Hersey-Blanchard situational theory

The term “leadership”, as described throughout Unit 1 of our reading, is portrayed by one’s ability to influence and or develop those around him or her in a positive direction (Manning & Curtis, 2012). Personally, I find that being a leader, in today’s society, is only as difficult as maintaining that influence through personal growth and experience. Additionally, a leader must possess the ability to motivate and direct others through collaborative communication in the attempt to achieve…

Moving onto the next piece of this paper is talking about the Organizational Leadership course. Organizational Leadership is about the leadership skills that are needed within an organization. In this course, it was designed to empower students to have the skills to be better leaders and followers. There was an emphasis on developing an understanding of groups and the socialization and behaviors of groups. From this course, there are a few different points of discussion that I want to go over.…

Self-assessment results in the above table shows Referent power. It can be defines as the ability to influence others based on personal relationships and charisma. People who feel a deep loyalty or friendship toward someone usually are willing to do special favors for that person. Therefore, Referent power also called as Personal appeals influencing tactic based on friendship. Behr (1998) suggested that, Referent power has become more important with the increasing importance of personal values…

In this article, Liden, Wane, Liao, and Meuser examine servant leadership in relation to serving one's culture. “Servant leadership is based on the premise that leaders who are best able to motivate followers are those who focus least on satisfying their own personal needs and most on prioritizing the fulfillment of followers’ needs. Leaders who are more concerned about others than themselves are humble, and their humility stimulates strong relationships with followers and encourages followers…

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I am honored to be nominated in the National Junior Honor Society. I will you show that I am worthy to be in such a nominated for something this important. I will also show you that I will benefit the NJHS. I have the competence to work hard in and out of school and in NJHS. I have high standards for myself and I will be able to accomplish those. I think I show leadership very well. I encourage people to stay on task. When my peers need help, I volunteer to help them. I cooperate with them.…

Throughout the project, I have faced many challenges. Out of many challenges throughout, the most challenging challenge was on leadership. I do not have autocratic leadership where I can order others to do something. My leadership is more participative leadership, where I consult with group, making group decisions and sharing power, and authority. When the word “leadership” arise, I automatically think of autocratic leadership as I was taught that people who have leadership leads the group with…

The Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD) describes five different leadership behaviors. The most preferred being Transformational leadership, which is the most active and effective. Transformational leadership encompasses the four Is, which are: Individualized Consideration, Intellectual Stimulation, Inspirational Motivator, and Idealized Influence. These foundational traits were the most important information to me in Module 3. I believe that incorporating the four Is and…

Since the function of Active Listening is to focus on the speaker for further understanding and connection, it would be safe so say that workers who are good listeners should be just as beneficial to an organization as a receptive manager. Given that the normal flow of communication in a workplace is typified by a supervisor giving instructions or tasks to subordinates, the ability of an employee to listen would appear natural. Unfortunately, many of the same problems associated with listening…

Journal This week, I learned about leadership theories and its applications. There are many theories such as trait, behavioral, situational, contingency, transformational, and transactional theories (Bauer and Erdogan, 2010, page 267). There is no one perfect or standard method, but any of this approach can be useful depending on the environment or a situation. For the written assignment, I was supposed to choose at least three leadership theories and write about its pros and cons. In the…