Analysis on Two Leadership Articles

My view on leadership before coming into college was very brief. I knew what leadership was in a vague way, not in the descriptive way that I have learned about in this perspectives on leadership class. At first, I thought a leader was someone you just looked up to for a specific reason. During this class I have learned that leadership is so much more than that. A leader is someone who you can look up to but in a way that you know you can fully trust them with anything, and the things they say are accurate and they hold them self to a high standard. A leader does not just have one quality they have a bunch of qualities and traits that connect them as a leader.

community are at the Youth Center. I am an active member of Torch Club. I am currently the Secretary of Torch Club, so I write down all of our ideas and such. Wbat we do in Torch Club is we help the community and provide occasiona l bake sales to others at the Youth Center. Also, I am an active member of the Rota Tiburones Swim Club. I am a Great White, in numeral form, level 4. I practice 8.5 hours a week, with practice at 6 in the morning before school on Mondays and Thursdays. At competitions, I have to make sure that I set a good example for the younger swimmers on the team. When I lived in Alexandria, Virginia, I was a part of a competitive gymnastics team. I had been doing gymnastics for 6 years, and was a level 6. I had to be very committed: I worked out 14 hours a week with Saturday to rest. I had to work very hard, and I also had to set a good example for the level 2s, 3s and 4s. It seemed that I bad to set a very good example for others, because how I competed affected the team's all-around score also.

The story of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold has now become legendary inside and outside the Navy. Captain Abrashoff offers this tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today’s uncertain seas. When Captain Abrashoff took over as the commander of USS Benfold, which is a ship that is completely armed with every cutting-edge system available, but unfortunately, the ship was like a business that has all the latest technology but it lacked in productivity and teamwork. Knowing that that the responsibility for improving performance rested with him as the new USS Benfold’s Captain, Abrashoff realized that he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could improve the crew aboard the ship. Within months, Abrashoff created a crew of confident and inspired problem solvers eager to take initiative and responsibility for their actions. The slogan on board became “It’s your ship,” and the USS Benfold was soon recognized far and wide as a model of naval efficiency. (Abrashoff, 2002) From achieving amazing cost savings to winning the highest gunnery score in the Pacific Fleet, Captain Abrashoff’s extraordinary campaign sent shock waves throughout the entire U.S. Navy fleet. By reading this book, it can really help you change the course of your leadership skills, no matter where your battles are fought. As a society, we continue to invest in the latest

Meindl, J. R. (1990). On leadership: An alternative to the conventional wisdom. Research in Organizational Behavior, 12, 159-203.

The essay classifies leadership into four key approaches: (1) trait approach, (2) behaviour approach, (3) the

Richard J. Shavelson and Lisa Towne provided a framework to address any question that poses research. For a DEL student, I found these principles as a solid guideline or in the military, standing operating procedure to follow. As I embarked on a journey of research in leadership theory, these principles are a standard in which I will start (Shavelson and Towne, 2002, p. 52).

This paper will create a dialogue concerning the following articles and synthesis them to generate a discussion of the common themes that run throughout them, as well as understanding the conclusion of all three articles when taken as one entity.

The purpose of this framework in addition to maintain process perspective to leadership, is simplifying the structural complexity of previous process models in order to make it easier to use research mix methods and quantitative measurement for applied research. Leadership is also considered as a separate process from the leader and the center of gravity of the multiple relationships

There are many theories that explain leadership. Chapter 10 presents each of the leading theories. Each student will choose one of the theories he/she agrees with, one theory that he/she disagrees with, and one theory he/she finds interesting (pick three different theories). Each student will write a short paragraph for each of the above choices (agree, disagree, interesting). Each student will post his/her three paragraphs as one (1) response to the discussion board entitled “Leadership”.

Throughout my life I have experienced a variety of things. Among those things I have dealt with is leadership. Leadership is having the ability to lead or guide others. Anyone can become a leader if they set their mind to doing it. A quote I always liked said “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better” –Bill Bradley. This quote to me simply says that you have to enhance the lives of other if you want to be a great leader yourself. In my paper I would like to discuss a few leadership experiences I have been involved in while here at The University of Southern Mississippi.

The two resources prove to be similar with the discussion in term of how valuable each approach to illustrate their views on what is the function of a leader in order to exhibit leadership traits. Both authors' articulate in a unique style approach, one of singular presentation with an observation and the other in a group experiment setting. Smith’s article focused was on defining what a leadership is by outlining a series of iterative stages, which does not appear to express critical thinking. Three stages that illustrate traits that build on the next step toward the conclusion of the vision and goal realized. In contrast, Ballinger's article, the focus centered on a stage-based model of individual and their work group evaluating the relationship

plethora of peer-reviewed, full-text articles dealing with a myriad of research topics relating tothe various leadership methods and the results of their findings. There were many articles, however, relating to business leadership models.

This formulation of a leadership approach is the result of weeks of study. This includes a compilation of, and refection upon, data collected from several assessments. From this data, a leadership profile emerged, leading to a plan for growth. A foundation for the development of a leadership approach is growing through a study of the history and philosophy of leadership, including various motivational theories. Through interviewing two respected leaders, viewing videos of successful leaders, and conducting further research on leadership, my views on leadership have become much more defined; and through reflection, both

This paper is primarily from the conclusions derived from the self assessments that were given through the online assignments for the course. The primary source that was used to measure these evaluations were completed from the Self-Assessment Library: Insights into Your Skills, Abilities, and Interests, book by Stephen P. Robbins, These evaluation tools measured things such as one’s creativity level to one’s optimism. While some of the results were expected, there were some results that completely took me by surprise.

Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. In the case study Josh Martin uses much different leadership techniques than Tom Saunders which, in summary, can be seen as a quite different style. In the book ‘Management’ leadership is discussed in relation to management. ”Management and