Introduction
The definition of Leadership varies for different people. Northhouse (2013) describes that Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Whereas, Burns (1797) defines leadership as a process whereby leaders induce followers "to act for certain goals that represent the values and the motivations-the wants and the needs, the aspirations and expectations-of both leaders and followers, and the genius of leadership lies in the manner in which leaders see and act on their own and their followers' values and motivations"
Different types of leadership have been theorized, Jung believe that leaders are born (Traits) where their personality pops out and attracts followers. Normally …show more content…
It is the dissolution of hierarchy between superiors and subordinate. Moving away from the thinking about Command and Control to partnership. (Ritchey, 2014)
Mother Teresa
I decided that Mother Teresa (1910 -1997) as my leadership case. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was known as Mother Teresa was the leader and founder of “Missionaries of Charity” and dubbed as a Saint by Pope John Paul II (Reuters,2003) She received her noble prize for Peace at 1979. (Nobelprize.org, 1979)
Mother’s Teresa’s actions have affected the world and improved the lives of people in need. She would be a prime example of a leader. (It is debated that mother Teresa is whether a transformational or a servant leader)
Groves and LaRocca (2011) describes transformational leaders as Influence, promoting vales such as loyalty, fairness, justice, human’s right by using empowerment strategies to change followers’ values and belief toward the organization and goals wrote Mendonca (as cited in Groves and LaRocca, …show more content…
I believe that my style of leadership is similar to Mother Teresa. I have asked my friends to help take the Servant Leadership Questionnaire that is found in Northhouse (2013) and found that I behave as a moderate servant leader only with an exception of higher score for putting my subordinates first.
Every leaders have a certain kind of power that they possesses, The most widely cited research on power is French and Raven’s (1959) work on the bases of social power, who identified 5 important bases of social power. Mother Teresa could be identified to have referent power, as French and Raven (1959) would describe that the identification of liking from the followers. Kirkpatrick, S. and Locke, E. (1991) discussed whether traits will help identify leaders, they concluded that “Traits only endow people with potential for leadership” A person might be born to have the materials but not the knowledge or skills does not make one a
The definition of Leadership varies for different people. Northhouse (2013) describes that Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Whereas, Burns (1797) defines leadership as a process whereby leaders induce followers "to act for certain goals that represent the values and the motivations-the wants and the needs, the aspirations and expectations-of both leaders and followers, and the genius of leadership lies in the manner in which leaders see and act on their own and their followers' values and motivations"
Different types of leadership have been theorized, Jung believe that leaders are born (Traits) where their personality pops out and attracts followers. Normally …show more content…
It is the dissolution of hierarchy between superiors and subordinate. Moving away from the thinking about Command and Control to partnership. (Ritchey, 2014)
Mother Teresa
I decided that Mother Teresa (1910 -1997) as my leadership case. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was known as Mother Teresa was the leader and founder of “Missionaries of Charity” and dubbed as a Saint by Pope John Paul II (Reuters,2003) She received her noble prize for Peace at 1979. (Nobelprize.org, 1979)
Mother’s Teresa’s actions have affected the world and improved the lives of people in need. She would be a prime example of a leader. (It is debated that mother Teresa is whether a transformational or a servant leader)
Groves and LaRocca (2011) describes transformational leaders as Influence, promoting vales such as loyalty, fairness, justice, human’s right by using empowerment strategies to change followers’ values and belief toward the organization and goals wrote Mendonca (as cited in Groves and LaRocca, …show more content…
I believe that my style of leadership is similar to Mother Teresa. I have asked my friends to help take the Servant Leadership Questionnaire that is found in Northhouse (2013) and found that I behave as a moderate servant leader only with an exception of higher score for putting my subordinates first.
Every leaders have a certain kind of power that they possesses, The most widely cited research on power is French and Raven’s (1959) work on the bases of social power, who identified 5 important bases of social power. Mother Teresa could be identified to have referent power, as French and Raven (1959) would describe that the identification of liking from the followers. Kirkpatrick, S. and Locke, E. (1991) discussed whether traits will help identify leaders, they concluded that “Traits only endow people with potential for leadership” A person might be born to have the materials but not the knowledge or skills does not make one a