"The true task of leadership is to make change happen."-Marilyn , M.A. in Characteristics of the Effective Leader. Leadership can be defined as the ability to influence, motivate, inspire and encourage a person or a group of people to achieve an organizations' goals in a way that is coherent and ethical. A good and effective leader can be considered as someone who is able to understand his or her immediate surroundings and maximize all available resources in order to transform their personal vision or that of an organization into a reality. Effective leadership can also be seen as a combination of personal and interpersonal traits, skills and external forces such as the general environment that affects businesses. Leadership Concepts
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When a leader agrees with the old adage " no man is an island" and decides to delegate power to team members, it creates a situation where the leader can have more time to develop new plans and strategies for growth and the ability to supervise the contributions of each team member through team leaders. It also empowers team members to take initiative when making organizational decisions. An example of a leader that delegates power can be seen from my employer Aviation Safeguards at the Los Angeles international airport. There is a lead or supervisor for every position covered to oversee the job and to ensure that employees perform their duties appropriately. All questions and problems encountered at the job site is first referred to the supervisor for solutions and decisions making and will only be escalated to upper management if out of the scope of the leads authority. They report directly to management about the performance of …show more content…
A good leader learns how to communicate and share ideas with his/her team, joins in the brainstorming decision making process and encourages his team to be bold, innovative and have a unique mindset that will always put them in an advantage against competitors. This type of leadership skills can be seen performed by Jason Y. Shay in the book written by Gen & Kelly Tanabe "50 successful Ivy League application essays." (Ch.14 pg.128-130). He gives a description of his interpersonal relationship with his teammates and the friends he made from Shanghai and Accra and how they shared ideas. These are some of the concepts that makes good leadership including others such as be charismatic, be willing to learn and accept mistakes, be flexible ,kind ,caring and possess critical thinking capabilities.
A critic of the leadership concept Despite leadership being the ability to influence people into achieving an organizations goal through skills and knowledge, there are several traits that can be both positive and negative for good leadership as seen below, Even though communication is
When a leader agrees with the old adage " no man is an island" and decides to delegate power to team members, it creates a situation where the leader can have more time to develop new plans and strategies for growth and the ability to supervise the contributions of each team member through team leaders. It also empowers team members to take initiative when making organizational decisions. An example of a leader that delegates power can be seen from my employer Aviation Safeguards at the Los Angeles international airport. There is a lead or supervisor for every position covered to oversee the job and to ensure that employees perform their duties appropriately. All questions and problems encountered at the job site is first referred to the supervisor for solutions and decisions making and will only be escalated to upper management if out of the scope of the leads authority. They report directly to management about the performance of …show more content…
A good leader learns how to communicate and share ideas with his/her team, joins in the brainstorming decision making process and encourages his team to be bold, innovative and have a unique mindset that will always put them in an advantage against competitors. This type of leadership skills can be seen performed by Jason Y. Shay in the book written by Gen & Kelly Tanabe "50 successful Ivy League application essays." (Ch.14 pg.128-130). He gives a description of his interpersonal relationship with his teammates and the friends he made from Shanghai and Accra and how they shared ideas. These are some of the concepts that makes good leadership including others such as be charismatic, be willing to learn and accept mistakes, be flexible ,kind ,caring and possess critical thinking capabilities.
A critic of the leadership concept Despite leadership being the ability to influence people into achieving an organizations goal through skills and knowledge, there are several traits that can be both positive and negative for good leadership as seen below, Even though communication is