Introduction
Recently, I have read some books about great leaders’ life, including, Jack Welch and Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.. From their stories, I find that leaders are made, not born.Nobody comes into the world a natural leader.A good leader means having the ability to influence, motivate, and enable their members of a group to achieve success in the organization(House et al.,2002).This essay will be structured in the following ways.Firstly, I will introduce the situational leadership theory. Secondly, I will discuss that leaders are made through working and learning some skills. Thirdly, I will give an example to support the view that leaders are made in a crisis situation. The essay will conclude that leaders are made, not born.
Situational leadership theory
Situational leadership theory was founded in Hersey and Blanchard(1969), they thought that leaders should be followed by the organizational environment, individual transformation then change leadership styles and management methods. They also argued that there is no single "best" style of leadership, so leadership style was categorized into four different types,which they named S1 …show more content…
For example, Jack Welch, the youngest chairman and CEO of General Electric when he was 45 years old, in April 1981. Under his leadership, GE 's market value rose from $ 13 billion to $ 480 billion and the company became the second class in the world. He was known as "the most respected CEO", "the world 's first CEO".According to Jack’s Jack:Straight from the Gut(2003), when he was young, his mother warned him, if he doesn’t study and work, he will not do anything, absolutely nothing. These words were lingering in his mind to firm himself during the life, even though he became GM 's CEO, he also constantly ask himself and co-workers to work
Recently, I have read some books about great leaders’ life, including, Jack Welch and Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.. From their stories, I find that leaders are made, not born.Nobody comes into the world a natural leader.A good leader means having the ability to influence, motivate, and enable their members of a group to achieve success in the organization(House et al.,2002).This essay will be structured in the following ways.Firstly, I will introduce the situational leadership theory. Secondly, I will discuss that leaders are made through working and learning some skills. Thirdly, I will give an example to support the view that leaders are made in a crisis situation. The essay will conclude that leaders are made, not born.
Situational leadership theory
Situational leadership theory was founded in Hersey and Blanchard(1969), they thought that leaders should be followed by the organizational environment, individual transformation then change leadership styles and management methods. They also argued that there is no single "best" style of leadership, so leadership style was categorized into four different types,which they named S1 …show more content…
For example, Jack Welch, the youngest chairman and CEO of General Electric when he was 45 years old, in April 1981. Under his leadership, GE 's market value rose from $ 13 billion to $ 480 billion and the company became the second class in the world. He was known as "the most respected CEO", "the world 's first CEO".According to Jack’s Jack:Straight from the Gut(2003), when he was young, his mother warned him, if he doesn’t study and work, he will not do anything, absolutely nothing. These words were lingering in his mind to firm himself during the life, even though he became GM 's CEO, he also constantly ask himself and co-workers to work