Comparative Analysis
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. —Peter Druckerown. Have you ever wondered how a person became a leader? Over time, we have seen some of the greatest leaders lead there countries such as George Washington or even Nelson Mandela. We have seen some of the greatest leaders in sports lead there team to championships such as Ray Lewis, Michael Jordan, and Magic Johnson. What is a leader?
A leader is a person who helps guide a group of people to a common goal. He takes charge and control of any present situation. This person has a drive and determination that could make a job run smoothly. A leader is someone who takes responsibility and motivates other to reach their goals. A leader is supposed to motivate and inspires individuals to aim high and strive for excellence.
Leadership is a trait that very few people have in the workplace. Some people are born with leadership skills, others grow into leaders. With age, leadership can vary with the different styles that are portrayed. An example could be a manager who is in their mid-fifties. Leader’s in that age group can very demanding and strict. According to Gilbert, Collins and Brenner, the study showed that “older leaders tend to delegate more effectively than younger employees, while younger leaders seemed to be more attentive.” They are more developed in their skill and expect their routine to be the same on a day to day basis. Their time frames for getting the job done might be more critical than others simple because of their experience. Experience can dictate how fast and how well a job gets done. As you get older i...
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.... I would meet with each individual family and come up with an agreement. Each family should have been compensated at some amount for their loss. The check that was given to Diana in the amount of 5055.72 was too low. Dan also disrespected her by making it seem that the check would replace her husband. There is nothing in this world that can replace a life but a code of ethics, morals and values always take charge.
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Leadership has been written about millions of times in the past, and heading in the future, it will be the topic of many debates, books and newspaper articles asking, and in some cases answering the question, “What is leadership?” According to Peter Drucker: “leadership is lifting a person’s vision, raising his performance and building personality”.
What is a leader? A leader is someone who takes command and leads an organization or group to success. Anyone can be a leader but in order to become a great leader you have to have to possess certain characteristics. I will be using Odysseus from the Odyssey isas an example of a leader who has suitable characteristics. You also have to know what harmful characteristics a leader may possess to determine if they are good leaders or not.
Leadership is the ability that someone has to motivate, guide and empower a group of people, in the particular case the personnel of an organization, in order to achieve specific goals.
Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas’ book Geek and Geezers (2002), provide a unique look at cross-generation of leadership, the ability to succeed, and how a leader defines their success through the crucible. They originally started the study on young and old leaders to show the influences of era on leadership, but it became obvious that there was more. They interviewed a total of 43 leaders of which one group was over 70 years of age and they were called the “geezers”. The second group was called the “geeks” which consisted of leaders under the age of 35. From their study, Bennis and Thomas believe that they have identified the “process an individual makes meaning out of often difficult events which is called the crucible (W. Bennis; R. Thomas, pg. 4).” Bennis and Thomas were able to create a model that reflected the development of leadership within the crucible. They were able to show through their leadership crucible model that all leaders no matter their age through their experience/and or organization of meaning have the competencies of a leader through adaptive captivity, engaging other by shared meaning, having a
On the other hand, a leader is a person who influences a group of people in order to achieve certain goal. According to Oliver, (2006), leader is an individual who has an ability to demonstrate a specific set of role of behaviours in order to influence the others behaviours and attitudes. There three factor or keys that necessary to obtain a goal, which are the person, people, and purpose. Figure 1 below shows the relationship between the three factors needed to achieve the goal.
Northouse, P. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Leadership is all about having the right amount of heart and determination to help make a difference in someone’s life. It takes certain qualities to be considered a good leader. A leader should want to help inspire others to make a change and to be the best that they can be. A true leader does not need to feel powerful, instead they empower those around them. Throughout my life I have come across various leaders who have made an impact on my life. It takes a very special person to inspire and touch people’s lives. Leadership is so much deeper than having power and bossing people around.
A leader is described as a person who guides others and has authority and influence over others. They work to influence others into meeting certain goals. There is no right or wrong definition of a leader and there is no recipe that ensures effective leadership. Successful leaders have a good balance of vision, influence, and power. Leaders gain their authority from their ability to influence others to get the work done; because of this, anyone has the potential to be a leader. (Finkelman. 2012, p15)
Leadership is essentially the ability to motivate. An effective leader can motivate others toward reaching a common goal. Leaders are different than managers in that leaders inspire others to do the work needed while managers generally tend to manage the tasks associated with completing the goal.
Is a leader as defined in the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, merely one who leads - synonymous with a boss? Or something more? I believe that a leader is much more than that and can be defined in any number of ways. In attempting to define a leader personally, I will use both myself and others as examples.
To be a leader you need to be able to inspire others, get people motivated, and set an example to other people. A leader needs to do all of these because if one of these aspects fails people don’t look at the leader...
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What is leadership? Leadership is defined as a process by which a individual will influence others to obtain goals. Leaders will guide, direct motivate, or inspire others. Leadership is defined by not only traits but actions as well. Leaders are inspirational, trustworthy and charismatic. Many people may think a manger is leader. Although leadership and management go hand in hand, they are not the same. Everyone has their own beliefs about what characteristics an effective leader should have. To me, communication skills, critical thinking skills, and having a vision are few characteristics of becoming an effective leader. A leader is not only born, but made. Some are born as leaders or some are made to be leaders.
Many people believe that leadership is simply being the first, biggest or most powerful. Leadership in organizations has a different and more meaningful definition. A leader is someone who sets direction in an effort or task and influences or motivates people to follow that direction. The power point presentation explains leadership is the influence that particular individuals exert on the goal achievement of others in an organizational context.