1.0 Introduction
Today’s global economy, the skeleton of an organization is a combination of mutual understanding and responsibility. Typically leadership is one of the key factors to achieve organizational success and effective leader should have knowledge, skill (technical as well as cognitive) and ability to guide, control and achieve organisational goals. A leader should have a strong intrapersonal competence which include self-awareness (e.g., emotional awareness, self confidence), self-regulation (e.g., self-control, trustworthiness, adaptability), and self-motivation (e.g., commitment, initiative, optimism) (Manz & Sims, 1989; McCauley, 2000; Neck & Manz, 1996; Stewart et al., 1996). An effective leader should have conceptual skill to view the organisation as a whole which enables them to make strategic decisions. However, good leadership is hard to define and contextual. Such as there is a difference in leadership at the functional and at enterprise level. Many managers appear incapable of dealing with this degree of situational complexity. (Conger 2004)
2.0 Effective Leader Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
In my opinion, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw portrays a perfect example of an effective leader. She is an Indian businesswoman, Entrepreneur and the Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon, country’s leading Biotech Company. (Young India Reformer 2011) In 2004, she was named the richest woman in India with a net worth of $1.2 Billion. (Rai et al. 2014) She dared to dream in a country
Who do you personally admire as a leader? The person I admire as a leader is Dena Davidson. She is the director of Thrive School of Leadership and is only 28 years old. She is a strong female leader and has already gotten Bachelor degrees in Apologetics.
An effective leader determines the best decision possible for a group of people. A determined, confident, and intellectual person can lead a group of people to success; however, most leaders are put into positions based on physical appearance. A leader to some may be the tallest, most attractive, muscular person
Someone that I would consider an effective leader is Stephan Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister, I do not have a personal connection to Stephan Harper but I believe that he has made a difference as a leader in Canada. Harper communicates well and always keeps the public up to date on his beliefs and values. Harpers openness gives his followers confidence in his decisions for our country.
In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, leadership is an important element. Without it, everything would be chaotic and unorthodox. Jack, as a leader, helps everyone to take care of the problems they are facing in the moment; and that is why I would follow him over anyone else in the novel. His actions resemble what coaches would look for in their athletes, but less extensive. For instance, a football coach focuses on the week they are on instead of thinking about finals.
A good leader should ensure he is trustworthy, direct, and rational, while a bad leader is egotistical, dishonest, and secretive. “The problem with leadership is inevitably: who are we following? You need to be very careful who you select as your hero. " Jordan Peterson.
What makes a teen activist different from other people? What makes a teen a teen activist? Teen activism is standing up for what you believe in. Malala stated “when the whole world becomes silent even one voice becomes powerful.” Teen activist are like heros.
What Makes an Effective Leader? There are leaders all around you and you probably did not even know it. A leader is a person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. This could be parents, teachers, or the president of a country.
In developing this paper on leadership, I examined what was most important to me as a leader. As I reflected on my leadership philosophy, I thought about my experiences and the principals that I have learned through my own self-discovery and the observation of other leaders that I have had throughout my life. My leadership philosophy paper will focus on what leadership is to me, core values, and knowledge of others. In thinking about my definition of leadership, I thought of what was most important to me in and as a leader.
She spoke at conferences and she stood up for education and women's rights. Two things I knew of, but never had paid more than five minutes of attention to. One thing led to another for me. I started reading up about women’s rights in Pakistan and India, and why the Taliban didn’t want girls to have an education. I felt connected to her, in the way she spoke, wrote, and the balance between her religion and life.
Leadership has been defined in a variety of ways, there are multiple authors and theorists who have tried to define and understand leadership, all leading to varying theories and conclusions, but one thing that is universally understood is the importance of effective leadership and how someone with good leadership skills can impact so many people around them. (Kakabadse and Kakabadse, 1999; Yukl, 2002; Northouse,2013) The main components that have been identified to play a role in leadership are relations between leader and subordinates, interaction form between leader and followers, the influence that the leader has, the way in which the leader behaves and finally a leader’s traits. (Yukl, 2002) These elements that make up a leader, are then used as building blocks to identify the way in which each specific leader deals with its followers.
A leader is someone who takes initiative and leads the group. A true leader doesn’t try to lead, they just do. A leader is effective in whatever they might be doing. Leaders have a significant role in the community; without our great pool of leaders, from all corners of our lives, our country would most likely be headed into a downhill spiral.
(2003) believed that there are five C’s of leadership and these five Cs can play a vital role in developing most effective, efficient and proficient leaders. These five Cs are: character, commitment, connectedness, compassion and confidence. Oshagbemi and Ocholi (2006) grouped managers on the bases of their leadership styles and day to day behavior. Categorization is done into three groups: practical leaders, unity leaders and uncaring leaders. The results concluded that every leader is relatively affective but it can be expected that practical and unity leaders could do even better than uncaring leaders.
One of the most important characteristics of a good leader is that they must be actually prepared to lead under any circumstance. This sounds like something that should go without saying, but it is surprising just how many people who are in a leadership role are not prepared to take an active role in leading their team. A good leader does not sit back and observe what is going
This paper is going to encompass different leadership theories and their relevance to my own personal personality and method of leadership. There will be information on the advantages and disadvantages of the leadership theories and information on each including examples. The purpose of this paper is to view various kinds of leadership theories and apply them to a real-life scenario. Leadership Theories There are quite a few different leadership theories available for people to take information from and use in business settings and even personal settings.
Leadership: Definition Leadership is the process of influencing the motive of the employees and so directing, guiding them to the proper completion of the short-term goals and the mission, vision of the firm. Leadership referring to achieve a specific set of goals of the business enterprise by minimizing risk and more advantage of opportunities is also called Entrepreneurial Leadership (Rao, 2015). Today leadership is such an iterative process when the leaders should have a variety of qualities and expertise in different area of management. Here, different theories will be explained which can clearly identify the scope, the responsibilities and the area of expertise required to be successful leader.