...have flown by so quickly, but I have been able to learn so much about leadership and the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. Looking back to week one and reflecting on the leadership definition that I created, “Leadership is when anyone, anywhere, is willing to step up and go into the unknown. A leader takes on change, builds relationships, motivates, inspires, and will be a role model, such as how to behave”, I still agree, but my definition has been modified based on all the concepts and strategies I have mastered throughout this course. I still believe that it is super hard to simply define what leadership is, especially since it can mean a lot of different things to different people, but here is my modified version....
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...Sasha Watson Examples of Exemplary Leadership I have not plagiarized on any aspect of this assignment. INTRODUCTION Leadership serves as the process to influence. A true leader is not just there to lead a company, they must also have a purpose, and every organization thrives under the guidance of a strong leader. This involvement is usually accomplished by organizing a group of individuals to achieve a mutual goal. Strong leaders establish principles concerning the way each constituent should be treated and assess the way goals are executed. In addition, strong leaders take chances, understand risks and ultimately defeat unforeseen challenges likely to exist in this competitive market. For the purpose of this paper, it is essential to understand the term “exemplary leadership”. Exemplary leaders are visionaries in their own way; they look for innovative ways to improve the organization by creating bold and creative changes so they can harvest continued growth and success internally. Consequently, though leaders are unable to predict the future they do prepare diligently utilizing performance tools and emulating the core behavioral strategies to conquer their competition and thrive when least anticipated. The selected reading, Great by Choice (2011), written by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen helps strengthen the realization of true exemplary leadership. For the research analysis, the authors studied major companies that achieved remarkable results over a 15 year span...
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...Followership Styles Kelley proposes critical attributes that recognize exemplary and incapable followers. One of the traits is that followers focus on objectives within a large framework and decide on the role to perform at a specific time to expedite the accomplishment of organizational goals. An adherents' demonstration of commitment and duty to the organization beyond the individual level, separates them from ineffective followers. Additionally, compelling followers exhibits a desire to attain greater degrees of competency and regulate their endeavors to this that results in positive recognition from leaders. Another distinction between effective and ineffective followers is that the latter exhibit courage, honesty, enthusiasm, intelligence, and self-reliance. This is dissimilar to ineffective followers who withhold information, whereas effective followers contribute and share opinions, which is an advantage to the organization especially if certain issues are not covered. Overall, exemplary followers share all of the qualities of effective and successful leaders. Kelly’s concept of servant followership is regarded as an important contribution to organization behavior literature. This is due to his theory that “servant followership is more important than leadership” because the majority of people spend most of their time in subordinate roles rather than leadership positions. Kelly utilizers the term ‘exemplary’ to describe the ideal servant follower and according to him, there...
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...Management & Education Services Chicago, Ill For most of my career, I've been in leadership positions. Only 6 months after beginning my nursing career I was “promoted” to assistant head nurse, night shift. At the time, I was naïve enough to think it was my innate skill and ability, when the reality was more likely the fact that no one else wanted the job. I continued to serve in leadership or managerial positions when I became a nurse-midwife. Several years ago, after many years serving as a director of various nurse-midwifery services, I had the disconcerting but ultimately rewarding revelation that I was not a very good boss. Sure, I was good at negotiating the budget, and getting the midwives decent working conditions, but I was autocratic and aggressive, not very desirable characteristics of a leader. I decided to shift into teaching, something I enjoyed and did not require that I be “in charge” of anyone but myself. To keep clinically active, I took a per diem position as a nurse-midwife at a local hospital. It is a position which I still hold today and one that gives me great pleasure. And it is in part because my current boss is such a skilled leader, a leader that I am proud to follow, that I became interested in the concept of followership. | | It seems that a lot gets written about leadership in both business and healthcare. And, certainly we can all agree that leadership is critical to successful teamwork. In fact, teamwork seems to be the topic du jour...
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...Nurse Leader? Leadership Challenges in Building Healthcare Organizations The Business Review, Cambridge 6. 2 (Dec 2006): 296-297. Critical Summary of the editorial Authors Michael William and Jenn Gordan’s article about nurse leadership challenges in building healthcare organizations speak about nursing leadership as more an art than a science. They speak about building a healthcare organization, and how it requires well-honed leadership knowledge, competencies, and skills to develop and enable a successful and sustainable healthcare organization. There are many times in healthcare organizations where the support staff is not concerned or interested in growing the healthcare organization. A leader’s professional dream may be inhibited by the uncommitted support staff that is uninterested or unengaged. The authors speak about the 5 exemplary practices of leader ship as presented by James Kouzes and Barry Posner in their seminal work The Leadership Challenge is about how leaders get extraordinary things done in organizations. The study asks the question; how can nurse managers address and minimize the potentially harmful effects of limited staff interest in the growing healthcare industry? The authors indicate the solution is to simply; implement proven, research-based leadership practices that can stimulate staff interest, excitement, and commitment in building a sustainable healthcare organization. The 5 Exemplary Practices of...
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...vision that he shares with most of his team, and he is both self- and socially-aware. Keller follows three of the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. On the other end, he also has a tendency to over-control. The positives of Keller’s leadership outweigh the negatives. Keller uses the affiliative and pacesetting leadership styles frequently. He is an obvious people-person so the affiliative method is a natural one for him. Keller prefers to build relationships with everyone—employees and distributors alike. He also requests that his employees do the same in building relationships. Keller is also very goal-oriented so he behaves with a sense of urgency and demands accuracy, setting the pace for the rest of his team. He urges everyone to have good relationships with customers and distributors, and pushes for higher market share and profitability as a result. But, according to Goleman, pacesetting is a negative form of leadership because it takes less consideration of people and relationships, and focuses more on results. Leadership, in definition, is about leading people, focusing on people. Even though pacesetting has a slightly negative effect on the climate, the affiliative style Keller usually takes helps to balance it out and the overall climate is more positive because of Keller’s leadership. Of the Five Practice of Exemplary Leadership, Keller engages in three. He Models the Way and Inspires a Shared Vision by taking on tasks when no one else will and by having close...
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...Abstract The purpose of this discussion and analysis is to examine the aspects of exemplary leadership using the key points addressed by Colquitt, Lepine, and Wesson (2011) in Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace. The focus of the analysis is that of a candidate and a campaign manager on their political endeavors to win an election. Strategies such as legitimate power, ethical leadership, consultative decision-making, and transformational leadership will all be examined to provide further insight into how effective leadership can positively influence job performance and commitment. The result of the findings will prove that the methods and styles used are the most efficient for someone in this type of leadership position. Required Individual Analytical Report Introduction This analytical paper discusses an example of exemplary leadership used in a political setting. The use of legitimate power was the driving force for leadership and helped overcome contingency factors such as substitutability, centrality, and visibility. Rational persuasion was used to drive point’s home and positively influence individuals while ethical leadership gained the trust and respect of supporters. This example of transformational leadership will be analyzed and reflected upon to provide insight into the most effective form of leadership. Context The leadership example used analyzes the strategies and techniques of a campaign manager and local Sheriff...
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...mastering my leadership skills in business world either as a team member or a leader. I have realized that business is not all about making money, but I have known clear yet how I should function in business and what tools I need to deal with it. Therefore, I believe this course can be a tool to help me sharpening my skills and visions in business world. I have learned slightly the leadership concept based on my working experience in banking industry for five years. As an institution engaged in the trust, my company really put forward the human ability rather than skill ability. Human factors either managers or subordinates determine the success of the company. Everyone in the company needs to know the personality of superiors, subordinates or co-workers and how to deal with them effectively. For example, if a manager has to deal with an employee who has low competency, he should give a clear instruction to this employee. This subordinate needs detailed guidance and strict supervision. Conversely, if the subordinate has a high competency and enough confidence in performing his duty, the manager may delegate the task with a brief direction on the goal achieved. According to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership article, the author introduces the five practices of exemplary leadership which are model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act and encourage the heart. He also shares stories about some leaders that demonstrate exemplary leadership...
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...Management and Leadership Topic: Research Paper 3 on CVS CAREMARK CVS Caremark is a company which considers helping mankind on their way to have better health. Their leaders have undertaken such operations which are environmental friendly, carbon reducing goals, engaging colleagues, customers and other stakeholders. Their leaders have been able to strategies in such a manner that they have been able to create a combination of health care services that provide great solutions from planning a pharmacy design to vital delivery of products and services to their customers. As they have a very good leader (CEO) Merlo Paints they have developed such capabilities that includes industry which are leaders in clinical and health managing programs, speciality in pharmacy expertise, excellent customer services and leaders in retail clinics. Leader’s behaviour is influenced by the internal and external constraints which interact with each other and with the leader’s personality and skills. Sometimes severe situations also arise when the leaders are only a figurehead who is unable to implement any strategy or policies to make changes. Internal constraints are those in which CEO’s discretion is influenced by the factors which are internal to the organizations, whereas external constraints are those which includes the organizations primary product and services and the type of market in which the firm operates. The CEO of CVS Caremark takes initiatives in the political processes which...
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...Approaches to Leadership 1. Which conceptualization of leadership most appeals to you? Which one least appeals to you? Why? Give examples. The Group Process of leadership appeals to me the most because it focuses on the leadership role in a group. Also, it emphases on how a leader contributes to a group’s success. For example, in the Group Process, it shows how a leader’s work is organized to utilize personnel and resources, how committed members are to perform their work assignments effectively, how confident members are that their assignments can be accomplished successfully and the extent to which members trust each other and cooperate in accomplishing assignment goals. Even though I like the Dyadic Process, which focuses on the relationship between a leader and another individual, the Group Process highlights other good quality behaviors in a leader. The Intra-Individual Process appeals to me the least because it focuses on the process within a single person. It does not include one essential qualities of a leader, which is guiding/teaching others such as subordinates, peers and external clients. This process involves a leader identifying their own behavior, managing their time efficiently, objectives and priority, and trying to learn to be more effective in accomplishing personal objectives/goals. 2. What sort of leadership (choose one: authoritarian, democratic, laissez-faire) do you prefer as a group member and why? I prefer Democratic Leadership as a group...
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...1. From The Leadership Challenge, Chapter 1, two leaders were profiled - Dick and Claire. Using the actions of either of these two leaders, provide an example that illustrates each of the 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership. Here is a list of the five practices of exemplary leadership that I found after researching these topics on the Internet: * Model the way- Claire treats her employees with respect and models the way that employees should treat each other * Inspire a shared vision- Claire wants to create a business with people she trusts and shares the same vision with. * Challenge the process- Dick challenges everyone to make new vision into a reality * Enable others to act- Dick sets aside 3 days to listen to people and encourage them to achieve goals. * Encourage the heart- Dick believes that everyone wants to win and encourages employees 2. Make a list of the values, personal traits, or characteristics you look for and admire in a leader. You might use the following list of examples or create your own. Note that the following list represents a summary/categorization of hundreds of different values, traits and characteristics identified from surveys asking people to respond to this open-ended question. Identify 7 qualities that you most look for and admire in a leader, someone whose direction you would willingly follow. The key word is willingly. What do you expect from a leader that you would follow, not because you have to, but because...
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...Richard Branson Strayer University Bus 520 Professor Frankenhauser Leadership is defined as the process of influencing an organized group towards accomplishing its goals. We have learned that the leader is not exclusive in the leadership process. Researchers Fred Fiedler and Hollander recognized this and introduced the importance of the follower and the situation in the leadership process. Richard Branson is considered one of the most unorthodox business men of the 21st century. At the helm at the mega firm Virgin Group LTD, Branson has defied conventional management and leadership wisdom. Through all his accomplishments, Branson’s amazing leadership skills cannot be mentioned in a vacuum. There is an interactional relationship between a leader, his or her followers and the situations in which they interact. This paper will analyze Branson as a leader. However, because his leadership success is not mutually exclusive, his followers and the important situations that define his career will be addressed. Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is the son of a lawyer named Edward Branson and an airline flight attendant named Eve Huntley-Flindt; born on July 18, 1950, in Surrey, England. At an early age he strived for more and this was due to “his parent’s upbringing, which taught him to stand on his own two feet.” His parents took extreme measures to encourage their children’s independence. At four years old Richard’s mother pushed him out of the car and told Richard to find his...
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...What is leadership? Leadership is having the ability to give guidance to those that will follow to complete the mission. Leadership is both rational and emotional. It involves both sides of human experience. It includes actions and influences based on reason and logic as well those based on inspiration and passion. Leadership is a social process shared among all members of a group. Leadership development comes through experience. We all learn from our different experiences. Whether positive or negative, they are our tools for growth and development. What is management? Management is a position of authority. Management says what need to get done and supplies the material to get it done. Management tends to be the more educated than the experienced. Managers can be trained to hold a position. Management is a position of leadership. Can leadership and management be the same? Leadership and management are not the same. Anyone can be a manager and not have any followers. Being able to manage is knowing the aspects of a mission. A leader knows the aspects, has the knowledge and the skills to accomplish the mission. But leadership and management work hand in hand with each other. The management sets the stage and the leadership makes it happen. Leadership is a human relationship process. No scientific method can be used for testing leadership. Leadership is based on human factors and no two humans are the same. Managers are not only interested in status quo, but also production, expansion...
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...GH 60620 LEADERSHIP: THEORY, DISCOVERY & APPLICATION Spring 2016, University of Notre Dame, Eck Institute for Global Health Master of Science in Global Health “Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.” - John Kotter INSTRUCTOR Heidi Beidinger-Burnett, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Eck Institute for Global Health Office: 120 Brownson Hall Phone: 574.631.7636 Email: hbeiding@nd.edu CLASS TIME Fridays 10:30am – 12:00pm OFFICE HOURS Fridays 12:00pm – 1:00pm (after class) and by appointment COURSE STATUS Required, 1 credit, for Master of Science in Global Health REQUIRED TEXTS Komives, S. R., Lucas, N., & McMahon, T. R. (2013). Exploring leadership: For college students who want to make a difference. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. COURSE DESCRIPTION Leadership is the ability to create and communicate a shared vision for a changing future; champion solutions to organizational and community challenges; and energize commitment to goals. The purpose of this course is to support and encourage your development as a global health leader who is focused on the common good and purposeful change. We will explore and study the Relational...
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...The New Thinking on Followership and Leadership Philosophy The New Thinking on Followership and Leadership Philosophy Is good followership more important than good leadership? Followership is defined as the ability or willingness to follow a leader. Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes. Effective followers can develop productive leader behavior just as effective leaders shape people into good followers. The new thinking on followership and leadership philosophy is very important In my opinion, good followers are just as important as the leader. According to Daft, “without followers, there are no leaders.” (Daft, 2010, pg. 196) People are followers more often than leaders, and effective leaders and followers share similar characteristics. An effective follower is both independent and active in the organization. To be an effective follower, one must not be alienated, conforming, passive, or pragmatic. Most people think of followers as ‘yes-men’ but this is far from the truth. A good leader would not be considered a good or effective leader if his or her followers always agreed with whatever the leader said. Roger Adair states, “A follower shares in an influence relationship among leaders and other followers with the intent to support leaders who reflect their mutual purpose.” There are five levels of rationale that followers...
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