Hersey-Blanchard situational theory

After reading the chapter in the text about skills approach, it is clear to me that I have some improvements to make. Upon embarking in this journey into leadership as a study, I considered myself to be a proficient leader, able to motivate people, and an organized individual able to organize others to achieve a goal. I am a leader in my personal extracurricular activities and I am a manager in my professional life. I have learned a significant amount of information about myself as a person…

Alexander Majors became a leader at a very young age when his mother passed away and his father left to prospect for silver. He was the man of the house and in charge of his family and family farm at only 13 years old. This could be considered the basis for his great work ethic and drive. Soon after serving our country in the Mexican-American war, he founded a freight business which earned a reputation as one of the best. As a young business man, Majors would join his employees while they were…

Rube Goldberg and Beyond As a High School Physics student in my Junior year, I was placed on a team and asked to build a Rube Goldberg machine. I had seen several YouTube videos on these ball rolling, random ramps, fast moving machines…but were we able to build our own construction marvel for extra credit? Rube Goldberg began his career as an engineer and later to become a American Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist. His vision of taking everyday household items and making them into crazy…

Transformational leadership requires close relationship between leaders and their team members, and the leaders should not show their power to colleagues to keep an appropriate distance. The leaders should consider the needs and capabilities of the members individually. Mutual trust and efficient communication is necessary for the leadership (Salanova et al. 2011, p. 2257). A change in a clinical setting should be managed by both leaders’ and member’s opinion. To achieve this, leaders are…

I really like this theory because it focuses on the goals that need to be accomplished while having a leader be the motivator behind completing goals. It helps the leader when the client sees the payoffs of the goals that were set, which gives more motivation. Helping individuals identify and achieve goals, clearing away obstacles, offering appropriate rewards along the way, are all responsibilities of leadership in path-goal theory (Tools, 2015). Understanding the characteristics…

Followership, which can also be referred to as “‘managing upwards or ‘leading from the middle’” (Kirchhubel, 2010), sets the foundation in the formation of an effective leader. It is the building block that establishes the basic skills and behaviors needed to mold a follower into a successful leader. Followership is not the passive deference or subservience to the will of superiors. Rather, followership is the ability to effectively utilize and sharpen the critical thinking, communicative and…

What is the president, what is a princial, or better yet what is a teacher? They are all leaders. There wouldn't be some kind of order nor plan without them. Leaders are needed everywhere. Leaders are very important individuals. I'm a very important individual because I'm a leader. I had the role of commander in JROTC due to my leadership skills. I have confidence, integrity, patience, and positivity. In Beta Club, positivity is needed. Through any of the obstacles we may encounter,…

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding the leader is Ralph, and I also agree with the author with this choice. If I had to follow a character in this book it would most definitely be Ralph for multiple reasons and my reasons are based off my past experience at school and in sports. Ralph is a great leader because he sees the big picture or the ending destination for that particular goal and how to accomplish it. Ralph in the story sees that task at hand as processes not only in his head what…

Being a great, inspirational leader within the United States Air Force is essential to the future of our subordinates. I owe it to them and the Air Force to take everything I can from this NCOA course seriously and use it to develop the next generation. Based on the information provided to me from my self-assessment and peer feedback, there are two concepts that I need to address to make me a better leader. The two concepts are being a “follower” and “Transactional Leadership” Management by…

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek personifies the leadership style of authentic leadership. Craig is a low-key, organization first, employee dedicated leader who has taken Costco to international fame as a low cost, high ethics, retailer who does not follow the same trends as other large retailers. Craig Jelinek was CNNMoney Magazines top choice for CEO of the year in 20151. Other retailers had bad years competing against on-line retail giant Amazon in 2015, Costco quietly earned 15% profits under…