Effective Leader Essay Thousands of years ago‚ Polynesians traveled across the Pacific Ocean to discover the islands that we call Hawai`i. It is a chain of eight islands that are named Hawai`i‚ Mau`i‚ Moloka`i‚ Kaho`olawe‚ Lana`i‚ O`ahu‚ Kaua`i and Ni`ihau. Kamehameha‚ the adopted nephew of Kalani`opu`u‚ conquered all of them by killing opposing chiefs and finally uniting all of them under one rule. He ruthlessly led his army to attack anyone in his way of taking control of the islands. Kamehameha
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made him the keeper of the war god‚ Kukailimoku. He had many warriors and he also had foreign advisors that taught him foreign battle strategies and how to use foreign weaponry. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was intelligent and caring. One of the reasons Kamehameha was an effective leader was because he was intelligent. Kamehameha was intelligent because he made people whom he trusted completely‚ governors of various islands and he kept people who he had some suspicions
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made centuries ago remain clear and effective to this day‚ and leaders throughout history have been influenced by the writing. At one point in The Prince‚ Machiavelli wrote that common people can be satisfied easily‚ as all they desire is not to be oppressed. Following in the words of Machiavelli‚ Abraham Lincoln desired nothing more than to avoid oppressing anybody when he gained power. Lincoln‚ a man of extreme empathy and kindness‚ was such an effective leader due to these potent capabilities of
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The evolution of leadership and style of the effective leaders. "A leader is best when people barely know that he exists‚ not so good when people obey and acclaim him‚ worst when they despise him. But of a good leader‚ who talks little‚ when his work is done‚ his aim fulfilled‚ they will all say‚ ’We did this ourselves.’" Lao Tzu‚ Chinese founder of Taoism‚ author (6th Century BC) Leadership is the ability to: -create a vision -present that vision so that others are inspired and motivated
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Josh Speed Mgt 122 Paper 8 May 2‚ 2014 Becoming an Effective Leader We have a close family friend that is a leadership development coach. He had a highly successful career working for IBM‚ and followed that with his current company. As the President and CEO of Alpine Link Corporation‚ he has garnered much respect as an executive coach‚ management consultant‚ author‚ and speaker on topics such as leadership‚ consultative selling‚ self-improvement‚
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Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955 in San Francisco‚ California. He was an American pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s along with engineer‚ inventor‚ and Apple Computer co-founder‚ Steve Wozniak. Young Steve Jobs grew up in a neighbourhood of engineers working on electronics and other gizmos in their garages on weekends. This shaped his interest in the field as he grew up. Jobs’s official biographer‚ Walter Isaacson described him as the "creative entrepreneur whose
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More news and reports about scandal‚ bribery and corruption of the public officials are revealed by the global mass media now‚ which remind us to seek a suitable measure for evaluating the performances and achievements of public officials. People trend to establish the ethical and moral criterias to judge the quality of a public official‚ while as is known to us‚ to be an effective leader‚ public officials should hold more characteristics significant rather than the ethical and moral merits. Undoubtedly
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Becoming an Effective Leader Learner name: Section 1: Understand own ability to fulfil key responsibilities of the leadership role. An evaluation of my own ability to use a range of leadership styles‚ in different situations and with different types of people‚ to fulfil the leadership role. There are in essence‚ four core leadership theory groups [1]‚ which are: Trait theories‚ Behavioural theories‚ Contingency theories and Power and influence theories. I strongly believe that a leader must be adaptable
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Many leaders throughout time have shown effective leadership.However‚ what characteristics made them more effective than other? Communication skills‚ time management‚ respect‚ and admit mistakes are some characteristics that have shown‚ many leaders to be effective. First of all‚ an important characteristic of an effective leader is proper communication skills. A leader must be a good speaker as well as a listener. The leader must know how to communicate with his follower‚ and listen to ideas
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differences between an effective and ineffective leader is one that build teams and one that builds trouble. An effective leader is an integral part of his team‚ always willing to pitch in to help get the job done. An ineffective leader insists on maintaining a safe rank-pulling and emotional distance from his team‚ never allowing his hands to get dirty or to help anyone. He must always feel it is necessary to remind others of his superior position and privileges. However‚ an effective leader focuses on the
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