Social influence

When it comes to leadership styles, there are many that are utilized within private organizations and public institutions such as the US government. The 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, embodied many of these styles, and his examples of leadership are used today among managers and supervisors to the point where managers contrast and compare the characteristics of themselves with those of Theodore Roosevelt. Regarding the many leadership styles, there is…

What is a leader? A leader is someone who leads a group, whether it be a small company or a large country. But in reality, leadership is a set of skills many successful people have. When the topic of leaders appears, a variety of people come to mind: Steve Jobs, Nelson mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr., just to name a few. But the most prominent is George Washington. Although Washington’s pursuits may have changed over the years, he was always destined to be a leader. George Washington had…

Direct and Indirect Influence First of all, some dictionaries defined influence as “the power to change or affect someone or something”. We all know that influences always have consequences, so when we want to change something, we need to understand that it may have an impact on people’s lives. We all humans are different, so we might think similar, but we make different choices, and a clear example of this is my family. For instance, my brothers and I were raised in the same house and our…

but ended up far more useful in life than a simple do this and not that kind of book. Leadership is an art form and that art is about influencing people. Not commanding them, this is the job of a manager. If you want to be a leader learning to influence is the real key to success.…

When analyzing leadership in the Music and Arts Organization. We quickly were able to identify a major key problem, which was the lack of the presence of a leader. Leadership is defined by the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of a vision or a set of goals.(Judge and Robbins 382) When we asked about the organization's management, employees weren't able to identify his specific leadership role in the team. The former employees did not describe the manager as an effective leader…

Leadership by definition means the action of leading a group of people or an organization. It is a position you take on whether it is given to you or you step up and take it on by yourself without being asked. Leadership to me means you as an individual taking responsibility to make sure that people are doing what’s needed or that things are in order without being told. It is stepping up and saying or doing what needs to be done. For example, on the field during practice you see a section…

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…

Based on what I learned during Module 3: Self-Improvement, I feel the inspirational section of Transformational Leadership (TL) is this most important concept. Of 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…

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.”…

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.…