“Leigh Anne you are changing that boy’s life”, “No, he is changing mine.” In the 2009 film, The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock plays the role of Leigh Anne Tuohy as a nurturing yet strong-willed, independent southern woman who makes the decision of welcoming Michael Oher or “Big Mike” into her family. Leigh Anne demonstrates strong transformational and charismatic leadership by taking the initiative of being a natural leader and by having the desire of changing Michael’s life for better. Leigh Anne demonstrates transformational leadership in the scene where she is having brunch with her friends and when they questioned her about her taking in Michael to live with her family, she defends Michael and herself saying that he has changed her life and …show more content…
From the Situational Leadership II Model, the coach is using a high directive and low supportive behavior in which this approach “the leader focuses communication on goal achievement, and spends a smaller amount of time using supportive behaviors.” So just for the coach to tell Michael not to get hit, that simply did not motivate him to do the task. The coach was only being concerned with playing the game the right way. This is where Leigh Anne see’s that the Coach Burt method is not working so she steps in using the high directive and high supportive behavior, which is more appropriate in which she focuses on who Michael is as a person and she relates the game to him in a way he would understand. Leigh Anne as well shows us situational leadership because she adapts to the situation and to Michael’s development level. She even gives him advice that he should get to know his players better, which proves that Leigh Anne has a strong belief that if you know the people you can lead them more effectively. As well we can demonstrate that Leigh Anne has Servant Leadership because she puts her follower first, and helps the follower grow and succeed which is the case of putting Michael first before herself and as well as not caring what others think of her as long as she leads Michael towards the right
Being bold is crucial when exemplifying heroism. Leigh Anne Tuohy steps out of her comfort zone multiple times in the movie The Blind Side to positively affect Michael Oher. Michael Oher is a homeless African American teenager who grew up in the projects around Memphis, TN. Micheal comes from a drug centered and broken family, which lead him to be controlled by Family Services. SJ Tuohy, the son of Leigh Anne, formed the first relationship with Micheal when they bonded over their grade school habits. One
If you are working for a company where the leadership method is that of telling individuals how things are done and where “red tape” is key you will find that the company conflicts with the principles of coaching conflict. This constitutes the single largest barrier to successful coaching.
In this model leaders “select” specific behaviors that are best for the needs of his goal. According to the author there are four behaviors in the path goal theory that a leader could follow. One is the directive leadership, where the leader informs the followers what is expected from them. Another is the supportive leadership, that is when the leader shows concern for the followers and have friendly interactions with them. Third is participative leadership, when the captain gets involved with his team to achieve the goal as a group. Finally, is the achievement leadership; occurs when the leader demand from the followers challenging goals so they perform their best. This is not useful in Lamatepec’s high school soccer team because the captain should contribute the same or even more to the team as his teammates and with this model that would not be
In this paper, I will inform you about issues in globalization, power, followership and cultural change in the perspective of a health leader. I will identify three major health issues that are global but has the potential to affect the United States health care system. I will describe these global health issues influence health leaders. I will relate global leadership with transformational leadership. I will illuminate three elements of cultural and diversity within health care organizations. You will find a table of cultural attributes to be made aware of. I will categorize the differences in global leadership according to power, technology, and knowledge management and will explain two leadership approaches for implementing change.
What is leadership? “Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right”. The meaning of leadership can bring to a variety of images. For example:
Change is when a person does not follow their everyday routine. They may want to try something different, or be forced to. Change can be for the good and the bad. Places can deal with change ranging from the weather, to the animals present, or the seasons changing. Also, objects can deal with change too. Objects like an iceberg can start to melt, or a forest fire can kill many trees in an area. As a human, we are the ones deciding on change. We are in a position to make big decisions and possibly even become a leader in order for change to happen. If one person starts to change, others will follow and hopefully, the change benefits all.
Coaching is not an easy task and figuring out the best way to lead and guide employees can be overwhelming and challenging. Alex is now in a position where she has to be a motivator, leader, and a coach to several employees. She needs to understand the concept of coaching and the behaviors that go along with her coaching style. The concept of coaching helps develop and grow employees to achieve performance improvement, but it also helps the managers see how the employees embrace their job tasks and asses their results in comparison to the overall mission of the company (Bawany, 2015). Therefore, Alex needs to look back at her previous managers and determine what qualities and behaviors they possessed in order to improve her performance. Also, she must look at what personality traits James has and look at his previous managers to see which manager coached James to perform the best while working for the company.
Transformational Leadership and Adaptive Leadership theory will be discussed in relation to IT governance. De Haes, Van Grembergen and Debreceny (2013) formulate the main ideas of IT governance have only been around 20 years, but, the amount of literature is copious and is still providing a prolific amounts of current documentation. Both Transformational Leadership and Adaptive Leadership represent appropriate and critical leadership styles for organizations that strive to keep the pace of continuous technological advancements and that are focused on the rapid adoption of new business concepts and process improvements (Xenikou & Simosi, 2006). The specific benefits and problems associated with each leadership style have organizational opportunities and difficulties. The timing of each leadership style when applied requires timing and cooperation. Yet they both have similar operational goals, to improve the processes of IT governance using the innate strengths of each leadership style for the betterment of the organization. Knowing the strengths of each leadership style facilitate implementation, mastering the pitfalls of each leadership style improves metacognitive understanding of the risks and weaknesses involved in the process.
For example, under this theory the leader would employ High Directive/High Support leadership behaviors to the Disillusioned Learner. Ideally, the leader helps the followers as they progress through the stages to achieve the Self-Reliant Achiever/Delegating level. While I do not necessarily fully subscribe to the theory, it does seem to have merit and I do believe that it is important for an effective leader to have the capability and flexibility to adapt his or her style to the needs of the followers in order to encourage everyone’s success. I also believe that an effective leader plays a significant role in promoting and molding individuals’ readiness as it relates to motivation and commitment. As such, I developed my leadership assessment with these points in mind. The assessment focuses on 14 attributes that I believe are important not only for a leader to be successful within the parameters of the SLT, but...
Transformational leadership is one of the most popular leadership styles. According to Kendrick (2011), “Transformational leadership involves four factors: 1. idealized influence, 2. inspirational motivation, 3. intellectual stimulation, and 4. individual consideration.” These four factors make transformational leadership have an impact on followers. The goal of transformational leadership is to cause a positive change in individuals, help motivate them, and develop a leader within each individual.
In “The Blind Side” Michael meets Leigh Anne, someone who takes him in at a time when he is homeless. She provides him with food, clothes, and roof to live under, as well as giving him a better education. Leigh Anne changes Michael’s life for the better, but most importantly she makes him feel loved and appreciated. In similarity, the” Freedom Writers,” Mrs. Erin earns her students’ respect by showing them love. She changes her students’, perspective about getting a school education, while at the same time she shows them a personal interest, and hope for a better future.
Why now? Why are we focusing on transformational leadership? Healthcare costs are continuing to rise. Some of the critical problems and active debates prevalent in many hospital organizations include the rapidly intensifying healthcare costs, funding and reimbursement cutbacks, and concern regarding the overall quality and safety of health care. “Healthcare systems have come under pressure to improve performance and manage productivity” (Botting, 2011). To be successful in the 21st century, there is a demand on healthcare systems to have a vision and executive and clinical leadership to inspire the change process and make the difference between success and failure in change.
While working in a group if you have ever noticed a situation where a person or an individual emerges as a leader and inspires others with his clear vision of the goals and with his passion towards work and due to which his/her team members feel a boost in their motivation than this person can be termed as a transformational leader. The business dictionary defines transformational leadership as a form of leadership style in which the leader recognizes the desired change and then crafts a vision to steer the change using inspiration, and carries out that change with the dedication and fidelity of the members of the group. The transformational leader arouses a positive change in his disciple as not only he himself is generally vigorous, passionate, and fanatical but also because he inculcates these qualities in his followers. These leaders are not only paying attention on their goals but are also very much concerned in helping each and every member of the group for ensuring his/her individual success.
Certainly, an army would not be able to battle in the war without a commander who in charges of the whole strategy. Correspondingly, any organisations cannot function without leaders. Leader is the most substantial element of successful organizations. Becoming outstanding leaders, leadership skill is vital in order to drive the organizations forward. Several leadership principles are extensively used these days. Burns (1978) identified two types of leadership comprise of transactional and transformational leadership. Hence, leaders should be capable to indicate which theory should be applied in accordance with organization’s culture and objectives. This essay aims to evaluate the resemblances and the differences between transactional and transformational leadership as well as the feasibility to utilize a mixture of them by giving the definitions and examples followed by the supporting researches and studies.
The Situational Theories of leadership explain how leadership style must be tailored to the demands of the task and the qualities of subordinates.