...PERSONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE 2 Who am I now as a leader? The conclusion that I have come to is that I have many leadership styles. I love this quote, “The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference.” (Source Unknown, www.quotelady.com/subjects/leadership.html). I have embraced this quote as the way I would like others to view me as a leader. One of the strongest points I have is my heart for serving others. Robert Greenleaf, in his essay, The Servant Leader (1970), says, "It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant--first to make sure that other people's highest priority needs are being served." Servant leadership means sincerely caring about the welfare and development of the people that follow them. I would not be in the Human Service profession if I was not a Servant Leader. This is one of God’s gifts that He has bestowed upon me. I try to make it always about the other person and try to help them reach their goals and be successful. People who are successful as leaders know where they are going and they have a clearly defined objective that they have a passion to achieve. I feel that God has given me the objective and I will and am doing everything in my power to achieve the end goal. Leadership is not something you can demand,...
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...Personal Leadership Style (AS IS) Introduction Everyone wants to be a good leader in life. This paper reflects my personal thoughts on my leadership. Completing the questions under the nine components of Campbell’s leadership descriptor has helped me to understand what a good leader is. I will talk about how my experiences in different societal settings has helped in shaping my views on what a good leader is and how a good leader needs to understand the diverse nature of individuals in the world. According to King, Altman & Lee (2011), knowledge on leadership helps an individual find his/her way out of drift, or even avoid it altogether. Understanding my leadership profile has helped me work from a place of strength as well as understand gaps in my set of skills (King, Altman & Lee 2011). It was not until I Completed the leadership profile section in chapter five of the “discovering the leader in you” workbook that I was able to improve my self-awareness, understand my strengths and areas that I needed to work on. Living and working in Nigeria where there is a lot of power distance and required acts of respect to elders (bosses, older people in ages and ranks), I learned to only deal with people with a high level of respect and fear. Respect in the sense that, you could not look at your elders or bosses in the eye, must always refer to them as “ma” or “sir”, cannot speak to them except you are asked to speak. Then, I came to the USA and it was an almost opposite experience...
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...Leadership Styles: A Personal Reflection Todd A. Heslep Ohio University Leadership Styles: A Personal Reflection There are many different leadership styles and each individual prefers a different leadership style in their manager. The purpose of this paper is to review and summarize the different types a leadership styles, positives and negatives of each style, and reflect upon my own leadership style. Each person consists of different leadership styles and not usually on specific but rather a mix of different style. However, often times one leadership style is the most prominent throughout their professional lives. There are four different leadership styles and they include autocratic, consultative, participative, and free-rein. The four types of leadership styles will be broken down further in this paper. Authoritarian Leadership Firstly, autocratic leaders are dominant and make is clearly to their subordinates that why are in charge (Lamberton & Minor, 2010). This leadership style can also be referred to as authoritarian leaders. These leaders make sure they only have a professional relationship with their subordinates (Maloş, 2012). This leaders are strong believes in direct supervision. Those employees that are considered unproductive are likely to be more closely supervised to ensure optimal productivity (Maloş, 2012). Traits of autocratic leaders include individual goals, engages in one-way downward communication, controls discussion with followers, expectations...
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...the purpose of what management is supposed to do. Leadership the one of the premier qualities of a manager and it is the vehicle through which they drive those who follow towards the achievement of organizational goals. Moreover, management in the upper levels of organizations, along with board members, although considered leaders and have considerable influence over employees, may not be leaders at all. A leader, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, is defined as one who is in charge of or in command of others. Thus, leaders have followers. The organization I work for is going through an expansion process and a restructuring. They are offering me a leadership role. I consider this to be an opportunity because they propose to allow me to determine the capacity of the role that I feel will fit my style of leadership. Therefore, I must take care to analyze my personal strengths and weaknesses, consider my personal leadership style based on the leadership theories that I have knowledge of, and be able to describe my perfect position. These elements will assist in arriving to an effective decision. The self-assessment tests concerning leadership aided me in understanding the elements of my style and behavior that needed improvement. It also provided information to me regarding my strengths and weaknesses concerning leadership style. From the results of the assessment, I am a leadership theorist type, which means that I have an affinity...
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...that she will most benefit the organization and be most successful. The following paragraphs will discuss the most effective position for the student, the strengths, and weaknesses of that student’s leadership style, a compare, and contrast of leadership theories, and a personal leadership style model. Position Most Effective for Student The student made the decision that the most effective position for her in this new restructuring is in the human resources department as the Payroll Manager. The student has extensive knowledge concerning payroll issues, child support orders, garnishments, and her computer skills allows her to enter necessary information into spreadsheets or personnel records. She is also familiar with taking deductions from employees’ checks for clinic fees or other activities in the organization that requires the employee to pay a fee. This position allows her to interact with the other employees plus will benefit the organization by staying current with court orders and knowing that employee records are up-to-date. This particular position will allow the employee to work on something that interests her and therefore mean more to her. She can spend her time working productively for the organization while completing work she enjoys. Personal Leadership Style Model This...
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...exhibit behaviors that are conducive to the success of their leadership. Sometimes those behaviors may be abnormal or part of a syndrome like psychopathy. Other times behaviors are considered normal according to personality ratings. Taken together these behaviors can be characteristics found in an effective leader. In addition, behaviors of an effective leader can be categorized into three themes of personality traits, personal leadership styles, and leader self-identity. While not all behaviors are conducive to effective leadership, all the above themes are vital to the development of successful leaders of the past, present and future. The shared themes were synthesized from three articles all of which discussed the effective leader. First, the Odom, Boyd, and Williams (2012) article, “Impact of Personal Growth Projects on Leadership Identity Development” whose purpose was to explain the importance of personal growth in the identity of self for potential leaders of the future. Next, “Fearless Dominance and the U.S. Presidency: Implications of Psychopathic Personality Traits for Successful and Unsuccessful Political Leadership” written by Lilienfeld, et al (2012) whose purpose was to explore psychopathic personality traits that are present in effective leaders in the business and political world. Finally, the purpose of the last article written by van Eeden, Cilliers, and van Deventer (2008) called “Leadership Styles and Associated Personality Traits: Support for the Conceptualization...
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...LIFE STYLES INVENTORY(LSI) Introduction: Thinking and Behavior "The quest for leadership is first an inner quest to discover who you are” (p.391).[1] --Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner--- Self-awareness is foundational to effective leadership and organization success[2]. Research in leadership and organizational behavior indicates that managers who are blind to who they are, and to the effects they have on other people in their organizations, place their effectiveness and their careers at risk. A frequently cited axiom is "the first commandment of leadership is to know thyself." For example, in their studies of managerial and executive derailment, the Center for Creative Leadership found that successful managers: (1) understand their values, personal styles, and strengths and weaknesses; (2) know the impact of these values, styles, and strengths and weaknesses on their ability to effectively work with others and achieve their goals; and (3) are quick to reflect upon and learn from their own experiences. Despite these advantages, we often resist opportunities to increase our self-awareness or to acknowledge error. We fear that learning something new about ourselves will be painful -- doing so may require us to change our treasured and habitual ways of seeing, thinking, and behaving. Self-awareness is also an important barometer to ensure that even the best leadership practices don't become destructive. As Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner caution us in "The Leadership Challenge"...
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...Determining my Perfect Leadership Position In this paper, I will first attempt to outline my personal leadership style according to the results of leadership and team skills self-assessment test and will also list what jobs would best suit me. Second, I will compare and contrast my leadership style with some of the other theories for leadership styles. In this regard, I will provide some examples and will explain how I would act under specific circumstances. Third, I will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of my personal leadership and will also identify jobs within my organization that would fit well with my style. Outline of the results of the leadership and team skills self-assessments According to the results of the leadership and team skills self-assessments (Pfeiffer & Jones,1974), my score for concern for people was 6 whereas my score for concern for task was 10. Therefore, my leadership style would be task-oriented since my score was high. Task-oriented leaders are concerned with getting the job done, whereas people-oriented leaders focus mainly on group interactions and the needs of individual members. Similarly, the results of the self-assessments for charismatic leader behavior and my total score of 95 classify me as a charismatic leader. On the team skills self-assessments test, my score for trusting others is 4, my score for others trusting me is 54, my score for disciplining others is 20, and my score for building and leading a team is 89. My high score of...
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...Coaching is a profound leadership mindset, but you have to believe in it first. Andrew Wood explains the big picture as follows: "Leadership is not a right of passage, or at least it shouldn't be. Leadership is a state of mind. A philosophy. An attitude. Understanding this, you can recognize and develop the key traits that will enhance and improve your personal capacity for leadership." Great leaders touch the lives of their followers through coaching. The key to consistent business success is to understand that people come before spreadsheets. The personal growth and coaching of their employees is put on top of the priority list and soon the results on the spreadsheets will follow. When you hear the word "coach," what comes first into your mind? Do you picture a sports team with someone shouting out directions or perhaps a frowning manager pacing to and fro and calling out the names of the players? Coaching is no longer reserved for sports teams — it is now one of the key concepts in leadership and management. So why has coaching become so popular in the business world? Coaching levels the playing field. Coaching is one of the several emotional leadership styles. Moreover, it is a behaviour or role that leaders enforce in the context of situational leadership. As a leadership style, coaching is used when the members of a group or team are competent and motivated, but do not have an idea of the long-term goals of an organization. This involves two levels of coaching: team and...
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...Running head: BIBLICAL CHARACTER LEADERSHIP STYLE Biblical Character Leadership Style: Apostle Paul Angela Townsend Integrity Leadership Institute Dr. Leslie Reed, Dean May 4, 2012 Abstract In this paper I will be discussing the biblical character that demonstrates one of the leadership styles: directive, consultative, participative, negotiative, and delegative, which are task orientated and people orientated. Based on these leadership styles that Bernard Bass, I have decided to write on the characteristics of the Apostle Paul leadership style(s) taken from II Timothy. This paper will look at the leader’s relationship to Christ, doctrine and others. As a leader matures in these areas, he leads from who he is rather than from his position. The primary goal of a leader is to produce more leaders. A good leader has the ability to influence one person to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. According to John Maxwell (1995), the leadership principle that I have learned in past 6 years of a leader is that those closest to the leader will determine the success level of that leader. Leader needs to apply situational leadership to determine the right style for the circumstances. A leader facing a crisis (natural disaster, legal, financial, emotional), for example, may need to use a more directive, task-oriented style. When we speak of leadership, we must speak of power; power in...
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...Deconstruction of Leadership Assumptions Deconstruction of Leadership Assumptions – A Personal Perspective Leaders are the influential driving force that compels people to abandon self-interests and work toward a common purpose for the betterment of all (Yukl, 2006). Individuals who hold leadership positions are held to higher ethical standards; more importantly, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence are seen as necessary skill sets to be effective leaders (Jossey-Bass, 2003, p. 253). This paper is divided into four sections. The first section discusses the writer’s personal leadership style assumptions. The second section deconstructs the writer’s leadership assumptions derived from historical experiences. In the third section, the author will present a revision of these assumptions and give details how the modifications will enhance her interpersonal intelligence and intrapersonal intelligence when interacting on a professional, scholarly, and personal level. The final section is a personal perspective summary of the author’s leadership assumption and deconstruction. Leadership Style Assumptions Assumptions are thoughts unconsciously developed use to simplify one’s rationale for understanding and accepting what one perceives to be true (Ruggiero, 2004, p. 94-95). As early as age six, Wanda remembers being chosen and given the responsibility to decide which games the neighborhood kids would play. Even today, as a Special Emphasis Program Manager, Wanda’s role still...
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...5-03-05 Leadership Alan Hollingshead Western Governors University Competency 317.1.5-03-05 Leadership Executive A has led a commercial printing company to success by diversifying their services and creating a tradition of excellence and has been credited as the major contributor to the company’s success. Executive A has a “level 5” leadership style and in executive A’s plan to retire is considering two different leaders to take his place, leader B with a transactional leadership style and leader C with a transformational leadership style. By understanding the three unique leadership styles and applying them to the given company scenario, the effects of each leadership style on the company can be identified. As the chief executive officer leader A demonstrates the qualities that make up a “level 5” leadership style. Executive A has been referred to as fiercely ambitious with a drive or ambition which is concentrated on the company’s success. This drive has led the company to an extraordinary 128% increase in stock value under executive A’s leadership. When recognized as the source of the success, executive A gave credit to other leaders in the company and backed away from personal recognition. This unique mix of humility and drive for success is one of the unique aspects of a “level 5” leader. Some other aspects that show executive A’s leadership style is that executive A takes full accountability for errors and poor results and takes pride in training new leadership within...
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...Leadership Style Leadership Style There are a variety of ways to be a leader, but a charismatic leader guides by using self-confidence and charm. The individuals personality attracts attention to gain admires and use others admiration to influence individuals to follow. Charismatic leaders have good intentions and values powered by inspiration, which transforms the people she reaches to. Charis Lincoln, a friend, leader, and role model possesses these characteristics by reaching out to others through YouTube about faith, love, and beauty. Leadership Role Model Charismatic leaders have a clear vision of where he or she wants to go and how to get there by articulating the vision to others. In a business charismatic leaders have a vision and personality to motivate others to execute his or her vision. This leadership style is most valued as it provides a fertile ground for creativity and innovation. Charis Lincoln possesses the charismatic leadership skills that attract Stephanie this style. Charis began YouTube with the username CharismaStar, as a way to show women how to enhance beauty through makeup tutorials by sharing beauty tips and tricks to viewers. She never thought her success would take her this far. Now that she has made a career out of YouTube each video she makes a view can follow her journey and see what goal she is accomplishing whether it be through beauty or faith. As a charismatic leader she takes a big risk through each video she posts, which makes her...
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...Assignment #1- Entrepreneurial Leadership T’Juan Rucker Dr. Birmingham The Business Enterprise- BUS 508 October 28, 2010 Discuss the common elements described in the theories/ philosophies of Case, Kouzes, and Drucker including how their principles/strategies relate to the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership presented in Understanding Entrepreneurial Leadership in today’s Dynamic Markets. Entrepreneurial Leadership has many different meanings across disciplines. The new definition of Entrepreneurial Leadership is one of an enterprising, transformational leader who operates in a dynamic market that offers lucrative opportunities (Tarabishy, Fernald, Solomon, 2010). The theories of Case, Kouzes, and Drucker share many similarities to the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership. The main elements shared by these individuals and the new definition of entrepreneurial leadership is entrepreneurial leaders have a clear vision, create opportunities, and adapt to change. One common element Case, Kouzes, and Drucker share with the definition of Entrepreneurial leadership is that entrepreneurial leaders have a vision for their business aspirations. Each theory of the characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership states that these leaders have a clear picture of the aspirations for their business venture, potential success, and the means in which to achieve the goals. Entrepreneurial leaders not only vision, but can effectively articulate their vision to...
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...Leadership Style John Vicciardo LDR/531-Organizational Leadership August 18, 2014 Dr. Patricia Anderson Abstract This paper will analyze the leadership style of John F. Kennedy and compare it to historical and contemporary leadership theories. It will review JFK’s leadership characteristics, compare them to my specific leadership style and discuss areas of future personal focus. The discussion includes specific examples that feature Kennedy’s ability to take risks, create and articulate a vision, identify the needs of followers and be responsible for his decisions. The paper will outline a leadership discussion with my mentor in which the traits of JFK and how they apply to my style are discussed. Table of Contents Introduction4 The Leadership Style of JFK4 Bay of Pigs4 The Cuban Missile Crisis5 Man on the Moon5 Personal Leadership evaluation6 Conclusion6 References8 Leadership Style Introduction There are several different theories for understanding leaders and what enables them to be successful. The theories: leader-member exchange, transformational leadership, charismatic leadership, trait theory, contingency theory and behavioral theory (Robbins & Judge, 2013), are interdependent and most leaders will exhibit characteristics of all of these theories at different times in their roles. John F. Kennedy was a great political leader that I admire and his leadership style showcases the need for leaders to be born with some attributes while...
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