My research provided an opportunity to review and identify different elements of leading from previous studies. As I begin my review, I find myself rediscovering essential qualities of successful leadership. The author provides a very interesting case study that depicts the importance of people skills, (Bennis, 2009). In order to be an effective leader you must be able to relate to others through open communication, (Bennis, 2009). A leader needs to be approachable and personable in their actions. The case study provided an example of a leader that lacked people skills. He had been mentored in an environment that was not conducive to team building, (Bennis, 2009). His leadership approach was to be direct and demanding centered on productivity …show more content…
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The Leadership Challenge
As I begin my journal, I reflect back to previous research on what it means to become a leader,
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The author gives mention to our current president in hopes he will make a significant difference, (Bennis, 2009). I would be interested in knowing what the author would say about our president now regarding what little he has done to implement effective change. Our country for the most part has been weakened, the unemployment rate has dramatically increased, the economy is in a shambles and our military is degraded, (Bennis, 2009). At this point, I am uncertain if our country is even in the top three regarding world superpowers. The country’s debt is enormous; almost triple what it was before our current president took office, (Bennis, 2009). The author has noted that our quality of presidential leadership is depleted, (Bennis, 2009). A majority of our presidents that were once held in high esteem are now visions of the past, (Bennis, 2009). The author points out the changing of our economy and how modernization has affected how we live, (Bennis, 2009). Several manufacturers have fled the United States in order to increase profits by employing cheap labor in other countries, (Bennis, 2009). China is now a major supplier of the world’s products, (Bennis, 2009). China has made great strides in modernizing and through this transition holds claim to a large portion of the U.S.
In a firm, management and leadership are important and needed. Leadership and management are similar. Actually, leadership and management are totally different. The leadership would influence the firm. The leader would have difference leadership styles to lead the subordinate.
How do senior leaders set your organization’s vision and values? The organizations vision and values are implemented through daily reinforcement of our objectives, therefore establishing guidelines in which to follow with reference to agency policies and directives. Through mentoring and daily interaction, senior leadership reinforce the agency goals and future commitments. Communication is a key factor in establishing the agency’s vision, therefore providing a guideline to achieving future aspirations. In order to effectively address current and future requirements that are essential in capturing the vision, senior leadership convey the agencies vision and values with our stakeholders through conferences, committee meetings and everyday
Leaders is an effective tool for summarizing and inspiring leadership, not in that it teaches tough strategies and manipulations, but that when looking at an overview of its content, Bennis and Nanus are essentially teaching human relations and human decency. All in all, this book highlights strategies for us all to be better in our lives and our everyday interactions.
Contemporary organizations expect advantageous styles of leadership to lead and facilitate operations as we move forward into the 21st century. This need requires leaders and organizations to instill a style of leadership advantageous to supporting and leading a culture towards organizational effectiveness and connecting to support and uphold organizational strategies. Thus, the success of an organization usually contains successful leaders who understand and support the needs of the employees. The characteristics of successful leaders include selflessness, mentoring, empowerment, influence, support and empathy among other positive traits (Hoffman, Bynum, Piccolo & Sutton, 2011; Karakitapoglu-Aygun & Gumusluoglu, 2013; Sabir, Sohail & Khan, 2011; Shankers & Sayeed, 2012).
As I have developed in my job, school, and as a person, I found that I enjoyed helping others and want to become a leader. This paper will further describe how my experiences and background have shaped the leader I am today.
Exemplary leaders have a profound and positive influence on the commitment and performance of their followers. In order to achieve and sustain success exemplary leaders have to effectively communicate a clear vision, cultivate a team environment and establish cooperative goals. Coach Boone displayed several actions and behaviors that represent The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership.
Although there are many outstanding, albeit necessary qualities of a good leader, it is the leader’s beliefs in which greatness is given its first breath, fostered by action, and spread throughout the institution. A great leader believes in encouraging, not destroying; in setting the precedence instead of yielding to prominence ; in collaboration, not division; in giving, not taking; and in having high standards and volunteering to be the first of many to be held to them. A great leader does not take advantage of the people being lead, but instead, creates an advantage for the people by giving them the opportunities to lead. Only when people take ownership of an institution will passion be cultivated, action be taken, and greatness be achieved.
Leadership is a dynamic and interesting topic. There have been hundreds of studies done on the subject, and many seek to find out why some leadership styles are better than others. Other studies attempt to look into the personality traits of certain leaders to find any defining characteristics that makes them stand out among their peers. The information gathered here is from all over the world, and from multiple disciplines. In all of these studies, common themes begin to arise from the data. Coaches, managers, team leaders and experts in the field of study, all agree that these main three topics are crucial for effectively leading any group of people. Building trust, communicating effectively, and looking towards
Leaders have those indispensable qualities of contagious self-confidence, unwarranted optimism, and incurable idealism that allow them to attract and mobilize others to undertake tasks these people never dreamed they could undertake. (To Lead or Not to Lead, Unit One 36)
Leadership issues in schools are sometime complex and do not always present as clear-cut and easy to solve. Take my personal situation that involved a series of complex organizations coming together to solve an issue related to teacher licensure in the state of California. This particular situation involved a host of organizational leaders collaborating to solve a complicated, multi-faceted problem. I will frame my personal leadership dilemma utilizing the UC Berkeley Leadership Rubric read in EDLD 610 as assigned by Dr. Martinez. There are seven elements in the Rubric to include: 1) Presence and Attitude; 2) Identity and Relationship; 3) Equity and Advocacy; 4) Curriculum and Instruction; 5) Organization and Systems; 6) Change and Coherence; 7) Assessment and Accountably. Each element plays an important role in solving my personal leadership dilemma.
My biggest personal leadership failure occurred earlier this year when I worked at Einstein Bros Bagels at Coffman Union. I stayed there from January until April making and serving bagels to customers. However, I had the morning shift, the busiest period of the day. Long lines would form every time I was there, and sometimes I couldn’t catch up. One day in April, my co-worker, a veteran making bagels, was absent, and someone who didn’t have as much experience replaced her. What followed was a mess. My team chemistry with the replacement was dreadful, and a ton of people had to wait a while for their orders. My manager saw the incident, and after my shift was over, he gave me the option of leaving my job. I accepted, but my self-confidence was in a state that was beyond repair. It was one of the first times that I felt I let others down with my work performance. I learned that I shouldn’t expect to be great at everything and that I should analyze my weaknesses before taking on something challenging.
Leader should have the shared responsibility and collaborative quality. For example, instead of making the strategy alone, he will gather the idea of all brilliant workers to increase the productivity of the organisation.
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCES Please list your leadership experiences, school activities, outside activities, work experience, community service, etc. Include any other ways you contribute to your school, home, church, and community. At school, I contribute in many ways at school by fixing and making the new ventilation system and holders for the welding booths, helping with cleaning the auto body shop for a school cook lunch and helping to complete customer cars that need repair and by helping my electronics teacher by helping to teach the 9th graders how to solder and strip wires and by identifying the wire gage. I also contribute in my community by being part of the bonneville county sheriff's explorer program.
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary
Having an effective leadership approach in an organization supports a productive and successful business. In this case, an organization called Valena Scientific Corporation (VSC) failed to have effective leadership. VSC attempted to development leadership; but failed initially. This occurred once VSC decided to create a research program for their scientists; this program split nine individuals into three groups. Once the groups were split, management decided to allow informal leadership to occur. This style of leadership enables individuals to become leaders without having a position of power (Bacal, 2014). Therefore, every individual in each group has the same authority; but one person may be perceived by others as a leader (making them an informal leader). This type of leadership caused conflict between groups and communication to be lost.