and responsible. Being an experienced leader takes time. Many political officials had years worth of past experience before running for an office. Leaders won’t know how to lead as well if they’ve never been in that sort of position before. However, most run for a higher position because they’re well liked and work well under pressure, not just because they know how to control people. Experience helps leaders learn the Do’s and Don’ts of leading and allows them to figure out if leading is the…
Developing unity is possibly the greatest challenge a commander has with multi-national operations. If a commander is successful in developing unity, unity can also be the greatest strength. In order for a multi-national commander to achieve success and develop unity, he needs to understand the different cultures within his organization, to develop a set of shared values, and show commitment in a shared cause. The first step to success in multi-national operations is cultural understanding.…
For the last several years, I have tried to answer the question of what makes someone a leader. I once viewed a leader as someone with a position of power, who commands those under them to achieve victory. I have since discovered that this is not what makes a leader a leader. I found that not every person with power is a leader. I grew enough to notice what I could not before: people’s motives. When John Quincy Adams said “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and…
George C. Marshall is often characterized as a one of the most influential leaders, in respect to his work in both the military and civilian fields, of the 20th century and is attributed with developing a unique formula for leadership development based on his personal experiences that is still in use today. When evaluating Marshall in the sense of an adaptive leadership analysis one must consider the adaptive leadership characteristics that describe the actions he has taken throughout his career…
George Washington’s Leadership Lessons by James C. Rees with Stephen Spignesi, written in 2007, offers us a delightful insight into the leadership lessons that our country’s first president can teach. Simple to read yet detailed enough to give us deep insight; the book draws from hundreds of sources and draws quotes from the over 20,000 letters President George Washington wrote in his lifetime. In short, this book is not a biography of him, but a reflection on the type of man George Washington…
A transformational leader is one who demonstrates the four attributes of idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration, in encouraging and motivating his or her followers to achieve outcomes beyond their expectations while developing their own leadership capacity at the same time (Bass &Riggio, 2006; Northouse, 2013;Howell & Frost, 2013; Rai & Sinha, 2014; Rickards, Chen, &Moger, 2014). 1.8.3. Idealized Influence Idealized influence…
When thinking of visionary leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sir Richard Bronson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are a few that quickly came to mind. What do they all have in common? How are they able to motivate others to follow them toward their vision? If they are, visionaries who a BHAG, such as bringing space travel into everyone’s daily lives or human rights equality. Great leadership consists of fundamentals that reach core desires and principles. Leadership Qualities The leaders…
After the World War I Women in the Progressive Era achieved many important activities. Among them Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu also call Mother Teresa, born on August 27, 1910 in a devout Catholics family in Skopje, Yugoslavia and died on 5th September 1979. (Guntzelman, J, n.d.) Mother Teresa was a strong, beautiful, kind and an independent woman with remarkable heart when it comes to help others, specially orphan children. She was obedient, willing to listen to others ideas and follow her own state…
importance of equality for all people, Rawls created his theory of justice as an alternative to the Utilitarianism approach. (Heywood, 1994). Rawls theory consists of The Original Position, The Veil of Ignorance, and a degree of rationality, which in turn forms the two principles of justice. The Original Position, theorises that who we are and what we do within society, influences our ideas of justice and fairness. People of different social standings will view justice on different levels,…
Henry Ford, during the early 20th century. Henry Ford is considered one of the most innovative entrepreneurs and industrialists of the industrial age and modern economics. From early on in his career, he was successful with the invention of the Model T - a relatively cheap automobile for the everyday consumer. However, he wanted to be able to make the product better and cheaper. He found that he was able to make machine parts quickly, however the assembly time was slowing down production, and…