Monica•Liu Reading Summary Followership: The theoretical foundation of a contemporary construct by Susan D. Baker The author Susan D. Baker of the article Followership: The theoretical foundation of a contemporary construct introduces the theoretical foundation of followership and gives a result of why leadership rather than followership is emphasized. She proves the points of the article by the following aspects: identifying the antecedents from which followership theory developed, naming
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Leaders Lead There are leaders and there are followers. Leaders are people who lead a group, organization, or a community. Followers seek guidance from leaders and complete the task at hand. Leaders are advocates in our world. They are innovators and creators. In order for anything in the world to succeed there must be leaders to lead and followers to follow. For example, when working on a group project in order for the project to succeed someone must step up and be a leader. Someone must delegate
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HN Suiter, Tara Leadership, responsibility, and accountability. Leadership: A person who guides or directs a group. Responsibility: reliability or dependability; moral, legal, or mental accountability. Accountability: the quality or state of being accountable; especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions. Leadership is the when you do what needs to be done, but doing it right. You have to listen to the people above and below you. To
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The Excerpt from Leadership is an Art by Max DePree was very interesting and i took in a lot. It stated that the first responsibility of a leader is to define reality and the last is the say thank you. And in between those things a leader must become a servant and a debater to his/her followers to please them and stick up for what they believe is right. I never thought of this now until i read that the measure of leadership is no the quality of the head, but the tone of the body. Meaning that a person
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Leadership is a process that helps a group to achieve its goals. Leaders and group members can mutually influence each other's ideas. The person who exhibits leadership is someone that makes things happen that would not happen otherwise (Kouzes, 2007). Someone who has exemplified this is Julie Richman, a director in our department. Julie has since transferred to another region, yet her leadership will forever be embedded in those who had the opportunity to work for her. Leaders should be well
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Reflection on the Concept of Leadership When I think of the concept of leadership I see someone whom has the desire and the willingness to lead a group of people, department or organization to success. Success is typically not a smooth nor an easy road. There are many ups, downs and bumps along the way to achieving success. Making a difference is what sets one apart as a leader. One must have courage and confidence in what they believe makes them a strong leader. Even if a leader has the above
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Bryant Devine August, 2012 The Importance Leadership Traits and Virtues In the reading's I found several traits that continually repeat. Even past reviews continually repeat there traits; i.e., Self-confidence, integrity, sociability, emotional control and maturity: Even the six traits in Kirkpatrick and Locke relate to the "Big Five" in Judge, Ilies, Bono, and Gerhardt research on personality and leadership. Nonetheless, these trait help an emerging leader understand their role in leadership
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Caroline Rador Western Governors University LET1-Task 2 Organizational Behavior & Leadership Executive A the CEO of the company according to the given profile exhibits qualities associated with a level five leader. Level 5 leader’s are self motivated and have a clear defined mission; take the current state of a company and create a financially, successful and sustainable organization his own needs are seen as secondary. Prior to Executive A becoming the CEO the company was losing millions
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Assignment 2.1 Profitel Inc. Which perspective of leadership best explains the problems experienced in this case? Chapter 12, Leadership In Organizational Settings, discussed five perspectives of leadership – (1) competency, (2) behavioral, (3) contingency, (4) transformation, and (5) implicit. The competency perspective of leadership best explains the problems experienced by Profitel. Profitel had many years of extreme profitability and minimal competition. As competitors entered into the telephone
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Why do you think it is so hard for people to trust others (in particular, leaders)? Under the best circumstances, how long does it take for people to trust new leaders? What are the variables that you have seen from your own experience that may make this time shorter or longer? Trust is something that is earned and not easily given. Trust given to Christian Leaders is especially hard to receive due to the fact that there have been many false teachers that have swindled others through money and
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