What is leadership? Leadership is defined as an ability to take control of a group, or an organization. A leader is a role that many people want because of all the power and glory it possesses. However, not everyone could be a good leader. This idea is present in the novel One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. The story took place inside an asylum in the 60s, Chief Bromden, the narrator of the story, retelling a story about McMurphy- a new patient who had a very questionable past- turns the…
excuse their immoral behavior. As stated in The Leadership Challenge, “Trust is a strong, significant predictor of employee satisfaction, the quality of communication, honest sharing of information, acceptance of change, acceptance of the leader’s influence, and team organizational performance.” It goes on to state, “Trust is also linked to profitability. High-trust organization have been show to outperform low-trust organizations by 286 percent.” (Kouzes & Posner, 2012) That being said, Ms.…
Leadership can create an environment of trust, loyalty, and drive success or it can cause a lack of productivity, mistrust, and a mass exodus from an organization. The main difference between these two scenarios is the effectiveness of the leadership. The role of leaders should have a positive effect on the organization. Because of this, assessing how well administration is doing is necessary. There is no right or wrong way to measure a leaders capabilities. However, Voyage uses several methods…
handle certain situations. The interview questions will be open questions so just be yourself, you don’t have to worry on anything. (Example question: If a team member is struggling doing a certain step, What will you do?) Who will be watching me during my audition? We will keep all auditions private. The judge panel will contain friendly people like Serah Del Rio, Alice Milana, and most likely Ms.…
everything we talked about, this concept immediately struck me as something that I’ve seen my peers perform well and something that I could improve upon. For a long time, I have found my efforts to inspire my subordinates, peers and supervisors have been hit or miss. According to the Self Assessment of Leadership Behavior my overall leadership capability is strong; however, I now know that I must focus specifically on my ability to inspire. In class, we discussed what it felt like when a…
Getting others to do the things you want them to do is all in the way you influence them. Influence is defined as “changing someone’s behavior” (Rykrsmith, 2011, para. 2). As seen in the video, there are tactics that can be used to influence people which include reciprocity, scarcity, authority, consistency, liking, and consensus. Out of the six influence tactics, the authority and consensus tactics stand out the most in my workplace. Of course, authority is used everywhere. Authority is…
What makes a person to become a leader or a follower? Alejandro Ines, a college student at Porterville College, writes about how anybody could be a leader and a follower, in his essay, called “Follower or Leader?” Ines introduced a book we read in class, called, “The Sunflower,” by Simon Wiesenthal, an author and a Jew who survived the Holocaust. Ines thesis was, “The life of the typical leaders and followers is composed of many intellectuals, such as mentoring, motivation, and obedience.”…
order to be an effective leader, you have to be able to provide a positive influence on others. Leaders influence others to complete the mission or attain a purpose. The means of influence include actions to relay motivation. Positive, empowering influence comes by knowing how to lead, relate to others, and free others to manage tasks (Department of the Army, 2012). A workers’ performance may be dependent on the leaders’ influence. Leaders have to ensure that they are careful when providing…
The transformational leader corresponds with self-assurance and motivation while presenting a concept that builds a good report with the organization. Transformational leadership has been defined as a style that conveys the best in a person and inspires others to achieve beyond their expectations (Tabassi, Roufechaei, Baker, & Yusof, 2017). Transformational leader’s intention is to improve the ability to innovate and adapt in a team environment such as communicating, cohesion, and improve…
Leadership can be defined and shown in many different ways. The United States Army defines leadership as “the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.” There are many ways to go about and be a leader and everyone has their own way of doing it but a good leader can realize when they need to change their leadership style up to accomplish a goal. Adaptability is something that a leader must…