Hersey-Blanchard situational theory

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    Case 1: The leadership style and behaviors that is used by this leader would be most effective is a Visionary style. According to Goleman, 2000, the Visionary style of leadership is most beneficial when clear direction is needed. It is the ‘follow me’ style of leadership. The leader in this case could have showed good leadership by organizing the exit strategy during the meeting fire alarm. This chosen leadership style or behavior will be most effective because it displays self-confidence. It…

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    What is delegation? Delegation is when a person is to assign authority or responsibility to another person to carry out a specific duty. Delegation is one of the most important elements in terms of leadership management (Class notes, 2014). In the workplace this can empower staff to make decisions on their roles although the manager is still accountable for the outcome of the work. When delegating roles this can have a positive income, this can be done as money and time can be saved, it can…

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    What is a leader? The definition of a leader is one who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. A good leader is one who creates a new path in the wilderness and shines a light upon the weak. Leaders can come in all shapes and sizes, they can be old or young, educated or street smart. G. A. Henty’s historical fiction novel, In Freedom’s Cause offers many leaders who rise during the Scottish rebellion against English rule, but one of the most savvy, wise, and proud of all was King…

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    A Servant Leadership Model

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    Leadership is a complex process, and is comprised of a single characteristic or trait. Leadership, rather, is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2015). An organization’s success largely depends on the guidance of its leaders. Great leaders are methodical in their approach to growth and success. They create a vision, articulate that vision to their followers, create a plan to achieve the vision, and guide their organization into…

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    Servant Leadership

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    starting from the great man theory, traits theory, behavioral theory, contingency or situation theory, leaders and followers theory to the most recent one which is dispersed leadership theory. We found that the early leadership theories were focusing on qualities and traits that distinguish leaders from their followers, while the other theories developed after were focusing on other variables such as situational factors and leaders / followers skill levels. Recent theory is concerned more…

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    Power is an important tool for interaction among individuals and establishing authority in many aspects of life. Power is evident everywhere in the world. Bosses and their subordinates, teachers and peers and also government and its citizens. They are all expected to follow their dominant's rules. Power can be seen as "The ability to influence or outright control the behaviour of people" (Power (social and political)/Wikipedia). Some governments have absolute power over their citizens and they…

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    Leadership is defined as influencing others by providing purpose, motivation, and direction (ADP 6-22). A leader will not always be the smartest person, there will always be someone more proficient in tactics or marksmanship than they are. A leader will not always be the strongest person, someone will always have a higher APFT score. These things don’t make them bad leaders, these things make them human. A leader is there to guide their soldiers. According to ADP 6-22, character, presence,…

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    Our team consists of Ahmed Bilal, Abhishek Gogate, and Mary Joseph. Our goal is to find out about the life of Mahatma Gandhi and research on his leadership style. The group has extensively researched the leadership style and qualities of Gandhi, and will explain how he used those qualities to convince people into advocating his lifestyle and political ideology. How does one become the father of a nation? How can one voice echo enough to cause a revolution? The approach of this report will be to…

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    These theories try to identify the characteristics of people assuming leadership roles and try to find out they can improve their leadership skills. Some theories suggest that leaders are born with leadership traits while others suggest that experience gained can help in making great leaders. Other theories claim that leadership is affected by the situation a leader work in. This is the reason why there are leadership theories that endeavor to explain these disparities. One of these theories is…

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    Contingecy (or Situational) Theories: “leaders do not exist in a vacuum”. Scholars said that a leadership style might be appropriate in certain conditions, but not in others, an example: under condition a, leadership style x would be appropriate, whereas style y was more suitable for condition b, and so on. Thus, Leadership takes place in a social context, in interactions with individuals, groups, organizations. There are two main theories: Fielder’s Contingency Model and Path Goal Theory by…

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