...week Global Leadership program at Ashridge, the focus was to introduce to us different aspects of leadership and make us aware of various ideas and theories that can help develop our leadership skills. The focus areas were: Personal, Team, Global Leadership and Strategy. PERSONAL It is important for leaders to understand themselves first. And then they need to consciously try to mold or control their nature in order to develop the desired leadership qualities. The various aspects of personal nature explained were: Awareness, effectiveness, impact and resilience and how we can handle impact on ourselves when facing change. Personal Awareness: Through the various models discussed under personal awareness, the main learning points were: a) The OK Corrall: OK/Not OK with self and others. It tells us what our basic life positions are with reference to ourselves and others. b) Ego states: Tells us about the 3 ego states that we have - Parent, Child, and Adult. Through the TA questionnaire, I came to know about how prominent the 3 states are in my behavior. It was also discussed when it is important to keep the Adult in the executive and when it is okay to let Parent or child to influence your behavior. c) Driver test: Through this test, I came to know about my primary driver which is to be perfect. I also understood that all drivers are bad and how I can manage my driver. d) Emotional Intelligence: What Emotional Intelligence is and why it is important as a differentiating...
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...HRE 3723 LEADER PROFILE PAPER Questions and Template Please make sure that you read the instructions in the syllabus carefully. Introduction: 1. Who did you choose to interview and why did you choose him/her? Chapter 1 – The Nature and Importance of Leadership 1. Why is leadership important in your (organization, community, team, etc.)? 2. Why do you think it is important for students such as myself to learn to lead? 3. One of the things we study is the many roles that leaders play in their organizations, communities, teams, etc. Could you give me an example of when you have been a: a. Figurehead b. Spokesperson c. Negotiator d. Coach and motivator e. Team builder f. Team player g. Technical problem solver h. Entrepreneur i. Strategic planner (note to student: If the leader can’t think of an example to some of these then simply tell us that in the paper) 4. What are the greatest satisfactions you get from being a leader? 5. What are the greatest frustrations you experience as a leader? Chapter 2 – Traits, Motives and Characteristics of Leaders (Tell Leader the definition of a trait) First, let me define what a trait is. A trait is some aspect of ourselves that is innate and part of our personality as opposed to a skill which can be developed through learning coaching. For example, being extraverted is a trait. Note: Take your book along so you can show them the traits...
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...Leadership Style Page Collins LDR/531 April 7, 2014 Professor Donald Frey Leadership Style “Leadership is less about your needs, and more about the needs of the people and the organization you are leading,” (The Wall Street Journal, 2014, para.1). This is why it is important to understand one’s own leadership style to be successful. In the following research the author will talk about the leadership style, and ideas and plans to improve based on an admired leader and the work that is performed with my mentor. Style/Characteristics Charismatic leadership style is what I would like to evolve into over my history of growing and becoming a seasoned leader. This style is characterized as, “the leader uses charm to get the admiration of their followers. They show concern for their people and they look after their people's needs. They create a comfortable and friendly atmosphere for their followers by listening to them and making them feel that they have a voice in the decision making,” (Dems, 2011, para.3). Mary Kay Ash is defined as a charismatic leader and I have admired her for years. She started with a vision, and her son to run a company that evidently cares about the health of men and women for the last 50 years. She has a lot to admire and one thing that has always kept me interested is her ability to bring so many people together and continue to inspire them although she has passed on. She was and is still amazing. Mary Kay has built a company based on the needs...
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...Over the past five weeks, learning about leadership in a diverse society has given me clarity of the tools I need to become a more effective leader. In the short few weeks we focused on self-assessing leadership theories, management, time management, personality traits, conflict handling style, and emotional intelligence according to my type of leadership. Self-assessing each of these components has given me the proper tools to improve my leadership and I am intrigued about what I found out about myself on this journey to enhance my leadership skills. Discovering the tools needed from a combination of leadership theories management, time management, understanding my personality traits, understanding conflict handling styles, the importance of the emotional intelligence, using the instructor’s recommendations, and understanding the role of nurse informatics and its technology in healthcare has helped me better understand my leaderships strengths and how to repair my weaknesses. I have learned many different things about leadership, management, and time management. According to a 2014 article by MSc Nizar Said defines time management as, “The ability of a person to use the time function to accomplish the tasks in the exact timing” (Said, 2014). It is important to acquire effective time management skills to use time efficiently. This same article states, “Time management is recognized as an important component of work performance and professional nursing practice, as well as help...
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...exposed to the concepts of leadership and the qualities that will make or break good organizational leaders. Moreover the ability to understand a person’s personality trait and how we can use to our advantage was also an important part of this course. To showcase my understanding of the subjects learned so far, I will review all the chapters done one by one and share my findings. We will start with our textbook by Lussier & Achua. Chapter 1: Who is a leader? According to Lussier and Achua (2014), in this chapter we try to understand what leadership is about, the three levels of leadership analysis, and four major leadership paradigms. In this chapter we studied why leadership is important and how companies like GE and Domino’s enhance their employees’ leadership skills set and become leaders in their industry. According to George (2015), gone are the days when managers could ensure success by relying on their knowledge of local markets, operating skills, technical understanding, and financial acumen. Today they must be skilled in aligning their multicultural organizations around the company’s mission and values. Hence this chapter helps an individual to understand the different types of leaders and their quality, and when to use them based on the situation. In this chapter we learned about the five key elements about leadership such as leader-follower, influencing, organizational objectives, change, and people. Understanding these concepts allowed me to enhance my understanding...
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...Running Head: RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE Relational Leadership Style Tamika N. Dunn HCS 475: Leadership and Performance Development Mrs. Shannon Deacon February 14th, 2011 Leadership and motivation styles vary from person to person, that is why it is essential for managers to know and understand their leadership style and how their particular leadership affects their workplace. Leadership is influenced by many things that is why it is so important to know how and why your leadership style is what it is. There are many contributors that come into play when a leadership style is developed within a person. I have been taking a hard look at my own leadership style and what I can do to improve myself to better serve both my co-workers and subordinates. I have decided to speak on my managers leadership skills and how they fit perfectly with the staff and our line of work. I choose to speak on how my manager leads our department and how successful she is at dealing with the things that leaders deal with, some on a normal basis and other that may happen suddenly. The leadership style that I chose for her was the Relational Leadership. I chose this leadership because this style deals with the health care industry very strongly and these skills fit her entirely. The Relational leadership acknowledges the need for more flexible systems in health care that empowers all that are within hands reach such as nursing staff, patients and their...
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...Management and Leadership Paper Kayla Burton April 28th, 2014 MTG/230 Dana Parsons “It’s not just the creation of results that makes good leadership. Good leaders are able to deliberately create challenging results by enlisting the help of others” (SIYLI). We deal with the concept of leadership in our ever day lives whether it comes to our families, jobs, school, even social groups. We also have all dealt with a leader that shouldn’t have been put in charge and that’s why it’s important to acknowledge what it takes to be a good leader. Leadership is a complicated and all-encompassing task. There are several qualities that are the backbone of being a successful leader. Honesty When you are in a leadership position people are looking to you for example. The example you set is the one they will follow and that is why it’s important to make honest and ethical behavior a value in your business. Communication Leaders will have to delegate specific tasks, let people know of goals, keep their employees accountable and so communication is a must just like it is in any successful relationship. Communicating to your employees the when, what, why and how of tasks is going to minimize guessing and mistakes and allow your employees to feel secure in their decisions. Sense of Humor Not every day in business is going to be the best and most successful day and when the time comes that you lose a big deal or funds are tight it’s important to keep those stresses to yourself and...
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...marching band my life has changed a lot. From the day I applied for leadership last year in June of 2014 has had a great impact on my personality and better things I learned from being a section leader of the Mayfair High School Monsoon Marching Corps. I have learned many skills that has helped me accomplish this besides being in the marching band that it is useful to do other skills that I have learned that can help me in my future as an adult. From being a section leader of the marching band, certain skills have helped me not only from teaching music, marching, or anything related with instrumental and music skills. Being a section leader has helped me motivate myself and others to learn from the...
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...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 his ideal leadership behaviors and the theory that best described his behaviors, along with the guidelines for leadership that it provided me. Traits The specific traits that he possessed were motivational...
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...this setting I will still get to make sure the last months, days, and hours of my clients will be comfortable, peaceful and the way the patient and their families would like it to be. Leadership is as “an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes” defined by Daft, R. L. (2011). Ethical leadership is to understand your core values and to have the courage to encompass them in all aspects of your life; including your career are honesty, integrity and compassion. Leadership and motivation styles vary from person to person, that is why it is essential for managers to know and understand their leadership style and how their particular leadership affects their workplace. Leadership is influenced by many things that are why it is so important to know how and why your leadership style is what it is. I feel that I have some strength that can help me with a leadership plan such as identify effective leadership mission, values, planning and goal-setting, delegating authority, team building, giving feedback, coaching team members, motivating people, working for the team, and resolving conflict. There are many contributors that come into play when a leadership style is developed within a person. In creating my personal leadership development plan, I will first provide an...
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...For me, leadership is not about being the person with the best abilities. Rather, leadership involves the ability to pass on one’s knowledge to others and encourage others to do their best. I am acknowledged not only for my independent successes but also for my ability to work with other students and be a leader in the classroom environment. I often finish my work quickly, which presents me with plentiful opportunity to assist other students with their own assignments. Peers are often more approachable than a teacher, so it is extremely important that I work to provide an additional way for my classmates to find understanding in class content. For example, in my AP Computer Science class last year, I would roll around to my friends every day...
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...not just for their academic prowess, but also for their all around abilities.The five pillars of NJHS make up my character and the person I aspire to be in the future. They are service, leadership, citizenship, character, and scholarship. These five pillars are also why I would like to be a member of NJHS. This prestigious program would allow all five of these skills be heightened to their full potential. This is why membership in NJHS means so much to me. Being a part of NJHS means I can make an impact in my community. Growing up in Bowie and living here my whole life, I have seen things that could be changed for the better. Such as trash laying in my local park and homeless people with no food or shelter.I would love to hold food drives, give back to the people who don't have as much as everyone else and pick up trash so anything nature has created won't be harmed. When people are laying down on their couches, there are people in need and things to be done. I want to be the person to get up and help. That is what NJHS would help me do....
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...Today two of the most important aspects in the workplace are leadership and management. However, one is more important than the other. In the following paper I will be describing why leadership is more important and productive than management by comparing leadership to management. I will be doing this by describing skills required to be a leader along with characteristic traits of a leader. Many people do not understand the differences between the two. Finally, I will be describing why leaders are so important in the workplace by recounting the crucial role that leaders play in making their organizations successful. Leadership is the process of influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals. Management is getting work done through others. The primary difference between leaders and managers is that leaders are concerned with doing the right thing, while managers are concerned with doing things right. Although businesses do need both leaders and managers, primarily most businesses are over managed and underled. Great managers are experts at taking their current organization and optimizing them to accomplish their goals and get their jobs done. They focus on the here and now not the potential of what the future can bring. I once had a manager say to me, "Don't tell me what you can do for me by next year tell me what you can do for me now. He clearly wanted results in the here and now, which is what most managers want, however, that is not enough. Great organizations...
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...leadership skills are: * Describe a time when you had to lead a group to achieve an objective. * Describe a work based situation where you had to lead by example to achieve an objective. * Describe a situation where you inspired others to meet a common goal. * How do you motivate team members to do something they decide they do not want to do? Examples of decision making competency based questions are: * What is the toughest decision you have ever made? Why was this so difficult? * How do you come to conclusions? * Tell me about a decision you have made that has affected other people. * Do you find decisions difficult? * Give me an example of a bad decision you have made. Why was this a bad decision? * Describe a time when you had to lead a group to achieve an objective. * Describe a work based situation where you had to lead by example to achieve an objective. * Describe a situation where you inspired others to meet a common goal. * How do you motivate team members to do something they decide they do not want to do? Problem solving * How do you solve problems? * Give me an example of a problem you have faced in the past, either as part of a team or as an individual. How did you solve the problem? * What do you do when you can't solve a problem? * RClose Open WikiJob * Jobs * Study * Reasoning Tests * ------------------------------------------------- Psychometric Tests ...
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...Evaluate Yourself and Be a Better Leader Why do people behave the way they do? I have asked myself this question over and over in the past without coming up with a definite answer, until I read this powerful article, “Why People Behave the Way they Do” by James G. Clawson. The article builds a set of relationships among perceptions, beliefs, conclusions, defense mechanisms, and behavior. Based on James Clawson’s concept of “three level leadership” the leader must first understand their own behavior and the underlying reason for it in order to maximize their leadership potential. The next step for me is to proceed with self-evaluation which is defined as the process by which the self‐concept is modified and socially negotiated. There are four different motives to do self‐evaluation and those four motives are self enhancement, self-assessment, self-improvement and self-verification. Some examples of self-assessment methods and techniques include Leadership Steps Assessment (LSA), Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MTBI) and etc. Some of these methods help to compare the own self-image with people’s view of oneself. Based on my Myers-Briggs Type Indicator I am an ISTJ indicating that I am organized, compulsive, private, trustworthy, and practical. Possible career as office manager, accountant, business manager, tax agent, public servant. Looking at my possible careers, accountant is the one I have chosen as a career and it’s interesting to see based on my answers my personality is a...
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