...Eleanor Roosevelt and Leadership The Early Years Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City, New York. Although economically comfortable, her family was very distressed. Elliot Roosevelt, her father, was an alcoholic and was frequently troubled with mental depression. Elliot was also away from the home frequently for business, pleasure or medical treatment; Eleanor’s father entered a sanitarium for alcoholics when she was just a child. Her mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, was very concerned with keeping the family’s high class reputation in society and as years passed she became very disconsolate trying to balance her responsibilities (Encyclopedia of World Biography, 1998). Eleanor recognized the tension and problems in her family at a young age, taking much of the responsibility for her mother’s unhappiness. Eleanor cared so much for her mother, yet she was embarrassed by Eleanor’s homeliness and continually reminded her of her lack of beauty. Her mother even went as far as to give her nicknames, such as “Granny” for being plain and lacking beauty. When Eleanor was eight years old, her mother passed away, starting the theme of death that she would endure throughout her childhood. Eleanor and her younger brothers went to live in New York with their maternal grandmother. Not long after moving to her grandmother’s home, Eleanor received the news that her older brother had passed away. Shortly before Eleanor was ten, she learned that her father, too...
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...How would you define leadership? (250 words maximum) There are several ways to define leadership. A process that influences other people to achieve an objective and guides the company or community in a way to make it more coherent and cohesive is called leadership. We can also define leadership as a process of leading people in the right direction in order to achieve goals. Leaders apply leadership attributes such as values, knowledge and skills to implement this process in any organization. Leadership ensures that that the organization works successfully and accomplishes the desired goals. It motivates people to excel in the field they are working. Leadership does not mean yelling at your followers to accomplish certain tasks. Leadership does not mean just imparting instructions to its followers but also striving hard to implement and achieve the desired goals. If you are the boss of a company that does not mean you will have leadership qualities. Leadership makes its followers want to accomplish high goals. Thus, leadership will be aptly defined as a process that encourages the followers to achieve their objectives. Leadership qualities are not inborn but can be developed gradually through education and self-study. Leadership is about awakening the persistence and passion among its followers, colleagues, friends, community members to get the desired result. Some have defined leadership as an ability to transform dream into reality. I see leadership in my late father who is...
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...LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Theology of Christian Leadership LEAD 520 – D01 LUO The Life of Leaders December 11, 2013 Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 II. What is Leadership 3 III. Christian Leadership 3 IV. Biblical Perspective 4 V. Servant Leadership 5 VI. Leadership Disciplines 6 VII. Conclusion 7 VIII. Bibliography 8 Introduction According to Bill Hull, “While certain pockets of evangelicalism have grown, overall, the church is in a decline. Many congregations can attest to Hull’s assessment, in that, churches in America are indeed experiencing sharp declines in its numbers of baptisms and church attendance. Over time we have produced a body of people that enjoy hearing the word of God preached and experiencing the supernatural presence of God. This is not enough, people must be taught, nurtured, and mentored toward living a transformed life reflecting the resemblance of the Lord, Jesus Christ. This paper will explore the importance of the role of leadership in developing leaders in the body of Christ. Leadership There are different definitions and different styles of leadership. Leadership can be viewed as the process of influencing other people to work together to accomplish a desired purpose. Dr. Michael Mitchell defines a leader as one who possesses a clear mission with an attendant vision, stands before others effectively conveying the message...
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...ASSESSMENT THREE – PART A: DEVELOPMENT PLAN Task 1: Identify and evaluate your current leadership abilities. 1.1 Identify your current leadership skills and qualities. Some of the leadership skills and qualities I’ve identified in me, are as follows: * Courage * Self Confidence * Intelligence * Knowledge * Punctuality * Humility 1.2 Rank your current ability in those areas. If I was to rank my abilities, I’d do it as follows: * Courage (5/10) * Self Confidence (4/10) * Intelligence (5/10) * Knowledge (4/10) * Punctuality (3/10) * Humility (5/10) * Commitment (5/10) * Patience (5/10) 1.3 Give reasons for your ranking. I think I have the courage to do things but I lack the self confidence. I believe that I’m a little on intelligence and knowledge but I still lack the punctuality. I’m always humble towards others. If I commit myself to do a work, I dont leave it until its completed. I also believe that I have a lot of patience and am always willing to wait. 1.4 Support the reasons for your ranking with evidence. Courage is what I believe I have, because it was not easy for me to travel to New Zealand, where I knew nobody. But I lack the self confidence which makes me feel somewhat shy to talk to new people. And also, I have good grasping skills and am a fast learner, which I can account into intelligence. But still, I have to learn a lot of new things which are not known to me. And I also...
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...B Oscar Miranda Reyes Crystal Alexander Tashia Orr Lourdes Gonzales Wenchey Johnson Looking back on your business and personal experience, do you have any stories to tell that contrast the “old” and the “new” stories of leadership as Wheatley, describes them? Have you practiced or been informed by either leadership approach? Wheatley (2007) describes the old story of leadership as “a story of dominion and control, and all-encompassing materialism.” It can be explained by analogizing it to a machine; a lifeless object that does not have the capability to think, feel, or make decisions. It, the machine, functions quite like the old story of leadership by where there are many more managers (machines) than leaders. An ideology that she credits to Western culture, which believes organizations, can create processes that people will carry out in a machine-like manner. Wheatley (2007) states that “we would engineer it to do what we saw fit, and we would fix it through our engineering brilliance” (p. 17). Managers utilizing the “old” style of leadership will create processes and expect the people to follow the process exactly as is with little, if any, room for deviation from that process. By contrast, the new story of leadership encourages creativity and deviation from the “status quo”. Wheatley (2007) further argues that, people never behave like machines and often will resist change or “add their own spin” to directions. In the new story “key human traits as uniqueness...
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...formally clockwork for performing upon those values.”Rosabeth Moss Kanter(2004),pp.325-6” LEADERSHIP :- The fair leadership style background cooperation overcommitted “( intuition as well as rational thinking in problem solving, team structures where power and influence are shared within the group interpersonal competence; and participative decision making)” Marilyn Loden, Founder and president, Loden Associates, Management Review, December 1987 TYPE OF LEADERSHIP:- 1-Dynamics leadership 4-Born leadership 2-Adaptives leadership 3-Creativity leadership DYNAMICS LEADERSHIP:- In dynamics leadership some bodies has attractive character, therefore leadership attraction force to do changing the encourage to the other peoples. this type of leadership have a capability to see the large view of a next time to come as well as hard and solid brain,(e.g,Margaret Thatcher,Bill Clinton,Nelson Mandela). ADAPTOR LEADERSHIP:- The adaptor leadership incontestability, adaptor leadership attractive like a value stock nor are they looking broad-mindedly to every conditions; that why their brain let down of a moral force. this is the main weakness of the adaptor leadership. CREATIVITY LEADERSHIP:- The creativity...
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...professor: a. Greenleaf's servant leadership is humanistic, relative, and without foundation b. biblically based servant leadership rooted in the life of christ. c. you have been offered a clear contrast between Greenleaf and a biblical view of servant leadership d. all of the above e. none of the above 2. Spiritual reasons for leading like Jesus include all except the following: a. servant leaders seek first the kingdom b. servant leaders are better than non servant leader c. servant leadership honors god and his commandments d. servant leadership puts the love of Jesus into action e. servant leadership models Jesus to others 3. All of the following are spiritual reasons for leading like Jesus: a. servant leaders are better than non servant leader b. servant leaders are more in touch with their spiritual selves c. servant leaders put the love of Jesus into action d. servant leaders become achievers e. all of the above. 4. All of the following are practical reasons for leading like Jesus except: a. servant leadership provides better service b. servant leadership is more spiritual c. servant leadership provides better leadership d. servant leadership closes the gap between success and significance e. all of the above 5. All of the following are practical reasons for leading like Jesus: a. servant leadership provides better service b. servant leadership provides better leadership c. servant leadership closes the gap between success and...
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...examine your life story and leadership opportunities to this point, with an emphasis on the influences of your early years and instances of your leadership. Discover Your Leadership in Your Life Story 1. During your early years, which people had the greatest impact on you? A: Growing up, I was mesmerized by my father superior (I am an arm force brat). I was very fascinated by all the honors and respect an army officer got. What I didn’t realized was that my dad was the subject of admiration to other kids in in camp ( I life in military camps through out my childhood) and deep inside I developed the desire at least become the man that my dad was . 2. Starting with your earliest memories, which experiences marked key turning points in your life? A: When I was about 11 to 12 years old, I came to the realization that a career as fulltime commissioned officer will not be possible due to an accident that let me with limited physical abilities. I then turned my ambition into becoming a scientist that would still be able to serve in the arm force but rather to being in the fighting front, will be in the lab doing research to help the advancement of military research. (This was being a little ambitious given that I am from Cameroon a third world country with no much financial capabilities to really invest in cutting edge technology. But I was a kid and I had dreams). 3. In which experiences did you find the greatest inspiration and passion for your leadership? A: During my...
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...Maxwell, “Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” That is especially true when you are looking at church leadership-past and present. From David to Nehemiah to church leaders of today, these leaders exercise some type of influence over the people they have lead or are leading. Aubrey Malphurs takes the definition of leadership and turns it up another notch. Leaders just don’t have influence over the people they lead. They use their influence “to influence people in a particular context to pursue their God-given direction”.[1] In other words, it is the church leadership’s job to help the people they lead to see God and His work in their lives, to understand their purpose, actively pursue God’s plan for their life, and carry that plan out effectively. Because of the heavy mandate that all church leadership carries, it is imperative for anyone who is in a leadership position to know their leadership style and their strengths and weaknesses as it pertains to leadership. The best way to do this is to do a self-elevation or use resources that will help you survey the effectiveness of your leadership. During the first half of this course, I have been given the opportunity to read about qualities that a leader should possess. Along with the reading, the author has provided audits that when taken would help me to survey my leadership style and determine to what degree I possess these qualities. This leadership audit is...
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...Hunter Dixon Sports Management Mr. Fuhrman 9 May 2012 Leadership Paper Over the course of my life, there have been many influential people that have influenced me and made an impact on my life in some way. However, of all these people, there is one person that stands out in my life as more influential than any other. This person is my dad Jerry. My dad has been influential in my life because he has always been there for me every step of the way and has always encouraged me. Simply put, my dad possesses many qualities of a leader. One leadership quality that my dad possesses is that he is intelligent. He has demonstrated this quality to me because I have taken notice that he always makes the best decision possible when he is confronted with a problem. He also helps me to make my own decisions when I have a problem of my own. A second leadership quality that my dad has is that he is cooperative and works well with others. For example, my dad and I are always working together on things around the house. I know that my dad has good cooperative leadership skills because he is always working with others during his job, and he works well with others to complete his tasks at work. Third, my dad has initiative to complete his work. Instead of someone having to tell him what needs done, he just goes out and does whatever work needs to be completed. This has had a major impact on my life because I also take initiative to complete my work. I feel that a good leader has to have...
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...a. Greenleaf's servant leadership is humanistic, relative, and without foundation b. biblically based servant leadership rooted in the life of christ. c. you have been offered a clear contrast between Greenleaf and a biblical view of servant leadership d. all of the above e. none of the above 2. Spiritual reasons for leading like Jesus include all except the following: a. servant leaders seek first the kingdom b. servant leaders are better than non servant leader c. servant leadership honors god and his commandments d. servant leadership puts the love of Jesus into action e. servant leadership models Jesus to others 3. All of the following are spiritual reasons for leading like Jesus: a. servant leaders are better than non servant leader b. servant leaders are more in touch with their spiritual selves c. servant leaders put the love of Jesus into action d. servant leaders become achievers e. all of the above. 4. All of the following are practical reasons for leading like Jesus except: a. servant leadership provides better service b. servant leadership is more spiritual c. servant leadership provides better leadership d. servant leadership closes the gap between success and significance e. all of the above 5. All of the following are practical reasons for leading like Jesus: a. servant leadership provides better service b. servant leadership provides better leadership c. servant leadership closes the gap between...
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...SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY The situational leadership theory, is a leadership theory developed by Paul Hersey, professor and author of the book Situational Leader, and Ken Blanchard, leadership guru and author of The One Minute Manager, while working on the first edition of Management of Organizational Behavior (now in its 10th edition).[1] The theory was first introduced as "Life Cycle Theory of Leadership".[2] During the mid-1970s, "Life Cycle Theory of Leadership" was renamed "Situational Leadership theory".[3] In the late 1970s/early 1980s, the authors both developed their own models using the situational leadership theory; Hersey - Situational Leadership Model and Blanchard et al. Situational Leadership II Model.[4] The fundamental underpinning of the situational leadership theory is that there is no single "best" style of leadership. Effective leadership is task-relevant, and the most successful leaders are those that adapt their leadership style to the maturity ("the capacity to set high but attainable goals, willingness and ability to take responsibility for the task, and relevant education and/or experience of an individual or a group for the task") of the individual or group they are attempting to lead or influence. Effective leadership varies, not only with the person or group that is being influenced, but it also depends on the task, job or function that needs to be accomplished.[5] Blanchard, Kenneth H., Patricia Zigarmi, and Drea Zigarmi. Leadership and the...
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...Abstract Servant-leadership is widely researched and discussed from a secular and Christian worldview (Fischer, 2010; see also Blanchard & Hodges, 2005). A Christian is called to follow God in all he does but life experiences can be conflicting in dealing with the spiritual and secular context; however, Christ wants his followers to operate within the context of the secular world. True servant-leadership is to emulate how Jesus led those around him - with complete selflessness and by serving others. Moreover, it is challenging for humans to be servant-leaders as they often desire personal recognition in life; yet, dedication to the Word and quiet reflection in God can help one to lead like Jesus. Larry Spears labeled Greenleaf a Grandfather of empowerment movement in business leadership (Greenleaf, 1996) because of his zeal toward servant-leadership. Greenleaf’s viewpoint, though commendable, conflicts with biblical principles. Thus, this paper analyzes Greenleaf’s work from a Christian worldview and institutes a biblical basis for servant leadership. Keywords: servant leadership, biblical perspective, gifts, loving, individual Introduction Servant-leadership is widely researched and discussed from a secular and Christian worldview (Fischer, 2010; see also Blanchard & Hodges, 2005). Paul encouraged believers to be imitators of Christ in this area when he said "[f]ollow my example, as I follow the example of Christ" (1 Corinthians 11:1, NIV). Although life can be challenging...
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...Chapter 2: SHARPENING YOUR LEADERSHIP 1 It’s a good thing to aspire to leadership, but we must always do a quick heart check. As we consider the kind of leader you need to become, let’s check your motivation for leading others. Appropriate Motives for Leadership 1. Serve Christ “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24 2. Bear fruit in your life “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15:8 3. Keep watch over (shepherd) others “Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.” Acts 20:28 4. Be an example to the body “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.” 1 Peter 5:2-4 5. Use your gifts to serve others “So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body...
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...Many adults have success in life because they were not taught basic traits while they were young. It is a new day and age, and you’re required to have these simple, yet important traits in a career. Many companies look for leadership in applicants, because they are strong-minded people. Persistence and responsibility is needed in life, because in the long run it helps you a lot. Students that tend to exceed well in school have basic but strong traits such as leadership, persistence, and responsibility, which all result in success. Leadership is a big trait that many jobs and companies look for in applicants. “Leadership is proactive – problem solving, looking ahead, and not being satisfied with things as they are” (Manktelow 1). A way of being proactive is going above and beyond, and going that one extra...
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