...Nowadays, leadership is emphasized in school and the workplace. Leadership doesn’t come naturally to others but these skills are teachable. A select few are chosen or volunteer to lead a group. I am usually the one to volunteer. People have come up to me and told me that I inspire them to be better. Sometimes it's hard to be a leader and I just want to take the back seat. It is especially challenging to get everyone on board with one idea. It is even more difficult to persuade all participants to reach a goal by taking the same route. I have been a youth ambassador in Japan, leading workshops on social justice issues in America with fellow high schoolers. I am an active youth leader at Global Kids where I have led campaigns and workshops in...
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...Developing a Philosophy of Leadership A leadership philosophy is the way we see ourselves as leaders. This philosophy guides our actions, our behaviors, and our thoughts. Our philosophies are influenced by external and internal forces. We can change who we are as leaders by simply changing our philosophy of leadership. Leadership philosophies can change as you grow to understand yourself within the context of leading. Creating or finding your leadership philosophy means that you must explore and reflect upon your personal values, assumptions, and beliefs about leadership. Personal values are qualities or characteristics that you value. You would rather leave an organization or step down as a leader than violate your values. Your values guide your intentions and they influence how you lead. When your personal values are clear and you are conscious of them, you create a solid foundation for leading. Assumptions are ideas that are assumed or believed to be true. As a leader it is important to understand what assumptions fuel your leadership thinking. Often leaders are not aware of the assumptions because they are operating from certain paradigms that will not allow them to see assumptions. Reflection into one’s leadership is an excellent way to uncover assumptions. Beliefs are ideas that we hold to be true; they shape our realities. If a leader believes that the only individuals in an organization that can make decisions is the management staff, then that belief will...
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...Developing a Philosophy of Leadership A leadership philosophy is the way we see ourselves as leaders. This philosophy guides our actions, our behaviors, and our thoughts. Our philosophies are influenced by external and internal forces. We can change who we are as leaders by simply changing our philosophy of leadership. Leadership philosophies can change as you grow to understand yourself within the context of leading. Creating or finding your leadership philosophy means that you must explore and reflect upon your personal values, assumptions, and beliefs about leadership. Personal values are qualities or characteristics that you value. You would rather leave an organization or step down as a leader than violate your values. Your values guide your intentions and they influence how you lead. When your personal values are clear and you are conscious of them, you create a solid foundation for leading. Assumptions are ideas that are assumed or believed to be true. As a leader it is important to understand what assumptions fuel your leadership thinking. Often leaders are not aware of the assumptions because they are operating from certain paradigms that will not allow them to see assumptions. Reflection into one’s leadership is an excellent way to uncover assumptions. Beliefs are ideas that we hold to be true; they shape our realities. If a leader believes that the only individuals in an organization that can make decisions is the management staff, then that belief will...
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...My Leadership Philosophy Write a thorough yet concise statement about your approach to leadership to include what you believe about: * Leadership and how it works * The important characteristics, attitudes, behaviors and beliefs of a leader * The role of followers * The role of the context within which leadership takes place. * How all of these things come together in the leadership relationship * How they influence each other Write a thorough yet concise statement about your approach to leadership to include what you believe about: * Leadership and how it works * The important characteristics, attitudes, behaviors and beliefs of a leader * The role of followers * The role of the context within which leadership takes place. * How all of these things come together in the leadership relationship * How they influence each other My Leadership Philosophy My Leadership Philosophy My leadership philosophy is straight forward and deeply rooted in my twenty-five years of experiences in the military. As a leader, I believe that all members are vital to a team. Leaders are made they are not born. I believe it is possible to learn to be a leader. Leaders learn from their experiences and interactions then adapting their leadership style as necessary to deal with different personalities and evolving situations. Good leaders possess a combination of many traits that shape and define their leadership philosophy. The important characteristics...
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...learning for a lifetime of influence N-460 Leadership for Change in Healthcare Philosophy of Nursing Introduction: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) embodied the view that values “are beliefs or ideals to which an individual is committed and which are reflected in patterns of behavior. Professional values are the foundation for practice; they guide interactions with patients, colleagues, other professionals, and the public. Values provide the framework for commitment to patient welfare, fundamental to professional nursing practice” (AACN, 1998, p. 8). Through your previous coursework, you have explored various concepts, frameworks, and theories in previous courses; liberal studies and nursing courses. In this senior course, you will continue to explore these concepts by focusing on the course outcomes that involve integration of disciplinary frameworks to communicate effectively with individuals and aggregates in diverse settings, apply ethical frameworks, principles, codes and professional standards of practice in clinical decision-making and professional conduct, and conduct a reflective self-assessment to demonstrate attitudes and behaviors of responsible membership in the profession and community. This exploration will continue throughout your senior year of study, which will affirm, alter and/or expand the philosophy you develop this semester. Outcome: You will succinctly articulate a personal philosophy of nursing, clearly reflective of the American...
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...Running Head: PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Personal Philosophy of Supervision Andrea Byars EDA 551 Supervision and Instructional Leadership Grand Canyon University December 15, 2010 Personal Philosophy of Supervision Jean Jacques Rousseau once made the statement that, “Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. ... We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education”. This statement makes it clear that it is imperative that students be taught how to think and speak in a proper manner so that they will be able to rationalize truths for themselves; thus meaning that administrators need to believe in, value, and be committed to the educability of all. Why then, is it important for an educational leader to have a personal philosophy regarding supervision? Establishing values and beliefs is essential to a person becoming an effective leader. Buddha once said, “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense” (53 BC -483 BC). Glickman, Gordon, and Ross-Gordon, wrote “…a supervisor’s actions in working with teachers are based on supervisory beliefs, which in turn reflect a broader educational philosophy” (pg. 96). This means that the fundamental purpose of a leader’s supervisory stance...
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...Mission: To enhance the growth of students-athletes by providing an environment where student-athletes can grow and prepare for their futures by learning, modeling, and promoting integrity, trust, and leadership while inspiring school spirit. The ultimate goal is for our student athletes to take these skills and use them in each aspect of life. Philosophy: Participation in athletics is an important part of the overall development of student-athletes. Participating in athletics gives student-athletes the opportunities for emotional, mental, and physical development. Athletic competition is a valuable experience because it teaches student-athletes the lifelong lessons of good sportsmanship, working cooperatively as a team, and preparing for life’s...
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...Philosophy of Nursing Lindsay Prestwood, RN Georgia Southern University Spring 2012 NURS 3139 Philosophy of Nursing A philosophy is a person’s value statement composed of that person’s ideologies and characteristics. It is my personal opinion that a philosophy is strongly influenced by a person’s upbringing, their life experiences and is an evolving moral belief in an area of their life. There are differing opinions and statements that can define a philosophy. My philosophy in nursing is built on a firm belief that I should always maintain integrity, honesty and a heart to help health the sick and those in need, while laying aside my own personal biases do only what is right of a prudent nurse. Being a strong and prudent nurse is one that esteems the patient’s needs above their own needs. Nursing is the foundation to the practice of medicine in our nation. I will share one definition of a philosophy according to Yoder-Wise: A nursing philosophy statement outlines the vision, values, and beliefs about the practice of nursing and the provision of patient care within the organization. The philosophy statement is used to guide the practice of nursing in the various nursing units on a daily basis. (Yoder-Wise, 2011, 282) As I stated in my original philosophy, being a strong and prudent nurse who places a patient’s needs as top priority is the part of what encompasses my philosophy of nursing. Concepts and Beliefs When I stated in my philosophy that one must place the...
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...of War was written for the used for victory on the battlefield. However, The Art of War still continues to be an efficient tool not only for armed warfare, but serves as a viewpoint for business administration and victorious leadership in our modern age as well. Sun Tzu believed, “To win without fighting is best.” And the point of The Art of War is to assist the populace to learn negotiating conflicts and learn guidelines to succeed. Sun Tzu’s philosophy can serve as a guideline for many different war and management principles, including the philosophy of maneuver, purpose, offensive, surprise, the economy of force, mass, unity of command, simplicity, secrecy, deception, practicality, responsibility, practicality, shared objective, tactic, structure, system, staff, skill, style, innovation leadership and mergers and acquisitions. What I like about the words of Sun Tzu is that he is swift to the point. There aren’t a lot of verbose explanations, just very precise statements, which adds to the book’s efficacy. The thing that intrigued me the most about The Art of War were the insight into leadership and business that Sun Tzu’s philosophy provided. Anyone that has been in any type of leadership understands the truth of such words. If you are a weak leader, you will not be respected by those under you. If you are a strong leader, but do not have a strong staff that is able to support you, then your plan will fail. ...
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...Creating a Compelling Vision February 4, 2013 Author Note This paper was prepared for Perspectives in Change Leadership B6027 taught by Professor XXXX. Abstract A vision is a set of dreams, ideals, and aspirations. Organizations have implemented vision statements into their strategic business plans to provide the direction and purpose of their future. This paper will reflect my role as a leader of the University of Missouri-College of Veterinary Medicine. I will create a vision statement, supporting values statement, and a communication plan to deliver to the stakeholders; providing brief summaries of each key along the way. Creating a Compelling Vision A Review of the Organization The University of Missouri-College of Veterinary Medicine is located in Columbia, MO. We are the only College of Veterinary Medicine in Missouri; established in 1844. We offer a DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) program for students interested in pursuing a career in the veterinary field. The program starts with students spending two years in classroom and lab work, then two years of full-time clinical training. The college offers educational services and operates the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The teaching hospital serves several functions for the school. It provides services for small animals, equine and food animal for Columbia resident pet owners and farmers in the surrounding areas. The teaching hospital...
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... Mission statements are the most valuable overviews of a company. It is what separates a company with similar visions and goals from the next. A good mission statement provides a detailed understanding of a company’s unique purpose, functions and operations, products and services, market type and terms of technology. A mission statement also represent the business philosophy of strategic decisions to the firms self concept, primary customer needs of satisfaction, which in all reflect the values and priorities of the company’s performance over a life time. This is a detailed overview of how to construct a well developed mission statement using an example of Facebook a live networking websites. (Strategic Management, 12th Edition, pg 21) Face book’s mission is “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” (Facebook) As mentioned above, a mission statement is an overview of the company. A well written mission statement will provide in details its company’s unique purpose, functions and operations, products and services, market type, terms of technology, self concept, customer satisfaction, values, and priorities of the company’s performance which are not listed within the facebook’s mission statement. They do provide a philosophy, but it also does not give full details of how they provide users with satisfaction. The missing characteristics of the mission statement make their statement underdeveloped under several circumstances...
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...“What is important about any philosophy is not what is explains, but what it assumes”. Discuss this question critically and provide examples of assumptions which underpin Machiavellian & Platonic philosophies. In this paper I will discuss the assumptions which underpin Machiavellian & Platonic philosophies in reference to The Republic and The Prince. My position is that both Machiavallian and Plantonic philosophies make assumptions in exemplifying their notions. Machiavelli’s is intentional while Plato’s is unintentional. Also both philosophies through their assumptions sometimes contradict each other. Well expressed In discussing his notion above it is important to understand the basic theory and ideas of Machiavelli and Plato. Both Machiavelli and Plato produce arguments for order in the state but they have different notions of how to go about order. Plato obsesses with certainty and has an ideal form of order, while order with Machiavelli is learning to live with uncertainty. Machiavelli believes we need to be able to work with insecurity and not try and produce certainty. He believes we embrace uncertainty by developing our own armour. Knowledge is the basis of leadership for Plato while Power is the basis of leadership for Machievelli. In the Republic the Allegory of the Cave represents Plato's views on philosophy. Basically, we are all in the cave and Philosophy is what brings us out of the cave. Plato believes that Philosophy is the highest form of inquiry...
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...would spend six months in the two other areas before returning to their home bases for career assignments. This provided the employee with the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of the SUPERVALU, Inc. business. Both of these items indicated that SUPERVALU, Inc. was at least thinking about what it took to train a leader to do the basics of leadership. The last positive outcome of the PDP effort was that SUPERVALU recognized it as just the beginning of training and development programs within the company. This indicated they recognized they needed to do more in the area of training their leadership. The fundamental problem with their PDP effort was it was focused at creating leaders, not a leadership brand. In fact, the PDP was not even covering all the basics of developing a leader. It was really just providing training to develop employees into lower level line managers. This is evident by the fact that the training didn’t cover topics like strategy or talent development. The second fairly large flaw with the PDP initiative was that they did not tie it to their strategy. The article indicates that the company’s philosophy was “total commitment to servicing customers...
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...Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Different Organizational Structure and Culture 2 2.1 Organizational Structure 2 2.2 Organizational Culture 5 2.3 Relationship between An Organizational Structure and Culture. 6 3.0 Individual Behavior at Work 7 3.1 Internal Factors. 7 3.2 External Environments 8 4.0 Different Leadership Styles 10 4.1 Compare the Effectiveness of Different Leadership Styles. 10 4.2 Leadership Styles between Haier and Uniqlo Co., Ltd.. 10 5.0 Management Approach 11 5.1 Functions of Management.. 11 5.1.1 A Basic Framework. 11 5.1.2 Framework between Haier and Uniqlo Co., Ltd. 11 5.2 Different Approaches to Management Used.. 12 5.3 Management Though between Haier and Uniqlo Co., Ltd... 13 6.0 Conclusion 14 References 15 Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Various Elements of Marketing Process 2 2.1 Definition of Marketing 2 2.2 Company’s Marketing Philosophy 2 2.3 Holistic Marketing-Oriented Philosophy. 4 3.0 Benefits and Costs of a Marketing Orientation 6 3.1 Customer Satisfaction for Coca-Cola 6 3.2 Customer Retention for Coca-Cola 7 4.0 Macro and Micro Environmental Factors 8 4.1 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis. 8 4.2 PEST Analysis 9 5.0 Segmentation Criteria to Be Used for Products in Different Markets 11 5.1 Introduction of New Products 11 5.2 Market Segmentation 11 6.0 A Targeting Strategy for a Selected Product 13 ...
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...Personal Leadership Philosophy According to Rost, leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes. As much as I agree with this statement, I also have my differences. I would define leadership as a process dependent on interactive, “influence” relationships between people who intend substantial changes reflecting their mutual purposes. The essence of leadership lies in the process of influencing. Let's say that influence means one person's actions designed to change another person's attitudes, beliefs, values or behavior. Without influence we cannot exercise leadership. The process of influencing cannot occur without relationships between people that make that influence possible. I use the term “interactive” to show these influence relationships as being mutual, reciprocal and multi-directional. In other words, followers influence leaders, leaders influence followers, and peers influence each other. The words “leader” and “follower” are obvious by their absence in my definition. Specifically including those terms can mistakenly imply fixed roles or positions. Today, corporate has given way to team structures with more than one leader. More importantly, I firmly believe that in any one leadership relationship, followers become leaders and leaders become followers depending on the situation. So in my definition, I just refer to “people.” It is widely accepted that the purpose of leadership is to create...
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