Learning Journal Unit 3: Leadership
University of the People
BUS 4405 - Leadership
Pamela Clark, Instructor
July 5, 2023
Introduction Collaborative leadership is a leadership style that emphasises the importance of working together, empowering others, and fostering a culture of inclusivity and teamwork. It encourages active participation and contribution from team members; in today's diverse and dynamic work environments, collaborative leadership has become increasingly important for driving innovation, problem-solving, and achieving organisational goals.
The most vital trait of collaborative leadership that stands out is effective collaboration, which encompasses empowering others, valuing the diversity of thinking, and providing
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Benioff's leadership style prioritises creating an inclusive environment that energises teams, fosters creativity, and cultivates a work culture that is both productive and focused on achieving planned outcomes. Benioff's commitment to inclusivity is evident in various aspects of Salesforce's operations; he actively promotes diversity and inclusion within the company, recognising the value of diverse perspectives in driving innovation and success (Bourke & Titus, 2020); he has implemented initiatives to ensure that teams are comprised of individuals from different backgrounds, experiences, and expertise. By harnessing the power of diverse talents, Benioff has created a work environment where all team members feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique insights. Benioff recognises that a motivated and engaged workforce is vital for driving productivity and achieving outcomes; to achieve this, he encourages open communication, transparency, and a sense of …show more content…
Diversity of thought and perspective enhances problem-solving capabilities, promotes innovative ideas, and enables more effective decision-making (Bourke & Titus, 2020). Team members feel empowered, heard, and respected; they are more likely to be invested in their work and committed to achieving the organisation’s goals. The result is improved efficiency, increased productivity, and enhanced creativity, all of which contribute to higher
Over the past three decades’ educational leadership has been in search of ways to increase student literacy in urban middle schools in the southeast sections of the District of Columbia. The quest to closing achievement gaps in urban school districts have and will always be an on-going issue for educational leadership (Daly & Chrispells, 2008). Findings from research studies suggest that school leadership accounts for fully one quarter of total school effects on pupils, making it second only to classroom instruction among school-based factors affecting student achievement (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson & Wahlstrom, 2004). There are certain challenges that middle school principals face that pertain only to these middle school principals due to
Different people will have different perspectives on certain issues. Including people with different perspectives in a workplace will increase the economy. Diversity goes beyond just gender for example, such as race, sexual orientation, age, class, religion, ability, and many other factors. According to United States Department of Labor “ diverse workforce are better able to find the best and the brightest talent needed to compete in an increasingly competitive economy”. There are benefits of diversity in job sectors, which people have different perception based on their culture and tradition.
Summary: How Diversity Make Us Smarter In this essay, “How Diversity Make Us Smarter,” Katherine Phillips illustrates how diversity functions effectively in a group, organization, and society. Philips states diversity has several advantages, such as enhancing creativity, evoking more thoughts, changing behavior, and promoting hard work. Philips supports the advantages by showing the positive outcomes come from different university researches and studies.
This 3 diversity of perspectives promotes innovation and creativity in the workplace (Fernandez, 2021). When employees from diverse backgrounds collaborate and share their unique perspectives, they bring new ideas and approaches to problem-solving, which leads to enhanced decision-making processes and greater adaptability to change. Employing a diverse workforce can improve a company's ability to relate to and understand a larger client base. Businesses that value diversity are better positioned to cater to the demands and preferences of various consumer segments in the current global market (Konrad et al., 2017).
Working in partnership with others is a fundamental aspect of my role as a healthcare assistant. Collaboration and teamwork are crucial in providing holistic and high-quality care to individuals. By fostering strong partnerships with patients, their families, and the wider healthcare team, I aim to create a supportive and coordinated approach to healthcare delivery. Firstly, I recognize the importance of building a collaborative relationship with patients and their families.
Chris Hadfield once said that “Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts... It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.” Hadfield is stating in this quote that in order our leaders to be successful, they muse ensure our prosperity before their own. With this quote clearly effective leaders collaborate with their people to ensure they are successful and mindful. Collaborative leadership is the strongest way to lead because fear and power can sometimes create anarchy and dissent while respect and decency ultimately create a harmonious society.
1.1 The key features of effective partnership working: • Communication You must have a good level of communication between the different partnerships, it is so easy for miss-communication to happen between the different organisations. Positive communication means that results happen quicker, if there is poor communication then results will reduce or it could mean that outcomes are not met, meaning in the service user becoming dissatisfied with the service they are being provided. A lack of communication can also mean that well-being and diagnosed conditions deteriorating further while waiting for referrals to be made or equipment to be ordered and put into place. • Sharing of knowledge When different partnerships come together to provide an
As the teams are established with people from different cultural backgrounds, encouraging the generation of new ideas and approaches from different perspectives, leads to fostering creativity and innovation that can promote the performance of the entire team through more effective problem-solving and decision-making processes (Hong et al., 2018). In addition, a diverse workplace can help our organization expand the reach of our targeted market. Since we have to serve numerous customers from diverse cultures, having a diverse workforce can enable us to learn and comprehend how to satisfy the needs of our clients. This can lead to customer satisfaction and thus, initiate an increase in market share and revenue.
- Diversity brings a variety of ideas and viewpoints to the organisation especially when creative problem solving is required. - Diversity increases passionate workers and makes work fun and
Introduction Team leadership encompasses many things. It may seem like a simple and small task, but in a real sense, it is complex and comes with responsibilities, and commonly, it determines the success of any team or a group. However, the value of teamwork should not be overemphasized considering that all organizations need individuals and personnel who are willing to share ideas, listen to others and contribute to the problem solving of any given group or a company. Team leaders should have the ability, authority, and power to analyze data and information with a team of people with a common aim and objective as well as issues. The leader should understand the dynamic patterns, the connections and relations between paramount factors in these objectives, aims and issues that help in the analysis process.
Humans by nature prefer validation of their views and opinions. However, in order to truly reap the benefits of workplace diversity, it is important to shake things up a bit. This creates an environment where truly meaningful innovation can take root. • Cultivate an Organizational Culture that is Genuinely Open to New Ideas: Even the most diverse team will not be able to inject innovation and creativity in an organisation if they sense that new ideas are not welcome. Companies with hierarchical culture take time to get to the point where subordinates feel comfortable exercising their creative problem-solving skills.
This allows for two things to occur. The first is that individuals feel like their employer cares causing them to work harder. The second is that every employee are able to bounce ideas off each other creating better ideas which can become innovated concepts. 2) Diversity influences the effectiveness of teamwork at IDEO by bring individuals from all walks of life together. These individuals hold different perspectives and experience that helps the team as a whole.
Teamwork means that a group of people work with us to achieve a common goal, so selecting the team members is very important to help the team in achieving the goal of the team. Through my participation in this team learned a lot of teamwork and contributed to all my ideas that benefit the subject. It also contributed to explaining some of the ideas found in activities that were not clear in some students. The ideas also contributed to working as a team and benefiting the students in the team and then in daily life and work.
Introduction Leadership is the art of empowering people around you to achieve a goal. As a leader I want to help others become leaders themselves. I firmly believe that by leading based on my values this will be accomplished. I have had many leadership influences throughout my career. Some of them showed me the way I wanted to someday lead and others showed me exactly how not to.
Does diversity has a positive effect on performance on teamwork in companies or groups The concept of Diversity comprises tolerance and respect, it means to understand that every person is unique and to accept the individual’s differences. These dissimilarities can be race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. The topic of diversity established itself more and more in our daily routine.