...Running head: Effective Leadership Effective Leadership Results in School Improvement Kimberly D. Nash Strayer University June 17, 2013 Effective Leadership for School Improvement "Educational leadership can be madness or it can make a contribution to improve our schools. It can be a frantic effort to fix everything or it can be concentration on a few important items. It can be a futile exercise of power or it can empower individuals to help themselves. In the face of dramatic social change, a troubled sea of governance conflict, and excessive demands being made on schools, it can be said that one who aspires to school leadership must either be mad or a supreme egotist." (Bainbridge & Thomas, 2001) I would add that whether you are either, the goal should be achieving positive results. There is no easy solution to improving schools and school systems, but it has to begin with effective leadership. School leadership plays a key role in improving school outcomes by influencing the motivations and the capacities of teachers, as well as school climate and environment. Effective school leadership is essential to improve the efficiency and equity of schooling. (Pont, 2008) Effective leaders are the ones who are able to share responsibility, build positive relationships and offer teachers, parents and students an opportunity to work together to improve their schools. One of the...
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...Effective Leadership and Management Questions NUR 492 September 23, 2013 Effective Leadership and Management Questions Leadership and our personal views of what a leader is, vary depending on the different experiences and influences that one may have in their life. Throughout my life I have had the opportunity to work with different individuals that have taught me what to do to be a leader and what not to do. Leadership may vary in many ways depending on the individual, but there are certain traits that a leader must posses if they are going to be a good leader. The traits that a leader needs to be successful are, respect, compassion, dignity, good communication skills, embrace a vision, confidence, be morally sound and have the trust of the people who they are leading. What are your personal views of leadership? I think about my personal experience and those that I have had an opportunity to work and learn from. There are many reasons one goes into nursing, and I think about why I choose this profession, it was due to the experience that I had when my niece, was diagnosed with a seizure disorder. The nurses that provided the care were caring and very patience with my sister and me. They took the time to answer the many questions that we had and provided us with support that we needed. But it was the Director of Nursing who really influenced my decision. She was there with the staff, listening, providing direction, and always willing to lend a hand when needed. The...
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...Effective Leadership Juan Maldonado COM 425 Prof. Derek Day 11 Apr 2011 Effective leadership is one key element in the success of a group and virtually anyone can learn to be an effective leader. Leaders are made, not born. In my current career in the Air force I have experienced several different types of leaders. Some were effective while other needed improvement. Not everyone is a leader. In an organization you have several different types of leaders. This will be based on their actions. The several types of leaders are as follows: The telling leader, the selling leader, the participating leader, and the delegating leader. Lets look at the first one the telling leader. The telling leader can be compared to a micro-manager. This leader "tells" what to do and doesn't worry too much about the feelings or relationships within the group. Basically he will tell you how it will be done and that is it. This is appropriate where members are new, inexperienced, lacking in confidence or need a lot of help and direction in order to get the job done. When you have a lot of member s that have no direction at all in the organization. But this leader can also be harmful since he doesn’t care about feelings or feedback. Now to look at the difference between the telling and the selling leader, lets look at the selling leader. The selling leader is different from the telling leader, this leader often needs to "sell" or persuade the group to "buy into" a job...
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...Effective Leadership Adaptive Challenge Every problem in an organizational context represents a gap between the aspirations of the management and the things that happen in practice. If the problem is related to some technical aspects it would be lot easier to solve the issues. However adaptive challenges represent a completely different dimension of organizational issues. They cannot be solved so easily as those of technical nature. The adaptive challenges require more than applying the current expertise. Even applying authoritative decision making or standard operating procedures may not really help mitigating the adaptive challenges. It must be understood that for an adaptive challenge can be found external to the current ways of operating. While it is possible to solve the technical issues by using the current expertise it may not be possible to solve the adaptive challenges in the same way. In the case of Figgie International the adaptive challenge was never identified. There have been resistances from the divisional heads for the changes mooted by the consultants. The resistances were either out of their anxiety to meet the budgeted bottom lines or out of genuine concerns about the change in the production process which ultimately would affect the quality of the output. While there can be no argument on the superiority of technical and adaptive approaches to organizational changes – since both are needed – the strategic principles of leadership are to be applied...
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...Effective Leaders Abstract Leadership is the process of using power and influence to navigate followers to achieve a specific goal. The purpose of this paper is to explain that effective leaders must hone specific traits that are indispensable for managing organizations successfully. This paper explores the techniques, approaches, and practices that make leaders powerful, influential and efficient. Additionally, to help define effective leadership, a case study is analyzed based on personal experience of cooperating with a district supervisor who employs effective leadership strategies. While analyzing the leader’s behavioral patterns and implemented strategies, it should be concluded that her organizational loyalty is extremely strong because the manager has succeeded in controlling the working environment along with current changing management trends. Introduction The leader who served as a model for exemplary leadership was my district manager Janet Poriot at Saks Fifth Ave stores where I started as an intern. Later, I entered in a manager training program and she directly supervised me, acting as an overseer of all trainees. She was a driven, compassionate, motivating, empowering team player that made quick and effective decisions. Furthermore, she had a powerful influence on me and played a key role in structuring my management...
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...Dynamic Leadership MGMT 4623 Leadership Paper April 23, 2014 Effective Leadership Leadership has become more and more important in the workplace now days. Effective leadership is not only for managers to organize their employees, but also a technic that can benefit the whole organization. To be an effective leader, several steps are necessary to follow. Leaders should identify themselves and as well as their followers’ characteristics; they should clearly set objectives and goals for the followers; they should choose the most appropriate approach to motivate their followers; and help their followers to better themselves. A good leader is often a good follower as well. Leaders are following other leaders in higher positions. They need to identify themselves what role they are playing, what outcomes they are expected to achieve, and what outcomes they expect their followers to achieve. It is important for followers to know that they have a successful leader, so that they believe the leader will lead them to success. Leaders do not necessarily gain willing followers, by identifying their followers’ characteristics and providing good dyad between each follower, they highly increase the willingness of the followers. When they recognize that the followers are hard workers and trust worthy, they can assign important works to the followers. As a leader, the ultimate goal is maximize the outcomes of the followers. When leader and followers have a trustful relationship...
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...Effective Leadership in the Workplace First name Last name My University Effective Leadership in the Workplace What is leadership? Leadership or being a leader can be described in many different ways, but overall it means having to capacity to lead. In every business or organization they become effective and remain effective because of their leaders and their ability to inspire and lead. “Leadership has nothing to do with seniority or one’s position in the hierarchy of a company. Too many talk about a company’s leadership referring to the senior most executives in the organization. They are just that, senior executives. Leadership doesn’t automatically happen when you reach a certain pay grade. Hopefully you find it there, but there are no guarantees.”, (Forbes.com, 2013). Overall, being an effective leader and successful manager in the workplace involves many skills such as having a strong commitment to the job, top-notch communication skills and what is not considered by most, a personality. You can start with what is commitment? According to Webster’s dictionary it means: the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support something. Dedication and commitment goes a long way in the workplace. In a mid-term counseling with my Commanding Officer, CDR Jimmy Neutron, he stated, “that the main reason I stand out and I am a successful leader is because I am committed to getting the job done, I am one of the first ones to show up and usually one of the last ones to...
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...An effective leader can be described as one who has the ability to inspire, influence and motivate people to achieve constructive change (Pierce & Newstrom 2008). Zand (cited in DuBrin, Dalglish & Miller 2006) further suggests that knowledge, power and trust are the three forces that contribute most to effective leadership. In assessing Gerry Harvey’s effectiveness as a leader, we have critically analysed his strengths and weaknesses in each of these areas by examining his leadership style, traits, characteristics and behaviours. Background Gerry Harvey is Chairman of the Harvey Norman retail chain and one of Australia’s most well known entrepreneurs (Retail Times 2007). He has been listed in the top 25 ‘true leaders’ by AFR Boss Magazine and described as “a charismatic, no nonsense, interesting personality who has made an outstanding contribution” (DuBrin, Dalglish & Miller 2006, p. 247) to both the retail industry and the community. Harvey popularised the consumer credit concept which enabled customers to walk out of his stores on the day with their goods and no huge financial commitment (Retail Times 2007). He was also one of the first retailers in Australia to predict and tap into the home computer retail market boom and to adopt a retail franchise model which provided start-up support to franchisees (Retail Times 2007). Evidence of Leadership Harvey’s leadership is evidenced throughout his lengthy and successful business career, but is also seen in his highly...
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...Effective Leadership Smith COMM 425 Dr. Regine Nazaire 25 November 2010 Effective Leadership Everyone wants to be a leader, for the power, influence and respect. What makes an effective leader, how does an effective leader change the mind set of not only their employees, but their peers? In this paper I will discuss on how an effective leader, the influence of change, from one or a group of individuals, with strategic planning, communication of new policies, with a clear objective’s that will lead a company into the level of growth and sustainability. What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? This is done through organized training, communication, observation, and self development. Leadership is built on having a vision, strong values, and purpose, which is focus. Leaders take initiative to get things done, and to do the right thing (Zalabak, 2009). They do not wait on someone to tell them to do something; they take responsibility for there choices. Leaders are passionate and committed to a purpose or a goal. Leaders motivate their teams, through strong coaching and continue development. And finally a great leader inspires, building a strong team. An effective leader supports the relationship between a person who wants to learn, to develop his/her knowledge and who chooses to be helped and a coach who can provide the support for his/her development, CFC Consulting Group, (2003) In today changing environment, utilizing idea’s of those around you...
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...Leadership Portfolio of an Effective Leader: Assignment 1 Emily Flinn B00624985 HSCE 4030 Dalhousie University Professor: Suzanne L. Kennedy November 2, 2015 Leadership is often defined as inspiring confidence and support towards individuals to achieve goals (DuBrin, 2015). Leadership skills are essential for health care providers. Some things I would like get from this course is confidence, trustworthiness, inspire motivation and improve decision-making ability. Having more effective leadership skills will assist me in my workplace. As a future health professional, having effective leadership skills is an important asset. Leadership is important in Recreational Therapy because certified Therapeutic Recreational specialists (CTRS)...
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...Leadership Okechukwu Ekedebe Liberty University Abstract This work deals with leadership, the absence of leadership and how it affects both the business and the employee generally. Examples were given from the pattern of leadership between two managers in a contracting firm, the first one has no regard whatsoever for ethics and the other one has high ethics. It also looked at the working relationship between employees and a manager that can be trusted and how it affects both employee motivation and the productivity of the organization. Problem As a student, I had the opportunity to work with two different contracting firms. The norm for most contracting firms is to pay employees their basic salary and encourage them to go out and hustle for contracts. Each contract gotten means that the employee that got the contract will apart from receiving basic salary, he/she will also get 10% of the profit from the contract. A typical working day environment with my first manager consist of people shouting and calling each other unprintable names, police officers paying us visits and numerous court summons, all of these are from people who he had deals with and could not keep to the terms. He ate people’s money and was known as a man with little integrity. Instead of his workers bringing jobs to him, they rather give it to someone else and just sit in the office and receive basic salary, I watched this firm crumble. My second experience was with a manager who...
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...Effective Leadership Practices Project – Leona Helmsley Introduction The leader I selected is Leona Helmsley. The success of the Helmsley name and ultimate development of their family fortune has often been attributed to Helmsley’s leadership and influence. Though her reputation as a highly successful hotelier and real estate mogul precedes her she was also a very complex woman and, frankly, not very well liked. I chose Mrs. Helmsley because her because I was intrigued by her ability to maintain her complexity while continuing to garner success. The Helmsley Definition of Leadership I didn’t find any direct quotes from Mrs. Helmsley about her definition of leadership, but based upon what various reports have stated regarding how she treated her employees I gathered that Mrs. Helmsley ascribed to the Autocratic leadership style. Dr. Don Warrick (1981) from the University of Colorado describes the Autocratic Leader as one who has a, High emphasis on performance and a low emphasis on people. (They) Assume that people are lazy, irresponsible, and untrustworthy and that planning, organizing, controlling, and decision-making should be accomplished by the leader with minimal employee involvement. (They) Rely on authority, control, power, manipulation and hard work to get the job done. (pg. 158) One account given said she was a “nit-picking perfectionist who would throw a fit if an ashtray was missing, or a doorknob wasn’t polished or some item was missing in a bathroom...
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...EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP KEYS An effective leader knows that through an understanding of situations and followers, their results are achieved based on their approach. The leader expects to create the direction, alignment, and commitment that will enable them to work together to achieve organizational success. It is getting more difficult to make this happen. The basic solution that leader can do is developing relationships with others to create a sense of responsibility. Connecting to individuals, navigating a goal through the complexities in an organization, and making sense of challenges can benefit others when leading is overcome by the unpredictable difficulties of the organization. In this approach to leadership, the major goal is to no face complex organizational problems alone and to work at defining problems. Also emotional intelligence is important for leaders and followership. Leaders must always be aware of values, norms, and what is right and what is wrong. This involves emotional intelligence. Emotionally intelligent leaders are able to effectively lead others by relating ideas and using the most appropriate solutions through an emotionally comprehensible perspective. MOTOROLA AND MALCOLM BALDRIGE AWARD Motorola has had great success in the past years due to its Razr cell phone sales. They also have won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1988 for its advancements based on Shainin Methods. Now that many people have cell phones and many people...
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...Ability to Delegate Finessing your brand vision is essential to creating an organized and efficient business, but if you don’t learn to trust your team with that vision, you might never progress to the next stage. Its important to remember that trusting your team with your idea is a sign of strength, not weakness. Delegating tasks to the appropriate departments is one of the most important skills you can develop as your business grows. The emails and tasks will begin to pile up, and the more you stretch yourself thin, the lower the quality of your work will become, and the less you will produce. The key to delegation is identifying the strengths of your team, and capitalizing on them. Find out what each team member enjoys doing most. Chances are if they find that task more enjoyable, they will likely put more thought and effort behind it. This will not only prove to your team that you trust and believe in them, but will also free up your time to focus on the higher level tasks, that should not be delegated. It’s a fine balance, but one that will have a huge impact on the productivity of your business. Communication Knowing what you want accomplished may seem clear in your head, but if you try to explain it to someone else and are met with a blank expression, you know there is a problem. If this has been your experience, then you may want to focus on honing your communication skills. Being able to clearly and succinctly describe what you want done is extremely important. If...
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...There were several key insights from this week’s reading being an effective ethical leader and values of work: The first key insight was about being an effective ethical leader. Being an effective leader is using skills learned and acquired to motive and engage employees. Leadership is a combination of personal characteristics, attributes, and traits that sets the tone on how business is conducted and having others follow suit. Listening to others, being open to feedback, and being open to new ideas, and developing leadership skills is a start to becoming an effective leader. However, being a good an effective leader doesn’t always mean that the leader is an ethical leader. Ethical leaders demonstrate traits of integrity, honesty and trustworthiness, but they also demonstrate these traits when making decisions for a corporation. Leaders of the organization are to set the example, and use ethical principles as guidelines to the decision making process. As DesJardins mentions in his book, An Introduction to Business Ethics, “One key difference lies with the means used to motivate others and achieve one’s goals.” (DesJardins, 2011) Motivating employees by empowering them to be creative and successful is an ethical mean of becoming an ethical and effective leader. An effective ethical leader is one who possesses the qualities of both transformational and transitional leadership styles. One who involves exchanges that are necessary for achieving routine performance and...
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