...assessment, I thought I was prepared and ready to be a nursing leader for my hospital. However, the inventory assessment threw me in a completely new direction on things that I need to learn, things I have to improve upon, and things that I have to start thinking about before becoming a nurse leader. I plan on having a new positon as soon as I am done with my next class and I graduate, and with the new positon I had been planning on taking an initiative and ownership of various roles and skills which I currently do not think about. I intend on becoming an advocate for my fellow nurses, health care personnel, and patients, and from the Nurse Manager Skills Inventory I learned that I am just not ready to do this as much as I thought. I started going through the financial portion, and realized that I didn’t have the experience or mindset that is required to become a nursing leader. While this doesn’t mean that I cannot learn these skills, I plan on starting to learn them now, and to change my mindset to begging thinking more like a nurse manager in terms of financial elements. I have not thought of things before like recruiting except for the fact that we always need more nurses and we are short staffed. A nursing leader must think in terms of recruitment and retaining nurses at the same time. I know very little when it comes to economic planning or health care costs and accounting for money As well, I realized how little I know about department based budgeting, and budgeting for...
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...1)The most basic Individual Movement Techniques: Your leaders base their selection of a particular movement technique by traveling, traveling overwatch, or bounding over watch on the likelihood of enemy contact and the requirement for speed. However, your unit is ability to move depends on your movement skills and those of your fellow Soldiers. Use the following techniques to avoid being seen or heard: • Stop, look, listen, and smell (SLLS) before moving. Look for your next position before leaving a position. • Look for covered and concealed routes on which to move. • Change direction slightly from time‑to‑time when moving through tall grass. • Stop, look, and listen when birds or animals are alarmed (the enemy may be nearby). • Smell for odors such as petroleum, smoke, and food; they are additional signs of the enemy's presence. • Cross roads and trails at places that have the most cover and concealment (large culverts, low spots, curves, or bridges). • Avoid steep slopes and places with loose dirt or stones. • Avoid cleared, open areas and tops of hills and ridges. Walking at the top of a hill or ridge will skyline you against the sun or moon, enabling the enemy to see you. 2) Low and High Crawl techniques… 3) Movement Within A Team: Movement formations are used for control, security, and flexibility. These formations are the actual arrangements for you and your fellow Soldiers in relation to each other. *Control Every squad and Soldier has a...
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...To become a successful leader, s/he needs to have vital leadership skills of mentoring and coaching. Most importantly, real life experiences are the greatest learning tools to leader. Before the leader needs to gain the educational program (coaching, mentoring,) s/he needs to have development planning in place, which can define as a process. S/he needs to develop or enhancing their skills, such as, their communication, behavior, motivation, and accepting great feedbacks from others. Coaching is the ?process of equipping people with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need to develop and become more successful. Informal coaching takes place whenever a leader helps followers to change their behavior. Several points about informal coaching...
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...Discuss the common elements described in the theories/ philosophies of Case, Kouzes, and Drucker including how their principles/ strategies relate to the new definition of entrepreneur leadership presented in Understanding Entrepreneurial Leadership. The common elements described in the theories/philosophies of Case, Kouzes, and Drucker are vision, adaptability, and creativity. The new definition of Entrepreneurial Leadership is one of an enterprising, transformational leader who operates in a dynamic market that offers lucrative opportunities (Tarabishy, Fernald, Solomon, 2010). Case, Kouzes, and Drucker theories share some commonality with the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership. The common elements shared Case, Kouzes, and Drucker and the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership is that entrepreneurial leaders must have a clear vision of a need to meet, create opportunities, and adapt to the ever changing environment. The vision for a entrepreneur is an a ideal of how to make their business a success. Usually something that will make the lives or people easier or meet a need of people that has not been met. Once the entrepreneur has this ideal they must then pursue it passionately to no end. For example “the two young engineers who started the Apple computer-in the proverbial garage and without financial backers or previous business experience-aimed from the beginning at creating an industry and dominating it” (Drucker, 1985). The element of creativity for...
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...Leaders, Followers and Situations Leadership can be defined as the process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals. It is a complex phenomenon involving interactions between the leader, the followers, and the situation. A thorough understanding of this interaction is a critical success factor for the effective High Performance Leader. In this interaction, the first element is the Leader. This includes concepts like personality, position, and expertise. The second element of the interactional framework is the follower. This includes concepts like values, norms, and cohesiveness. The third element is the situation. This includes concepts like the task, the environment, stress, and crisis. Leader-Member Exchange Theory describes two kinds of relationships that occur among leaders and followers: the In-group members and the Out-group members. LMX theory has broadened to include entire continuum of relationships that leaders may have with members. The theory looks at the nature of the relationship between the leader and the followers. The leader has unique personal history, which includes unique interests, character traits, and motivation. Effective leaders differ from their followers, and from ineffective leaders on elements such as personality traits, cognitive abilities, Skills, values. Another way personality can affect leadership is through temperament. Leaders appointed by superiors may have less credibility and may get less loyalty. Leaders elected...
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...contrast trait and situational approach leadership theories, the development of the theories and how effective each are in organizations. This paper will compare each approach, some of their research history and the challenges they faced in the past and the challenges they may or may not face in the future. The trait approach is the oldest theory that have been researched by numerous researchers. The situational approach consist of two elements that focus on leadership style and the development of subordinates. The strengths and weakness of each approach will also be compared and constrast. Contrast and Comparison: An examination of Trait and Situational Leadership Approaches There are over 200 definitions for leadership that have used since the 1900’s. The ability to impress the will of the leader, acts by persons which influence other persons in a shared direction, and do as the leader wishes are a few definitions that were used during the 1900’s (Northouse, 2013). Today, leadership is defined as a process that involves individuals or groups to reach a common goal (Northouse, 2013,). It’s motivating and persuading people to obtain a desired result through communication and influence. Leadership is also defined as a process that happens between a leader and a follower (Northouse, 2013). During the 20th century, researchers belived that there were natural born leaders who were born with the “trait” to lead. They believed these individuals had certain qualities...
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...Leaders and Leadership An Analysis of Kevin Rollins and his Leadership Style MBA 517 –T 03/14/2010 The Organizational Gems Christina Lakich Nick Madara Brenda Mercado Karla Reeves Outcomes Elements of Leadership From the case, we analyzed Kevin Rollins Leadership style and gathered that he has five distinct elements. First, he is a formal leader, as CEO he is given the authority to allocate the company’s resources the way he feels will make the company more productive and profitable. He was given this power when he succeeded Michael Dell as CEO, before then he was second in command and did not have as much influence over the company’s resources. Another element to his leadership is his need for continuous improvement. After the huge decline in revenue Dell decided to sell its products in Wal-Mart stores in order to reach lower income consumers as well as continuing to sell directly from their website, however, Rollins saw that in the long run this could actually cause the company to lose money because Dell only provided their products in certain retail stores. This demonstrates how he jumped right in to tackle the company’s biggest problem: not meeting their projected revenue, and how he can come up with ways to improve their current situation. The third element to Rollins’ leadership style is initiating structure; he is always analyzing...
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...management consultancy, there are 75 key components of employee satisfaction (Lamb, McKee, 2004). Trust and confidence in top leadership was proven to be the single most reliable predictor of employee satisfaction in an organization. When a person doesn’t respect the people in a leadership position, complications in tasks will arise. An example of this would be in the workplace when a leader is delegating responsibility to employees, and the employees do not respect him or her. The task will be completed; however, the quality or production will not be as good as it would if the manager was appropriately respected. Trust and respect go hand in hand when leading any group, whether it is in the workplace, school, or just a casual event. Aside from trust and respect, a leader has the ability to set the morale in a group. Being aware of the mental and spiritual shape of your teammates plays an important part in leadership. Leaders can shape morale by compassion, and by listening to other group members before adding their thoughts and ideas. By listening to others, a leader will get an idea of how other people are feeling by the temperament and infliction in their voice. An example of this would be if a person is normally outspoken and creative every day, and then they are closed off and quiet. This would be an indication there is a problem. The problem could be as simple as a bad day or it could be a conflict the individual is having with the group...
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...Strategic Leadership Final Elements of Sustaining a Strategic Culture Viktor Kanzler Thursday, September 5, 13 Strategic Leadership Final Any organizational culture emerges out of the company’s norms, values and behaviors that are reinforced by the company’s role models, symbols and instructions. The organizational culture is usually marked and established by the management and founders, and then transferred to the employees of the company. The result is a common cultural identity within the company in terms of certain idioms, dress codes, myths or stories. Although the company primarily establishes the corporate culture, the external environment also influences it. The culture is in a constant process of change, driven by internal and external factors, which contribute to the change of the company. As a result, organizational cultures are often difficult to grasp because they are indeed a real fact, however, exist only in the minds of employees. Thus, as the culture is mainly formed by the employee’s belief in common values, behavior and attitude, which can also unconsciously control the employee’s actions and decisions, it plays a decisive role in the success of a company. In the following essay I will analyze and discuss what it takes to create and sustain a successful and enduring strategic culture that contributes to employee participation and ensures that the company remains competitive, sustainable and successful. In the upper management levels of...
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...following paper examines two different leadership styles. Daniel Goleman introduces emotional intelligence and he explains the fundamental elements that define emotional intelligence and make a good leader. Mitch McCrimmon examines thought leadership in the workplace and compares it to shared or positional leadership. Both styles of leadership are similar and yet much different. In order for an organization to be effective, it must utilize both styles of leadership. Today’s economic climate calls for companies to constantly think outside the box and be innovative and in order to do this, organizations need good leadership. What defines good leadership? Both Goleman and McCrimmon give examples of what comprises a true leader and what qualities should a good leader should posses. Leading from the Mind What is leadership? Leadership is defined as the ability to guide or direct a group of individuals. In order to guide or direct a group, one must be able to take charge and influence in an effective way. According to Daniel Goleman, leadership comes from a learned emotional intelligence. Goleman claims that in order to be a good leader, one must possess the quality of empathy. One must be able to emotionally understand others and use this understanding to exert influence. (Goleman, 1998) According to Mitch McCrimmon, anyone can be a leader. McCrimmon claims that leadership comes from ones ability to be innovative and convince others with work backed up by facts. McCrimmon has...
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...Leadership & the Human Condition: Necessity or Luxury? MB 520 Self Leadership Abstract For many leaders, as they lead others, they cannot neglect the element of the human condition. Human condition is a phrase often used with respect, the generality of situations humans encounter in interacting with each other and the world. The human condition is composed of all human experiences (i.e. key events, characteristics, situations, etc.) which also can relate to the biological, social, intelligent, realistic, self-aware, responsible, and meaningful being to the existence of human survival. The question is, however, when leaders include the human condition in their leading, is it a luxury or necessity? This can be answered by examining the myths, leadership styles, curiosity, different personalities, and delving deeply into the leader’s self. Keywords: human condition, being, biological, social, intelligent, realistic, self-awareness, responsible, meaningful, luxury, necessity, myths, styles, curiosity Leadership & the Human Condition: Necessity or Luxury? Leaders cannot exclude the element of human condition when leading. Human condition is the generality of situations that humans face in interacting with each other and the world. Human condition is sum of all human experiences and relates different types of beings (i.e. biological, self-aware, realistic, etc.) to the existence of human survival. Is leading by including the human condition a luxury or necessity? By...
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...definition of entrepreneurial leadership. It also discusses the common elements and philosophies that aid in understanding the complexities and how it can be applied into today’s dynamic markets. How one’s leadership style or aspiration can be compared to the traditional and common leadership styles. As a new entrepreneur, the many resources that are available such as Small Business Administration (SBA) and SCORE can assist in the start up of their business/product/service. Finally, the personal principles in leadership is important because it engrains and reminds the leader in being focused on their vision and goals and their success is in combination by the support of their followers. The interest in entrepreneurial leadership has been an area that has been researched and theorized. Many theorists would vary in their philosophy of what constitutes or creates an entrepreneur leader. Many research findings proposed that entrepreneurs are innovative, motivated to achieve, and risk takers/ strategists. (1).What are the common elements theories/principles that relate to the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership in today’s dynamic market? Based on these theories what kind of leadership style I may apply or hope to become, the tools/resources as an entrepreneur, and the personal principles that I would choose to apply in leadership. To begin, we need to define the common elements in the theories/philosophies in entrepreneurial leadership. For...
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...company. There are different leaders that could differ from their techniques First of all, a leader should be innovative and to have a strategy to find the solution. Leaders should use different strategies to find opponents weak point. They don’t ask a question “how I will do that “ thy ask “what is the best solution to find this problem”. To become good leaders we should ask questions to our self. If a leader would dream to excel in their job they should have some characteristics such as being charismatic, innovations and challenging our self with new tasks. But, above all leaders should have a goal and know what they want to achieve and to try to predict future However, to explain the term leadership has tried many leaders in this group are some really successful leaders that need to be taken as a good example: Steve Case, Peter F. Drucker, James Kouzes. Steve Case , who also had common theories/philosophies about leadership. The three of them had common elements in achieving a successful career in leadership. They all believed that there are some elements that leaders should poses starting from passion for their work, which means that they are devoted and are doing their job with passion and that is when they are successful because they would be innovative and would enjoy doing their job. Than another element is finding the right people for their job, which is very important having the right people close to you, that you can trust. Elements that are mentioned even...
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...Modern Military Leadership Oliver Maddox Baker College This essay will journey through the never ending evolution of military leadership and how it has evolved into what is used to lead the world’s best fighting force. Areas such as wartime, peacetime and the global war on terrorism leadership will be explored. Why has leadership changed over the years and what were the lessons learned in during the development of this modern day leadership, will be answered in this essay. They will hopefully take away a better understanding how and why military leaders lead the way that they do. According to (Laurence, 2011) Today’s military leaders, more so than political leaders and corporate executives, face overwhelming volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. In addition to the leadership demands posed by the in extremis conditions of warfare, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan require cultural competencies as well. In the military one does not simply sign up to be a leader. For an officer, they have to first get a degree from a college and be accepted into a military officer program or graduate one of the vigorous military academies. The enlisted side of the military also has to attend and successfully graduate various leadership schools as they progress in rank. These schools are designed to prepare the enlisted member as they embark on the levels of Non-Commissioned Officer and Senior Enlisted Non-Commissioned Officer. From the first day of basic training, leadership...
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...1. Discuss the common elements described in the theories/philosophies of Case, Kouzes, and Drucker including how their principles/strategies relate to the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership presented in Understanding Entrepreneurial Leadership in today’s Dynamic Markets. Leadership is the process through which an entrepreneur is able to influence employees to achieve the objectives of the organization. To be an effective leader, an entrepreneur must: (Livinsky, Dave) Build trust and confidence among employees and effectively communicate with them. Leaders can build trust in many ways. They can achieve it by working hard, maintaining a constant message and/or being available to solve employees' problems among others. By showing employees that they are fully committed to achieving the vision, entrepreneurial leaders build trust and confidence in employees. This in turn yields high employee satisfaction and commitment. Effective communications is equally critical to successful leadership. If employees are unclear about the company's vision, and/or receive mixed messages over time, they will be unable to focus all of their efforts on achieving the company's goals. Conversely, by delineating the company's vision and goals, and reinforcing them over time with the same message, the company's goals become engrained in its employees. (Livinsky, Dave) The Common elements described in the theories/philosophies of case, Kouzes, and Drucker including how their principles/strategies...
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