...My CEO Tenure By Joseph Paul As the CEO of Skinny Genes Inc., Skinny Genes is searching for prospective investors to fund the company initiatives. Our company is a major competitor in the biotechnology field and we specialize in the research and development of therapeutic drugs, seeking to improve the quality of life of patients all around the world. Skinny Genes’ forte has been the ability to hire the most talented individuals while having high employee retention rates. Under my watch, Skinny Genes has recently acquired a license for a novel technology through an agreement with John Hopkins University. The license is for the technology and techniques involved in the process of regulating the TDP-43 protein. The TDP-43 protein has been known to regulate the Tbc1d1 gene, which is a gene that has been associated with human obesity. Skinny Genes is seeking potential investors to fund additional research and studies to develop a drug that can regulate the TDP-43 protein in a human system as a drug that can provide treatment for overweight and obese people, with a potential market that reaches all over the world. Company Background Skinny Genes, Inc., founded in 2005, is a medical research company based in Bethesda, Maryland, specializing in developing therapeutic medicines to help improve the quality of life in people. Skinny Genes Inc.’s goal is to be able to develop a novel technology into a drug that is able combat obesity by targeting the genes that regulate the formation...
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...Finding the Leader in You: Self- Assessment/ Johari Window Abstract There have been many studies performed on how personality characteristics have an effect on us as individuals and within are environment. This paper will discuss my personality characteristics and traits and how those characteristics are manifested in my organization. This paper will also explore the development of my personality characteristics and discuss the results of my week one Self-Assessment and the Johari Window, as well the Quick Enneagram Sorting Test (QUEST). The results from these assessments have allowed me to focus in on my leadership style a how I can become a more effective manager. Also I’ll focus on how those attributes have guided my relationships and career choices. Key Words: Characteristics, attributes, assessment, Big Five Personality Dimensions (BFPD), Extrovert, Johari Window Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment/ Johari Window In my effort to develop and explain the characteristics that comprise my personality, I determined that there are many personality traits that help to form my personality. In our class discussion, it was addressed how Schermerhorn, Osborn, Uhl-Bien and Hunter (2012) discussed the Big Five Personality Dimensions (BFPD) of Extraversion, Agreeable, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Openness to experience and how they affect our personality positively and negatively. My profile of characteristics include extraversion...
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...The role of a leader is to guide a team with high hopes that others will follow freely. Leaders can give positive information, knowledge, and act as a motivator to encourage the team to work towards goals and perform well. A good leader will step up in times of need and knows how to critical think. They act well in difficult times within a team environment. Leaders can lead in different styles that will motivate others, it would be important for a manager to understand their own leadership style in the workplace. Leaders can be a good or bad influence to others. According to the textbook specific traits related to leadership effectiveness such as, high energy level and stress tolerance, internal locus of control orientation, emotional maturity, personal integrity, socialized power motivation, moderately high achievement orientation, moderately high self-confidence, and moderately low need for affiliation (Yukl, 2013)." Today, there are many leaders in the world that are highly respected and followed by people in the world. Being respected by your peers also helps a leader to gain confidence to lead, motivate, and powerful. There are different leadership styles such as authoritative. Effective leaders know how to adapt to any environment that they need to lead. Authoritative style is known as bring a team together and solving problems. The leader of choice to analyze was my manager of six years at Cedars – Sinai Medical Center, who pass in 2007 of cancer. Anita Howse was the...
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...… it can defined in many ways, but most commonly Leader is person who influences the thoughts and behaviors of others; a leaders is one who establishes the direction for others to willingly follow. One person can serve as a leader or several persons might share leadership. A person may be appointed as leader or may be elected by people within his circle. Leaders play vital role in standardizing performance. Leaders can influence other to perform beyond the expectations. Managers plan, organize, lead and control so that “leading” and “managing” are inseparable, they are both integral part of each other. If one cant influence and inspire others to work willingly towards aims then all planning and organizing will be ineffective. Similarly setting direction is usually not enough, no matter how inspiring one can be, management skills are crucial. Leaders will simultaneously fill many roles interacting, motivating group members, solving conflicts as they arise. Leaders set vision, strategies, goals, and values in order to guide for desired action and behavior. Leaders are characterized by certain traits which distinguish leaders from non-leaders includes Drive, desire to lead, honesty, cognitive ability, self-confidence and knowledge. Effective leaders must have two major qualities: knowledge and communication competence. Leader needs knowledge of issue and the ways of effectively leading a team. This knowledge will enable leader to identify alternatives available. He also needs...
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...The Best Leader The Best Leader In my lifetime, I have come a crossed many leaders. Some of them who were in management and some who were not. Picking the best leader that I have been exposed to was not an easy task, as each one of them has been instrumental in shaping me into the leader that I have become today. They all possessed individual traits, skills, and tactics that were necessary as an effective leader. Each one also had specific theories of effective leadership that explained why I believe that they were the “best leader” that I have been exposed to. They all had leadership behaviors that could be described by certain theories of leadership that provided me with guidelines for effective leadership. The one leader that stands out the most for me is my English and Drama teacher in high school. He had been teaching for nearly 30 years when I had the pleasure to take his classes. He was the leader that brought me out of my shell and showed me that I could do anything that I set my mind to. It was his traits, skills, and tactics as a leader that helped me secure my first management job. I obtained this position when I was a senior in high school and still attending his class. Let us take a look at the specific traits, skills and tactics present in him as a leader and why they are necessary for me as a leader. We will then take a look at the leadership theories that explains why I saw him as the “best leader” that I have been exposed to. Lastly, we will take a look at...
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...many ways, but most common Leader is one who influences the thoughts and behaviors of the people around them; a leaders is one who sets the direction for others to willingly pursue in their footsteps. One person can serve as a leader or several people might share leadership between them. A person may be appointed as a leader or may be elected by people within his or her circle. Leaders play a major role in standardizing performance. Leaders can influence other to perform beyond their expectations. Managers plan, organize, lead and control so that “leading” and “managing” are inseparable, they are both integral part of each other. If one cannot influence and inspire others to work willingly towards aims then all planning and organizing will be ineffective. Similarly setting direction is usually not enough, no matter how inspiring one can be, management skills are crucial. Leaders will simultaneously fill many roles interacting, motivating group members, solving conflicts as they arise. Leaders set vision, strategies, goals, and values in order to guide for desired action and behavior. Leaders are characterized by certain traits which distinguish leaders from non-leaders includes Drive, desire to lead, honesty, cognitive ability, self-confidence and knowledge. Effective leaders must have two major qualities: knowledge and communication competence. Leader needs knowledge of issue and the ways of effectively leading a team. This knowledge will enable leader to identify alternatives...
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...Columbia Southern University?” I spent a long time thinking about what that question really meant to me. What was I really interested in and passionate about? How would it fit into my degree? I took a long hard look in the mirror and decided I really cared about leadership. Leadership is one of the main reasons I am working towards a degree in Human Resources Management. Before you can understand why leadership is important to me, you need to understand what and how I define leadership. I first learned about leadership in the United States Army. The Army defines leadership as “the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization” (The Center for Army Leadership, 2008). I truly believe that if you have this as a foundation for your style of leadership, you will always be successful. To me, a leader is someone who always places the needs of his subordinates and his company before his own. Someone who is not afraid to get their hands dirty and work right alongside those that he supervises. A great leader understands that we are all different, and what motivates one person will not work on another. You can’t use a cookie cutter method for leading your people to success. Most, if not all leaders learn how to become a leader from modeling themselves after their leaders. I think John C. Maxwell really hit the nail on the head when he talks about the Desired Style of Leadership:...
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...began the interview in a unique way compared to the other interviewers. After I told him what major I was, he asked me the most interesting class I have taken at LSU. I thought that was a unique way to get to know a little about me without simply asking me, "Tell me something about yourself." Peter never used any closed questions during the interview. I believe he did that because he wanted to get the most information out of me in the allotted time we had to speak with each other. I think the lack of closed questions was effective since we only had a few minutes to speak and a bunch of closed questions would have given peter little to work with when choosing his partners. As I explained before, Peter only used open-ended questions, and it was effective in getting high quantities of information about me. He used questions like, "Are you a leader or a follower, and explain why." I replied that I was more of a follower because I have great communication skills that allow me to increase group cohesion and optimize group output. Another open question he asked was, “Tell me about your strengths.” I replied by saying that some of my strengths are my social skills, determination, and my reliability. He was pleased with my group of strengths. Peter ended the interview by letting me know he would strongly think about picking me as a partner. I think it effective by letting me know how I did immediately. We were cut off by the timer, but he did what he could while everyone was starting to...
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...where I have been led by an array of leaders. Often I have thought and asked myself what makes a great or poor leader and what training and skills do great leaders possess to function at such a high level. Unfortunately, I have learned that many of my leaders had no formal training for their positions and they were promoted based on previous accomplishments, which were not related to their leadership skills. As a future leader, I want to be different, I desire to make an impact on my organization, and as Dr. Carey stated in the LDP introduction video I want to lead with both my head and heart. The essence of an impactful leader in my opinion is one that leads their staff with a mission of how they can help them grow into better employees and ultimately one day outstanding leaders. My interest in the Organization Leadership graduate degree from Gonzaga University is to learn from both the staff and my classmates the necessary skills to become a servant leader, which will allow me to become the best leader I can become....
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...2 CHRISTIAN LEADER AUDIT 3 SERVANT LEADER AUDIT 4 CREDIBILITY AUDIT 5 SPIRITUAL GIFTS AUDIT 6 NATURAL GIFTS AUDIT 7 PASSION AUDIT 8 CHARACTER AUDIT 9 CONCLUSION 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION When Jesus was on earth, He established by His own example that one of the characteristic that should be present in a good leader was this man or woman was a servant. As a servant, the leader is called to have a teachable spirit in order to become a good representative of his/her Master. In the case of Jesus, He is perfect. He didn’t have to improve any area of His life, but although He was perfect, chose to walk and live as a servant to set the parameters that anyone who holds a leadership position should look at. We, as Christian leaders, must improve different areas in our lives in order to become what God has called us to do in His work. A Christian leader also has a duty. “Christian leaders are servants with the credibility and capabilities to influence people in a particular context to pursue their God-given direction.” Credibility and capabilities do not grow on trees or can be purchased at the supermarket. They have to be developed. If we really want to influence others, and specifically lead people to do God’s will, we ought to purposely and diligently allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives and mold it. One of the ways to accomplish this task is to be evaluated. The following assignment presents seven leadership audits (Christian leader, servant leader, credibility...
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...leadership opportunity was a great honor for me. This was truly a step above opportunity for me and the demands of the position would be a challenge to me and my family. I have never really worked outside the continental United States and this opportunity required me to manage multiple offices of this corporation and some were abroad. I had to ask myself if I truly was the right candidate for this opportunity. Being noticed because of my knack of being a proven leader with positive results with my current employer was great but was I ready to take on a new challenge that had more of a multicultural twist? That was the question I had to find the answers. I was informed that I was to meet with the CEO of the company at 3:00 PM and I was nervous. If you had a meeting at that time of a day, it usually was not good. I was a nervous wreck as I sat in his office expecting the worse. To my relief, I found out that not only was I not losing my job, I was being offered an amazing opportunity. I was selected as a candidate for a leadership position in an international corporation and I was being heavily recruited by that company based on what they heard about me. Of course, this opportunity brought on additional challenges for me as well as my family because it would require a lot of traveling both here in the United States and abroad to four different countries. I apparently came highly recommended for this position by various leaders who felt I would be the right fit for the position...
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...describing it. But when I think about leadership it remains me of my experience at National Wholesale as Store manager in Bridgeport with little more than fifty employees on my payroll. As a store manager I feel one reason why I had been so successful and likeable among my employees and the upper management is the way I ran and manager my store and employees. I made use of courage, credibility and conviction to define my leadership as a store manager at National Wholesale in Bridgeport. Leaders are distinguished by their courage to lead and I belief that the most important characteristic as a true leader. I know leadership is tough because is about change, and I initiated lots of changes in the store from employee training, regular performance appraisal with constant feedback and promoting fairness and equality and rewarding hard work and dedication among my employees. Sometimes I do meet with resistance and I tried to stay the course in spite of numerous obstacles and disappointments. Leadership is all about courage, and through courage and will I press on in spite of challenges and criticisms and at the end of the day I’m always the winner. Leadership is all about conviction and having the integrity to live by ones conviction. I tried to show strong values and beliefs and demonstrate these values and convey them to my followers. Finally is credibility, without followers, there are no leaders. So it is important for leaders to note that their credibility encourages others to join...
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...Leadership Essay One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you’re not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times. This has to be learned through experience, successes and failures. You have to analyze yourself and your leadership. Figure out how you see your leadership. However you cannot grow as a leader without input from others. You have to be critiqued and take constructive criticism to see how others see your leadership. With critique comes comparison. Comparison can be good and bad. While comparing yourself to others, you become more aware of what you need to improve on. You can compare yourself to peers, novels, or historic figures. Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better, but first you have to unlock your own potential. Analyzing yourself is critical to becoming a leader. You must find out who you are to grow and to become a better leader. Becoming a better leader will make you a better person. How I demonstrate leadership is in my everyday life, school, clubs, ands sports. In my everyday life it can be presented in how I act with family and how I act with friends. My leadership at school can be presented with group projects along with clubs at school like being junior prime minister for student council. Sports are often a popular way for leadership to be shown. I have demonstrated leadership in sports since a young age. Through figure skating, dance, and horse back riding. I would describe my present...
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...Psychology of Leadership Mr. Bicknell Jonathan Figueroa 8-18-13 Authentic Leadership Story A life experience can tell a lot about a person and can influence others to become a better person. Many people have very sad life experiences, and others have had a great life experience. Each experience tells a life lesson that everybody can benefit from. In this case, my father’s life experience has motivated me to become an even better person. Life experiences from others can impact another person life to become even greater. That is what my father has done. His life experience has made me become an even better person than what I was before. Born and raised in the country side of El Salvador, my father, from the day he could start to walk has been working with his brothers, sisters and father and mother to just barley live on their own. He would start his day off by waking up as soon as you can see and start working until you couldn’t see no more. He has been doing that for 13 years of his life. Every day would be a challenge to him because he would perform different task every day that not your average teenager would do here. Living in the same room with 6 of your brothers, with no bed has truly made my father what he is today. At the age of 18, my father made one of the hardest decisions of his life and that was migrating from El Salvador to the United States of America. He started his journey in the United States by buying a flight from California to Boston and that’s when...
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...seemed to be able to start class on time. As I laid my hung-over head down on my desk hoping that nobody disturbed me, the teacher clapped her hands with excitement and made an awful announcement. “Today we will be doing a group project.” I lifted my head, rolled my eyes and looked around the room for the right people to be in my group. That particular day I needed people that were going to be able to do the work without me. I needed people that were intelligent, motivated, understanding and wanted to do well on this project. Most importantly, I needed people that hadn’t made the bad the decisions that I had the night before. Honestly, I was looking for not just one leader, but a group of leaders. Did this make me less of leader? I do not believe so; I believe it proved me a good leader. I knew I didn’t have the skills necessary at the time to complete the tasks given to me. What does that mean a leader is? What qualities define a good leader? Do leaders arise in different situations? Are you born a leader or taught to be a leader? Once you’ve been a leader are you always a leader? Never, have I thought this much about leadership! After many questions and lots of thought, I’m still not sure that I have a stagnant definition of leadership but this paper is my attempt to analyze and define the term leadership and myself as a leader. Great leaders often have leadership styles that fit into three categories, and they interchange these leadership styles when it makes...
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