it entails influence‚ that is‚ change of preferences‚ while power implies only that subjects’ preferences are held in abeyance (Etzioni‚ 1965). There are two approaches that we are going to discuss in this
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Chapter 12 Leadership 1. Define: Leadership- the exercise of influence by one member of a group or organization over other members to help the group or organization achieve its goals. Leader- an individual able to influence group or organizational members to help the group or organization achieve its goals Leader Effectiveness- an effective leader helps achieve goals; an ineffective leader does not. Informal Leader- an organizational member with no formal authority to influence others who
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Leadership Leadership The process‚ by which a person exerts influence over others and inspires‚ motivates and directs their activities to achieve group or organizational goals. When leaders are ineffective‚ their influence does not contribute to‚ and often detracts from‚ goal attainment. Effective leadership increases an organization’s ability to meet all challenges‚ including the need to obtain a competitive advantage‚ the need to foster ethical behavior‚ and the need to manage a diverse workforce
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The perfect idea of leadership evolves from the situation where leaders are required. There are many ways to describe what leadership is‚ it depends solely on the situation you’re in. leadership can be described as a combination of sociology‚ anthropology‚ political science and psychology. The main concern with this paper is to view the topic as ‘Leadership’ rather than focusing on the leader itself‚ the idea is that leadership can be found in everyone and that everyone can be a ‘Leader’ (Ladkin
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A manager should have the ability to direct‚ supervise‚ encourage‚ inspire‚ and co-ordinate‚ and in doing so facilitate action and guide change. Managers develop their own leadership qualities and those of others. Management utilises planning‚ organisational and communications skills. These skills are important in leadership also‚ but even more so are qualities such as integrity‚ honesty‚ courage‚ commitment‚ sincerity‚ passion‚ determination‚ compassion and sensitivity. An effective manager should
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Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Hope First Nur 492 April 9‚ 2012 Oscar Garcia Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Many individuals believe that leadership and management are the same. Although managers and leaders have similar characteristics‚ there are distinct differences between the two. The main distinction is how they motivate individuals who follow or work for them. In some circumstances‚ individuals can be both a manager and a leader. However‚ an individual
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Ch 9 Leadership--occurs when particular individuals exert influence on goal achievement of others in organizational context> Strategic leadership refers to leader’s "ability to anticipate‚ envision‚ maintain flexibility‚ think strategically‚ and work with others to initiate changes that will create a viable future in the organization. Research on leadership traits> traits are personal characteristics of the individual‚ including physical charactersitics‚ intellectual ability‚ and personality. Research
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Leadership Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.” The Characteristics of a Good Leader What makes a good leader? Here are some of their most important characteristics: Self-Awareness. You have an intimate knowledge of your inner emotional state. You know your strengths and your weaknesses. You know when you’re working in flow and you know when you’re over worked. You know yourself‚ including your capabilities and your limitations
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Donald Trump and his leadership success: Personality Profile 1. Discussion of the Personality Profile based on Big Five model of personality (surgency‚ agreeableness‚ adjustment‚ conscientiousness‚ and openness to experience) The Big Five Model: Surgency-is the ability to persuade or influence individuals to understand your point of view‚ vision‚ mission‚ and/or objective and is willing to follow your lead as a result. One of the character traits of surgency is competitiveness. Donald Trump is
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