...replace Saul as king. The prophet Samuel delivered God’s message to David that he would one day be king and rule over God’s people while Saul was still ruling the kingdom (1 Samuel 16:1-13). I believe David had such a prosperous reign as king because he was truly a man of God. David was not a man of great stature and many would look at him as if he had no worth. Regardless of how man felt about David’s ability, God chose him to do great things. Unlike man, God is not concerned with outward appearances as much as he is concerned about the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). Even when times were hard for David and he could not see God’s plan, he did not turn to the Lord and question his life but rather constantly sought council and gave praises. David was truly chosen by Christ from an early age and gained favor from him. God never let David falter even when it may seem like David lost favor in the beginning. David’s many years of being a shepard helped him develop leadership skills necessary to lead God’s people later in life. He learned compassion, bravery, and courage while tending to his sheep. David’s tending to sheep may have seemed irrevalant but God had a greater plan that none knew of. When Saul began to view David as a threat, he began the plot to kill David. Because of the vanity and jealousy of Saul, David was forced...
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...LEADERSHIP Leadership can be said to be both an area of research and at the same time a practical skill that entails the capability of a person or an organization to lead or even guide other individuals, team and also the entire organization (Fairman, 2005; Maxwell, 2007). Studies about leadership have come up with the ones that involve the traits, situations of interactions, function, behaviors, power, vision and also values, charisma and finally intelligence just to mention but a few. For instance, when one turns to some of the examples of leadership that has been shown in the Bible. Taking King David as an example, it can be said that without any doubt, King David was a great leader of the Israelites. It is also witnessed that men were indeed...
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...C200 Task 1-Harrison Medical Center and its President Student: with passing grade & originality Western Governors University Managing Organizations and Leading People - C200 12 January, 2016 Table of Contents Organization Purpose 3 Organization Objectives 3 Leadership Practices 4 Leadership effects on Organizational Culture 6 SWOT Analysis 7 Organizational Strength 7 Organizational Weaknesses 8 Organizational Opportunities 8 Organizational Threats 9 Leadership Evaluation 10 Leadership Strengths 10 Leadership Weaknesses 12 Recommendations for Leadership Development 13 Works Cited 15 Organization Purpose The following paper will focus on an organization that plays a key role within its community. I will highlight its background, its purpose, its vision as well as its overall mission. Harrison Medical Center is a non-profit, community based hospital that serves four counties west of Seattle, Washington. The hospital was founded in 1918 as a small community hospital it has grown into the primary care facility for nearly the entire northwestern quadrant of the state. The concept of a non-profit, community based hospital is that if a local resident needs a procedure or treatment, the funding will be located or donated so that the needed medical intervention is provided, better known as Charity Care. Their mission statement is “We make a positive difference in people's lives through exceptional healthcare.” While the organizational mission statement...
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...model, how would you describe the runners in group 1? What kind of leadership do they want from David, and what kind of leadership does David seem prepared to give them? The runners in Group 1 some runners are novices and don’t have any marathon’s experience at all. According to the SLII model, the group 1 could be categorized as having a low to some competence with a low commitment (D2). It seems like they are expecting from David a type of leadership that requires a high directive and high supportive in his coaching approach. Unfortunately, David doesn’t seem to be prepared to give them that type of leadership as he finds their questions and concerns somewhat annoying. 2. How would describe the fit between the runners in group 2 and David’s coaching style Discuss. Clearly, it’s a total mismatch between what the runners expect from David as a coach, versus what he’s willing and able to do for them. First, the group is looking for David’s coaching approach to be more direct and supportive with all hands on all aspects of their training. In contrast, David seems to be coaching passively, almost like delegating everything to the runners. 3. The experienced runners in group 3 appear to be a challenge to David. Using SLII, explain why David appears ineffective with this group. The approach David is taking with this group is ineffective by itself. Regardless of their experience, David leadership should have been more like a supporting approach (S3). His focus should...
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...it, "The most undervalued asset in entrepreneurship is determination," and I had finally made the determination to pursue the education necessary to under gird my future business plans. David is not the only successful businessperson I know, but he is the most ethical. Many of the others I grew up with achieved their success by capitalizing on their charisma, their image, or their style. Like my mentor David, however, I knew that I wanted to succeed and be judged based on my character, integrity, and substance. I recognized through my friendship with David that true leadership requires character, and that developing and maintaining character takes grit and persistence. David taught me that gaining success in a capitalistic society is not a right but a responsibility and that it is possible to possess a tough-minded business sense and great humanity simultaneously. During all the years that I witnessed David's ascent in the business world, he never stopped working to achieve success, and I have adopted the same drive. Everyone has dreams, but I have learned to do the groundwork that will make my dreams into realities. I am multilingual, speaking English and Farsi, and I am in the process of learning additional languages-Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, and German-that will allow me to communicate with an even wider audience. Like David, I do whatever I can to stay at the top and remain competitive, and although life is not perfect, I rarely take "no" for an answer. My optimism and the...
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...Laurie Baird Case Studies 7.1 - 7.2 - 7.3 AIS 4081 Leadership Theory and Practice February 13, 2013 Case 7.1 Questions: 1) Based on the principles of path-goal theory, describe why Art and Bob appear to be less effective than Carol? Carol seems to have chosen the style that best fits the needs of her subordinates and the work they are doing. She was described as part parent, part coach and part manufacturing expert. She seemed to display the balance her workers needed. She stresses company goals and the rewards that are available if workers are able to make the grade. The other two managers have their strengths but seem to miss-fire when it comes to management. Art seems to know almost too much regarding parts of the process and seems to be a "know it all" and lets his employees know this. This type of attitude can make people feel inferior. Bob, on the other hand is a very relational type of manager but the workers feel he doesn't understand the job. 2) How does leadership of each of the three supervisors affect the motivation of their respective subordinates? As stated above, Art makes his subordinates feel inferior, Bob makes them feel good - but ineffective and Carol gives the employees ownership of their job and their successes. 3) If you were consulting with Brako about leadership, what changes and recommendations would you make regarding the supervision of Art, Bob, and Carol? I might explore the opportunity for Carol to have a workshop...
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...Zach Arsenault January 12, 2016 BA 327 Case 10 Summary: David Hannigan began as a line manager at a subsidiary of Emperor Corp., a manufacturer of automobile parts. David quickly moved into management after displaying his skills of maintaining efficiency, leadership, and his friendships with the factory workers. David was caring and empathetic towards his employees and everyone respected him. He made them feel like their contributions mattered and pushed them to work hard. Shooting up through the ranks David was promoted to Director of Personnel after the previous employee retired. No one in the history of they company moved up so quickly. He received recognition from the CEO. David had goals of getting a high level job at corporate in Chicago in a few years. David was out to lunch with the vice principal, Stan, and other key personnel. Stan praised everyone for their success, but explained that in order to gain more profit and give bigger bonuses they need to move towards more automation. Jane, from accounting explained how this would not be profitable in this facility. David expressed his concern: they are the largest source of employment in their town and hundreds of people would lose their jobs. Stan thinks that being able to show proof in records and numbers that the town would be okay with the switch. Jane spoke up again saying that the analyses run on this plant, show it would benefit more staying as is. Stan requested Jane to fix her estimated numbers and...
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...CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT Leadership Practice Unit 5013 Tony **** 9800******** The commercial world of today moves with an ever increasing pace, leaving businesses to adapt or react quickly to avoid being overtaken or leading to possible failure. For any business to survive and flourish long term they ultimately need a sense of purpose – a raison d’etre, a direction to follow and to know what exactly they stand for. Whilst it is true that often the values, beliefs and vision of a business is generally set in place by the business owners, CEO, MD, board members and alike, it is only when those very same values, beliefs and vision become shared by the workforce, and a culture is born, do they come to life. In this essay we will be establishing views on leadership, management and corporate culture as well as focusing on the men and women that both lead, manage, shape and direct our various global organisations. When asked what managers do, most people would likely say that managers ‘manage things’ like processes and systems, resources and standards. Managers are generally not known for being inspirational, risk taking or having people want to follow them. For a manager to be viewed as a leader, and one that is effective he or she must start to lead more by example, to willingly surrender some of their managerial power by empowering others, and to begin...
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...Henry A. Tejares #1602-Leadership I Lesson 1 Review Questions 1. What was the only difference between the house that stood, and the house that fell in Luke chapter 6? • The only difference between the house that stood could not be shake it, while the house that fell the ruin of that house was great. 2. Throughout the Bible what was the major reason for the failure of the children of Israel? • Throughout the Bible, when the people failed, it was because of the leader. 3. What are the three primary responsibilities of a shepherd? a. Shepherds feed b. Shepherds lead c. Shepherd protect 4. Identify five of the seven truths about Biblical leadership that every God-called leader must understood. a. God designed leadership into the foundation of his Church. b. Israel conquered Canaan through the leadership of Moses and Joshua. c. The 1st century Church reached their world through the leadership of the Apostles. d. Leadership is in the original blueprint-the Word of God. e. If it is not in your plan, then you have the wrong blueprint. 5. What three things must all leaders be committed to? a. Committed to seek God b. Committed to live holy c. Committed to do God's will regardless of the cost. 6. A simple test to know if you are effectively leading is to do what? a. Is to simply look over your...
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...Specialty Medical Chemicals Case Analysis Special Medical Chemicals is company that has uniquely cornered a niche market in the pharmaceutical industry. The company experienced rapid growth, but has now plateaued. Carl Burke, the newly elected CEO, has been given the task of reigniting the growth engine of the company without undoing the accomplishments of his predecessor. For the first few months, Carl spends time in the field trying to understand the business, its people, and how the organization works. After an unsuccessful attempt to create a “Leadership Team” similar to his former company, Carl decides to hire an outside consultant, Laura Burke, to independently assess the functionality of his management team. Laura provides insight as to the issues of the management team and Carl’s impact on that team. Carl realizes that the company has many strengths. Since its conception, the company has created hundreds of patents for specialty chemicals that allow other drugs to be taken more effectively and conveniently. SMC maintains a strong client base by helping them develop new compounds for their new products. Carl’s biggest concern is how the company is failing to grow within the industry, specifically within biotech and generic drug companies. Other weaknesses lie within the organizational culture where departments are entrenched into their own silos. For example, product development is not responsive to new business. Departments such as sales and manufacturing...
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...succeed to be a good leader in “Fresh”, David needs two things. One is good people to work with, and two is the best available product he can get. So, binging the best product they can, preparing the best they can, and serve it. And in order to convey any little things, he needs really capable people who can learn the job and do it well. But the problem is that things happen everyday the way it shouldn’t. Such as people show up late everyday, and people call in sick a lot. That causes problem because there is less people work that day that makes the serving process going slower. As David mentions, referring to concepts from the course and the book, the followers often impact a leader’s success to a great degree. It is an approach to leadership that emphasizes followers’ behaviors, because his followers play an important role in the organization, especially the 120 student employees. Students have schoolwork to do, and they may show up late and call in for...
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...LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Prayer: The Timeless Secret of High-Impact Leaders by Dave Earley A Reading Reflection A Research Paper Submitted to Dr. Gene Jeffries in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Course evan 670-b01 by August 31, 2012 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………..1 SUMMARY OF BOOK…………………………………………………………………..1 EVALUTATION AND CRITIQUE ……………………………………………………..2 PERSONAL APPLICATION ……………………………………………………………3 CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………………………..4 BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………………………..5 INTRODUCTION Prayer is the way that believers communicate with the Lord. While many view prayer as a means to: thank the Lord, ask for help, and confess their sins; prayer goes beyond that. Dave Earley explains that “The eminence of great leaders in the Bible is attributable to the fact that they were great in their praying.” In his book, Prayer: The Timeless Secret of High-Impact Leaders, Earley covers nine topics that are essential and applicable for those who are spiritual leaders. SUMMARY The nine principles that Dave Early covers are supported by leaders both from the Bible and other well-known leaders through the course of the history of Christianity. The book can be divided into two sections: developing a prayer life and developing boldness of prayer. The text can further be divided into the nine principles which are: value the power of prayer, make time to pray, pray for those you serve...
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...Christian Worldview of Leadership Introduction The Christian worldview of leadership is distinctly different from most secular views on the subject. In the secular, leadership tends to be viewed primarily in terms of a company’s bottom line and how well the leader can urge employees to produce more and better work. That view is profit-centered rather than person-centered, and it does not give much attention to employees’ human needs and qualities nor on how developing excellent work relationships can promote productivity. In the Christian worldview, however, people are key, and their human needs are important. The leader in the Christian worldview understands how meeting employees’ needs promotes the kind of productivity desired and how developing strong work relationships can do more for the company’s success than micromanaging or other forms of harassment can achieve. This paper will discuss the characteristics of a leader and the keys of leadership, group behavior, and conflict management and resolution from the Christian perspective. Leadership Today’s business leaders often have difficult tasks to achieve in turning around failing companies and galvanizing an overworked workforce fearful of losing their jobs, but their tasks do not outweigh those of the great Biblical leaders, such as Moses, who led the Israelites out of bondage, or David, who had to slay the giant before becoming a leader. The characteristics of a leader in the Biblical context still differs...
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...The Work of Leadership by Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie Reprint r0111k December 2001 Required Reading Barbara Kellerman r0111a r0111b HBR Survey Personal Histories: Leaders Remember the Moments and People That Shaped Them Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee r0111c HBR Roundtable All in a Day’s Work A roundtable with Raymond Gilmartin, Frances Hesselbein, Frederick Smith, Lionel Tiger, Cynthia Tragge-Lakra, and Abraham Zaleznik r0111d What Titans Can Teach Us Richard S. Tedlow r0111e Best of HBR What Leaders Really Do John P Kotter . r0111f r0111g r0111h r0111j r0111k r0111l The Hard Work of Being a Soft Manager William H. Peace Leadership in a Combat Zone William G. Pagonis Leadership: Sad Facts and Silver Linings Thomas J. Peters The Work of Leadership Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie In Closing Followership: It’s Personal, Too Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones Best of HBR 1997 The Work of Leadership Followers want comfort, stability, and solutions from their leaders. But that’s babysitting. Real leaders ask Sometimes an article comes along and turns the conventional thinking on a subject not upside down but inside out. So it is with this landmark piece by Ronald Heifetz and Donald Laurie, published in January 1997. Not only do the authors introduce the breakthrough concept of adaptive change – the sort of change that occurs...
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...5:38 PM Page 302 CHAPTER 13 Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness Joanne B. Ciulla T he moral triumphs and failures of leaders carry a greater weight and volume than those of nonleaders (Ciulla, 2003b). In leadership we see morality magnified, and that is why the study of ethics is fundamental to our understanding of leadership. The study of ethics is about human relationships. It is about what we should do and what we should be like as human beings, as members of a group or society, and in the different roles that we play in life. It is about right and wrong and good and evil. Leadership is a particular type of human relationship. Some hallmarks of this relationship are power and/or influence, vision, obligation, and responsibility. By understanding the ethics of this relationship, we gain a better understanding of leadership, because some of the central issues in ethics are also the central issues of leadership. They include the personal challenges of authenticity, self-interest, and self-discipline, and moral obligations related to justice, duty, competence, and the greatest good. Some of the most perceptive work on leadership and ethics comes from old texts and is out there waiting to be rediscovered and reapplied. History is filled with wisdom and case studies on the morality of leaders and leadership. Ancient scholars from the East and West offer insights that enable us to understand leadership and Author’s Note: A special thanks goes to Jepson...
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