Transactional leadership

After migrating from urban East Cleveland, Ohio to rural Toomsuba, Mississippi, at the age of 15. I personally know, the first leadership any child experiences are their parents. Sometimes, adversity in life will causes some parents to capitulate, because they may not possess the intelligence and/or humility needed, to overcome a specific hardship(s). In my case, it was a long-term crumpling marriage and the death of a sibling; that caused my parents to make a series of unhealthy decisions,…

Leadership has been an intriguing and important part of human interactions for as long as people have lived and worked together in groups. Bass (1990) assert that leadership is a ?universal phenomenon? and that ?the study of leadership is an ancient art? (p.5). Leadership is one of the most widely talked about subjects and at the same time one of the most elusive and puzzling. Although the concept of leadership is as old as human history, interest in leadership increased during…

body of evidence that recognises leadership style is among the key factors in promoting innovative performance and gaining competitive advantage over their rivals (Leroy, Anseel, Gardner, & Sels, 2015; Paulsen, Maldonado, Callan, & Ayoko, 2009). This paper will focus on exploring the most recent styles of…

Effective Follower My weaknesses when it comes to being an effective follower pertains to my lack of interest in requesting performance feedback. I tend to believe that no news is good news and that if there is not anything that I am inherently doing wrong, then I should not be worried. I feel that this is a weakness because, as an employee that is striving to climb to the top of the business hierarchy, I should be doing everything that I can in order to improve as a worker. Another weakness…

years. During that time, a common problem for the leadership there was that they severely struggled with motivating subordinates. Turnover was also extremely high, and this was largely due to the ways that the leaders communicated with their followers. After witnessing such extreme levels of mismanagement, I made a personal vow to never be like that as a leader, but instead strive to learn how I can be an effective leader. Gauging leadership effectiveness can be accomplished by examining how…

Cultural Analysis and Leadership The fourth year consolidating nursing student has to complete 360 hours of clinical on an acute care neurology unit in Kingston’s acute care hospital. This paper will be analyzing the initial foundational steps that the nursing student needs to understand before trying to apply his change project. This plan will change the current behavior of placing soiled garbage in bins that have no lids. There will be a demonstration of what type of leadership style will be…

Charismatic leadership became a topic of great awareness after a renewal of the scientific field of leadership in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s which incorporated a raise of publication and the expansion of leadership theory (Conger & Hunt, 1999). Conger and Kanungo have collected a model of charismatic leadership components in organizations in 1987, to screen off the concept. This model was after that confirmed by a factorial analysis with powerfully believable results (Conger & Kanungo,…

Introduction Successful leadership requires a high degree of emotional intelligence. Such leaders assimilate themselves with each situation in the organization and problems of every employee within the organization. Emotionally intelligent leaders encourage their followers for high performance by managing interpersonal and inter-professional relationships within the team, and empowering followers to access opportunities and resources, thereby enhancing their engagement with the work (Grossman…

LEADERSHIP WITH A PERSONAL FLAIR According to Manktelow (2015), the different styles of leadership are autocratic, democratic, Laissez-faire, transformational, bureaucratic, charismatic, servant, and transactional leadership. Each leader develops a style that falls into one or a couple of these styles because there is not one style that fits all leadership situations. This paper will describe the author of this paper’s personal leadership style and how this style has an impact on organizational…

The educational leadership and management are interrelated and both need to be given equal prominence to achieve the aims of the education successfully. In other words, the quality or effective leaders and managers will makes a significant difference to school and student outcomes. Thus, as a researcher and future leader, I must always explore and review the articles, literatures and information regarding the educational leadership and management leadership which can provide me the useful…