Authentic Leader Essay

Fiction? What is a leader? “A leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible” -Mark Yarnell. Leaders are brave, don’t give up, and they lead from their heart. One of the leaders that we know is God. He made anything possible and everything you can’t imagine. Is it Fact or Fiction to be a leader? If you picked fiction, is your life a fantasy? There are two choices to make in order to be a leader. Those choices are to be marvelous or atrocious. The real leader is authentic and will show us…

that help put the passion there to keep it burning. These individuals are called leaders and they are all around us, they may even be you, yourself who inspires and motivates someone and continues to provide an example of direction and development. Being a leader is about being personable in many ways with your peers, your colleagues, strangers, and those around you. My husband is currently a Lance Corporal…

both tasks and interpersonal relationships which was important to me as a leader as I felt that focusing on peer relations aided significantly in changing the organization and structure of the group in terms of team work and motivating the group members through building a relationship with the group members. Evidence has supported the behavioral approach as an effective approach to leadership, as studies have found that ‘leaders who support their subordinates and team members and look out for…

his 1970 essay, ‘The Servant as Leader’. The concept of servant leadership transpired from Hermann Hesse’s ‘Journey to the East’; the tale of a group of men accompanied by their servant, Leo, on a mythical journey. Leo did menial tasks but also kept the group in high spirts with song, until one day Leo disappeared and the group fall apart and the journey is abandoned. For Greenleaf, this tale told that a great leader is seen as a servant first. Leo was indeed the leader all along, however he was…

Defining what leadership is, who leaders are, and what leaders do is not easy (Grossman & Valiga, 2017). Some of the classic theories include Great Man Theory, Trait Theories, Situational Theories, Contemporary Leadership Theories, Transformational Leadership, Authentic Leadership, and Adaptive Leadership. Applicable to this case study is the transformational leadership. This theory was first introduced by Burns (1978), and he described it as being context based, a process for motivating…

In C. Richard Panico’s article “Naked Leadership: Lead to Win Hearts and Minds,” Panico argues that leaders must be willing to invest themselves and become “naked” to the organization. In this paper, I will “dress up” some of the ideas in Panico’s paper by discussing of some of the academic research and issues related to his ideas. The relationship between academic and practitioner literature on leadership is symbiotic. In leadership studies, most researchers either use surveys to test their…

industry is constantly changing. This is partly due to the numerous transformational leaders that have brought in ideas from varying industries from sports. As discussed in Sports Leadership in the 21st Century, transformational leaders are “those who inspire followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes while also helping to develop the individual leadership skills of their followers” (Borland, p. 46). Transformational leaders employ the necessary leadership skills to transcend industries through…

These three theories changed and developed my understanding the most. For starters transformational leadership is basically when a leader takes a follower under their wing and develop or transforms them in order to meet their full potential. I know this theory is extremely important because it is the type of leadership that is being used by coaches, parents, and teachers that are raising…

leadership can be impossible (for example, because of hierarchical nature of society such as in Japan). A leader has to be aware of cultural environment, and adopt the best suitable style of the leadership. He has to possess cultural skills and feeling of sensitiveness, as joint operations require working with military from different cultural backgrounds, who can understood or interpret leaders actions according to their own beliefs, and this interpretation can often be very different from the…

In thinking about how authentic leadership has been challenged in the social media era, I have reflected on my own online presence and how it aligns with who I am. Honestly, I minimally engage in social media. I just joined Facebook this past summer because of SHSU. I wanted to be connected and not miss out on any HIED communication between fellow Graduate students and faculty. So I took the plunge and created an account. I don’t follow Twitter, Instagram or any other social media outlet.…