...Follow Them and People Will Follow You By John C. Maxwell, Maxwell Motivations, Inc. Presented by: Marcilene Dutton EDL 635 Leadership Ability Determines a Person’s Level of Effectiveness -the lid is right above the leader’s leadership level such that an organization can only grow up to that level -to change the effectiveness of an organization, you need to raise the lid The True Measure of a Leader is Influence – Nothing More, Nothing Less -titles do not necessarily = leadership position -5 myths about leadership: 1) management and leadership are the same thing; 2) salespeople and entrepreneurs are not necessarily great leaders; 3) IQ does not equate into leadership; 4) being first isn’t the same as leading; and 5) position/rank is not leadership -Leadership is the ability to influence – nothing more, nothing less Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day -leadership is like investing in the stock market successfully -the ability to lead is a collection of skills nearly of which can be learned and improved upon over time -example: Larry Bird became an outstanding free throw shooter by practicing 500 free throw shots each a.m. before he went to school so that when the time came he was ready Anyone Can Steer the Ship, But it Takes a Leader to Chart the Course -its about planning, charting the course, and the ability to look ahead to steer the team around the pitfalls and land mines -vision: “leaders see more than others see, see farther than others do...
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...Technology is ever- evolving and constantly progressing. Understandably, managers have taken a progressive approach to managing by emphasizing on teamwork and cooperation. (Nickels, McHugh, & McHugh, Chapter 7, 2010). The innovation of Steve Job’s influential leadership has had a substantial impact on the fate of the organization and lives of followers of Apple Inc. At Apple Inc., business is slated to be conducted ethically, honestly and also claims to comply with all laws and regulations. There are many methods for evaluating and defining Steve Job’s style of ethical leadership in comparison to others. The Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Assessment defines one style of ethical leadership as Equity. Beliefs that there are no absolute standards of right and wrong are common with leaders that exhibit an Equity ethical leadership style. How does the management style used at Apple Inc. parallel with that of Equity? Apple has instituted policies not only for Apple employees but anyone doing business with Apple. There are codes of conduct for suppliers of products and conditions are written out for the price of doing business with Apple. “The code of conduct requires suppliers to provide safe and healthy working conditions, to use fair hiring practices, to treat their workers with dignity and respect, and to adhere to environmentally responsible practices in manufacturing. To that end, the code includes standards in areas of Labor and Human Rights, Health and...
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...Internal and External Factors of Management Internal and external factors can really affect how a business is run or how leadership is accomplished. Management is critical, something that everyone must have in order to accomplish goals and be successful. Controlling, organization, planning, and leadership are four vital things that are needed for an organization to run smoothly. However throughout these functions of management globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics really play an important role and affect the four functions of management. Every organization whether it is a company or a branch of military service must exercise the functions of management and what it must do to maintain order and accomplish task at hand. Think of the United States military as an example. The United States military is structured with required regulations and standards that must be adhered to in order for it to be an effective global force. Throughout history controlling could be considered the most important of the four functions of management for the armed forces, but, as society has evolved, so has this approach to management and leadership. With Members of the U.S. military working side-by-side with the services of other nations around the world, American military commanders often find themselves in a position of leadership over a very diverse group of nationalities. The way in which this collective assembly of individuals is managed must be adjusted by taking into...
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...Ethics and leadership Brad Kern HSM/230 11-11-2012 University of Phoenix Ethics and leadership When thinking about what field of human services that I would like to go into, I thought about looking more into a psychiatrist. This means you will be working to diagnosis and treat the mental disorders. You can help a lot of people with in this field. Anything from finding out if someone is capable of stand trial for the crime that they committed, or help them find out what is wrong with a person. This way the person can figure out what is wrong with them so they do not feel like a burden. When you look at the some of the moral responsibilities that a psychiatrist is that they can be told all kinds of things and have to keep it between themselves and their clients. This could be a problem if the person is suffering from these problems. This can be a moral issue, because, of what may come up during this session. If a person has committed a crime or something they cannot go to the police with this info. That is one of the moral issues that can come up when dealing with some of the clients out there. As leader in this field, you must keep all of this in mind, when dealing with people and their mental disorders. When dealing with one’s mental disorders you must make light of them, without making them feel uncomfortable, but also get them to talk about what is wrong with them. Sometimes these mental disorders can be locked inside someone for years before they come out and...
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...Entrepreneurial Leadership Melinda F. Thomas Lawrence B. Crowson The Business Enterprise BUS508 January 18, 2011 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 in today’s Dynamic Markets. Entrepreneurial Leadership is a difficult style of leading. Any entrepreneur that practice this style are generally is a risk taker who is willing to start, own, and operate a business Boone (2010). Steve Case (2010) spoke at Stanford University with plans and thoughts on one basic idea in terms of success, business, and any organization. It is important if you are focusing on being an entrepreneur, and it requires the leadership philosophies of people, passion, and perseverance. Former Chairman and CEO of AOL Steve Case (2010) “state these words as foundation of successful entrepreneurship”. Case’s entrepreneurial life continues with his business enterprise transformation. Its mission “is to partner with entrepreneurs in building business that gives people choices, control and convenience in important area of their life” (Case, 2010).Steve Case (2010) also has passion about our country struggling from economic depression, and knows there is only one thing to get it back on track. Case (2010) suggests “being in process and taking a risk and entrepreneurship.” There is a lot that can be done but the leadership can only do so much...
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...accountability. Team members seemed to always lay blame to other member. Moore needs to be more assertive in dismissing the ways of the past and the loss of Stay & Shop business needs to be put aside. Moore needs to give clear direction and assign responsibilities to each team member. Moore needs to convey that team cohesiveness is a must and this will go a long way to help ensure no further loss of business. This paper will examine how Moore’s leadership approach contributed to the teams’ dysfunction, discuss what the group of employees themselves could do to better understand the perspectives of each other and their boss as well as make recommendations about Moore should do now to help his team work together and manage conflicts more effectively. Charlie’s Leadership Style In assessing where Charlie Moore goes wrong, it’s important to look at his leadership style. According to the DiSC style, Charlie is a “Steady (S) Leader.” Specifically, this means Charlie operates at a methodical pace and likes leading in an orderly environment. He may readily view leading in a “fast-paced” environment as intimidating or stressful. His leadership style is collaborative in nature and he values group efforts. Charlie is a cautious leader that seldom...
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...LEADERSHIP THEORIES TO SUPPORT COLLEGE’S ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTION | | | Contents 1. Introduction: 2 2. Types of Leadership Theories 2 1. Trait Theories 2 2. Behavioral Theories 2 3. Contingency Theory 2 4. Integrative Leadership Theory 3 3. Behavioral Theory 3 3.1. Coercive 3 3.2. Authoritative 3 3.3. Affiliative 3 3.4. Democratic 3 3.5. Pacesetting 4 3.6. Coaching 4 4. Leadership Theory at Intel: 5 5. Emotional Intelligence 7 5.1 Johari Window Model 9 5.1.1 Johari Window and Emotional Intelligence (EQ) 10 5.1.2 The Interpretation 11 6. Applicability to support Organizational Goals 11 7. Conclusion 13 8. Bibliography 14 9. Appendices 15 1. Introduction: According to Drucker, for a leader to be effective, there are several practices that they must follow. He analysed various businesses including not for profit organizations and noticed similar practices with all the CEOs. These were (1) they asked what needed to be done (2) they asked “what is right for the enterprise”, (3) they developed action plans, (4) they took responsibility for decisions made, (5) they took responsibility for communicating, (6) they were focused on opportunities rather than problems, (7) they ran productive meetings and (8) they thought and said “We” rather than “I”. He stated that, the first 2 options gave them the knowledge they needed while the other four helped them convert this knowledge into effective action while the last two ensured the whole...
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...Three ways in which change can impacts your leadership at work. I am the manager now but I had to start from the bottom at Robin’s Junk Emporium a small used merchandises shop that employs six person’s full time and one part time. I have learned over the years that changes can affect my leadership at work. According the Center Of Creative Leadership, (Pulley & Wakefield, 2013)” organization typically encounters all kinds of change that can affect your leadership skills”. Change is sometimes hard to implement at cultured environment that is not use to a lot of change in my experiences and leadership is required. Changes can occur to the environment in which an organization works this can influence the leadership at an organization. Robin’s Junk moved to bigger building six years ago this affected leadership as a whole for the organization. The owner also implemented a uniform policy and set brake time policy for all employees. Talk about a mad house! Now keep in mind that when changes take place like a move not just the large systems changes the smaller one do as well. Such as where things go and where departments are now at as well. So as for the move many different leadership skills where used to implement the changes that took place. An example is, when something would go wrong like a delay with moving truck. Leadership kept com and provided a positive message to the already frustrated and tried followers that the move is for the better of the organization as well as them...
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...2. How has the original strategy been altered in recent years? How, if at all, have these changes affected Southwest's key success factors? Since its inception in 1967, few things have changed. The airline has now expanded its routes. Southwest is now flying to more cities than when it was first created. Southwest has also stopped the “open seating” policy and has now conformed to the other airlines in having assigned seating. They have also instituted and “bags fly free” policy. I don’t believe that these few changes have affected Southwest’s key success factors, if anything I believe it enhanced them. Their main goal is customer satisfaction and they have not deviated from this. 3. What kind of things over which Southwest's leadership has some control...
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...finishing them. Stated in other words; locate, engage and kill the enemy, with a strong emphasis on the finishing (killing) part. During a 30 year career in the U.S. Army I saw the emphasis on “finishing” erode. It was overtaken by the imposition of “Political Correctness” on the U.S. Military by its civilian (political) leadership. Now that we are at war with Islamic terrorists we are inundated by urges of the worldwide press and the timid around us to retreat from finishing what we have started. Looking back at the end of World War II we see the value of bold strikes being made by bold leaders. The American-led invasion of Normandy resulted in 425,000 enemy and allied troops...
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...Different leadership styles used in the public services - P1 Abbie Wood In this assignment I will be writing about all the different leadership styles which are used in the public services and everyday life: Authoritarian – This is a direct leadership style where the leader gives clear instructions for what needs to be completed. It is a style where the leader maintains power/order. The leader makes decisions on their own (independently) and no one in the rest of the group has a say or has an opinion. This leadership style would normally be used by an officer in the army, like Hitler, this is because they normally generally are loud and bossy also, this leadership style helps to motivate teams. They think that they are always right (which in most cases they normally are) and that they’re way is the best way. This type of leadership style could be used in a situation where the/a team needs to do something fast and successfully (For example – on the battlefield, if a team is under fire the leader shouts instructions and the team (unit) must respond quickly because everyone in that groups life’s are on the line). This style however wouldn’t work effectively in a situation where a group needs to plan something because only the leader (‘boss’) has a say and therefore some members of the group might not listen and do their own thing or they wouldn’t pay attention and maybe won’t have a clue what they need to do. This leadership style is similar to the ‘task orientated’ style because...
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...Why I Want To Stay In The Army They way society is today…being in the Army is one of the wisest choices I’ve made in my life, many people take being in the Army for granted and have no clue how beneficial the army can be. Your rent is guaranteed paid every month, money for food and your basically approved for anything in the world as long as you serve in the Army or any branch of service. You also gain free knowledge and experience that many outside people in the civilian world do not have the chance or opportunity to be a part of. The Army has a lot to offer and as a smart and knowledgeable individual that I am taking I plan on taking advantage of majority of the things that is being offered to me on a daily basis. The Army is about discipline, being in the right uniform at the right time and place, respecting the leaders above you and your peers under you and being proficient in your MOS .I use to think the Army was not for me I use to think it was too many rules and that it had nothing to offer. Back in June 2008 at age 18 after a year in the service I decided to get out of the Army and work at Wal-Mart, that was the worst mistake I ever made in my life the first thing I missed of course was the guaranteed checks on the 1st and 15th, whether you was sick or took regular leave/emergency leave your pay never changed. While in the army I never worried about being fired, if I was late to work there would be a counseling statement and/or maybe some corrective training it depended...
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...The case study by Moberg and Romar (2003) points out WorldCom’s experience with fraudulent accounting to hide the true costs emerging in future quarters after an acquisition. WorldCom Corporation was known as the second largest telecommunications company in the world. It handled approximately 50 percent of Internet traffic in the United States and 50 percent of data communications worldwide (Obringer, n.d.). The growth strategy that was utilized by the corporation was the acquisition of other companies and mergers. Throughout the course of its operation, WorldCom successfully acquired a total of 65 companies while accumulating a debt of $41 billion. This approach did not have a long-term benefit to WorldCom since it became difficult for the company to integrate the new and old organizations to run smoothly as a single business (Moberg and Romar, 2003). The problem when acquiring or merging with a new company is how to continue the same level of customer service with a seamless transition of accounting practices. In 2002, WorldCom filed for bankruptcy after an internal audit team discovered that accounting irregularities and unethical business practices has occurred in the company’s books. This occurrence has been pinned to the lack of ethical business conduct by the management body and its accounting personnel. The failure of corporate governance was the major cause of WorldCom’s financial disaster (Thornburgh, 2004). The top management of the corporation had unethical...
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...Natalie Trivino May 21, 2016 Current Trends in Leadership Reflective Journal Week 3 As of now, I just finished reading the chapter called, “Toffees, Tennis Balls, and the Buddhas of Swat”, in the book “I am Malala”. The book is getting into greater detail of how the Taliban gained its power and the effects to the people in the villages. It all started by listening to a guy in the radio during certain times of the day. He was known as the Mullah and he started stating his beliefs of what is good and what is bad. Not only did he state his beliefs, but he also provided his reasons behind them which made much more sense. This increased more people to listen to his radio talks and that’s how he gained so much power. At this point of the book, I tried to analyze how the Mullah gained so much power. Sometimes his beliefs were way out of hand to me. For example, he stated that girls or women were not allowed to be outside unless they were accompanied by a man who is their relative. If a woman does dare to go outside with her male relative, she must be covered completely except for her eyes. I thought this went out of hand because it sounds like the Mullah was degrading the women and not men. It’s completely unfair, but the Mullah gained so much power in a matter of time because people believed in his opinions. When he does state his opinions, he gave out the reason behind it and people believed in those opinions. He believed that the earthquake had happened because girls were...
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...CASE STUDY ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR « ARTIC MINING CONSULTANT » Leadership, motivation, relationships and teambuilding are frames that must be taken as very important in the realization of a one’s project. Indeed, a strong leadership permits to motivate the team members, which improves productivity ; in the same way, relationships inside the team impact how the members will feel, their satisfaction, fulfillment, and whether the project will fail or pass. The case we have to analyse deals with the organization of a project Tom Parker is an experienced geological field technician and a field coordinator for Arctic Mining Consultants. Tom had to lead an assignment in which he was expected to stake 15 claims close to Eagle Lake, British Columbia. In this way, he selected Greg Boyce, John Talbot and Brian Millar to be his field assistants, as he had already worked with them. The objective was to complete the job in one week. Each member of the team had a minimum of lengths to stake each day and the prime for reaching the quotas was $300 per person. But, the fact is that some problem occured, several problem were present at the beginning, and it influenced the good realization of t. In this report, I will discuss this case around the main problem that I found, the other problems related to it and give some recommandations, some alternatives to solve it (or not to do it next time).he project The problems that occured in this case : the manager Parker did not well...
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