Why did you chose the article
When I think of leaders of organizations, I think of people who are innovative, forward thinkers, and most of all focuses on people rather than numbers. Leaders are also people who never settles for things as they are, empowers their team members, and create an environment that is motivating for team members.
I chose this article because my organization received a presentation from LightspeedVT, a virtual training company vying to become a vendor. In researching this company, I was very impressed with the company and the philosophy of the CEO, Brad Lea. As I searched online for an article, I came this article featuring Mr. Lea as being a leader who will flourish in 2015; as I continued reading the article, …show more content…
Many leaders have hired firms to make expensive television ads, some have used social media, and have even used giveaways to capture consumers. Although these strategies may work, the only way for any strategy or method to work is with the leaders at the top to display original leadership. Consumers today are looking for that out-the-box thinking, something different, originality. According to (Llopis, 2014), “to be an original leader requires new levels of thinking that most wouldn’t have the courage to explore and put into action. Originality stems from one’s desire not to be average, common or just like everyone else. It requires you to think carefully about the people you associate yourself with, the environment of leaders you surround yourself with, and the outside factors that shape the ways you lead – in other words, the totality of things that influence your thinking, how you act and when you take action”.
The article suggests that leaders must approach all aspects of the business with an originality leadership style. Having that ability to be original allows the product or services being offered to be more of an eye opener to consumers rather than a common commodity. The article outlined four characteristic that an original leader such the CEO of LightSpeedVT possesses; these characteristics include, potent pioneers, different view, not self-focused, and …show more content…
Relevance of article to OB Behavior - Leaders
According to (Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, and Konopaske, 2011), leaders as it relates to the Organizational Behavior (OB) concept, “are agents of change…persons whose acts affect other people more than other people’s acts affect them”. Leaders are the people who put the organization on the roadmap to success; they are the ones who the leader inspires trust, never accepts that there is only one way to do something, has a long-range perspective, and does not pretend to be someone else.
The article outlined that leaders have the ability to release their exceptional differences in their thoughts, words, and actions; they are more doers than thinkers. (Llopis, 2014), “believes that “original leaders are the ones you remember the most and who set the standard by which you evaluate and assess other leaders...can quickly identify those people who respect their courageous and creative ways of thinking…have the ability to unleash their unique differences in thought in everything they do and how they do
When I think of leaders of organizations, I think of people who are innovative, forward thinkers, and most of all focuses on people rather than numbers. Leaders are also people who never settles for things as they are, empowers their team members, and create an environment that is motivating for team members.
I chose this article because my organization received a presentation from LightspeedVT, a virtual training company vying to become a vendor. In researching this company, I was very impressed with the company and the philosophy of the CEO, Brad Lea. As I searched online for an article, I came this article featuring Mr. Lea as being a leader who will flourish in 2015; as I continued reading the article, …show more content…
Many leaders have hired firms to make expensive television ads, some have used social media, and have even used giveaways to capture consumers. Although these strategies may work, the only way for any strategy or method to work is with the leaders at the top to display original leadership. Consumers today are looking for that out-the-box thinking, something different, originality. According to (Llopis, 2014), “to be an original leader requires new levels of thinking that most wouldn’t have the courage to explore and put into action. Originality stems from one’s desire not to be average, common or just like everyone else. It requires you to think carefully about the people you associate yourself with, the environment of leaders you surround yourself with, and the outside factors that shape the ways you lead – in other words, the totality of things that influence your thinking, how you act and when you take action”.
The article suggests that leaders must approach all aspects of the business with an originality leadership style. Having that ability to be original allows the product or services being offered to be more of an eye opener to consumers rather than a common commodity. The article outlined four characteristic that an original leader such the CEO of LightSpeedVT possesses; these characteristics include, potent pioneers, different view, not self-focused, and …show more content…
Relevance of article to OB Behavior - Leaders
According to (Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, and Konopaske, 2011), leaders as it relates to the Organizational Behavior (OB) concept, “are agents of change…persons whose acts affect other people more than other people’s acts affect them”. Leaders are the people who put the organization on the roadmap to success; they are the ones who the leader inspires trust, never accepts that there is only one way to do something, has a long-range perspective, and does not pretend to be someone else.
The article outlined that leaders have the ability to release their exceptional differences in their thoughts, words, and actions; they are more doers than thinkers. (Llopis, 2014), “believes that “original leaders are the ones you remember the most and who set the standard by which you evaluate and assess other leaders...can quickly identify those people who respect their courageous and creative ways of thinking…have the ability to unleash their unique differences in thought in everything they do and how they do