Billy Mitchell: A Critical Analysis of His Leadership Billy Mitchell was a visionary airpower pioneer who demonstrated very effective leadership in field operations, but his inability to develop a guiding coalition limited his effectiveness in leading the major organizational change he so desperately desired.
I was asked to write and submit a 4-6 page book summary of the text “Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership” by Gary L. McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima. This book report should summarize the basic purpose of the book, the most important leadership principles contained, and the student’s
Leadership Analysis Paper By Richard Miller PADM 450 Introduction: 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
the relationship between power, leadership, and purpose. Author’s Purpose Burns wrote the book to address the essence of leadership. His intended audience is the everyday
SPC Jon exceeded the XVIII Airborne Corps Noncommissioned Officer Basic Leader Course graduation requirements with an overall 92.85% grade point average earning Commandant's List recognition. His attributes and competencies and knowledge of the responsibilities were put to the test with SPC Jon achieving the Leadership Award. SPC Jon demonstrated a high level of dedication to maintain his physical ability by achieving a 300 on the APFT. SPC Jon was also had the opportunity to compete in the academy's Iron Warrior Competition. His ability to effectively commutate verbally is that of a seasoned Noncommissioned Officer, whether it is though giving commands to a formation or writing awards for his Soldiers. SPC Jon's dedication to the mission
Current Leadership Issues and Assessment It was all over the news when the terrorist attacks happened in Paris. It was devastating to the families and people who live them found it difficult to cope. Many families migrated to the US to settle down with their remaining families that survive the tragedy. It was devastating all around the world and issues still remains unresolved till this day. After the tragedy, the US governors in each state were prepared and some were not prepared to accept refugees to reside in the state in which they are governing. A Republican Gov. Mike Pence, who is the governor of Indiana clearly and loudly declared the refusal of the Syrian refugees and suspended the resettlement of the families in Indiana. Gov. Mike
MSgt Abbott served as active duty Air Force for four years as a civil engineer, including one year in Korea, before transitioning into the California Air National Guard. She instantly competed for key leadership roles within her National Guard unit, while also pursuing a career utilizing the technical skills
Authorizations always got in the way of making timely changes to the regulations and procedures in my battalion in the Marine Corps. The changes would usually need to get approved up the chain of command before reaching the commanding officer to give the ultimate okay. I usually would run my ideas past the individuals who needed to sign off on my proposal before creating sending it up. Giving them a heads up and keeping them in the loop, usually got my proposal approved faster. This concept ties into your second paragraph on Casey Mork’s leadership experience. I do not think it is always possible for middle managers to set clear goals and to be transparent when the upper leadership is slacking, however you seem to be proactive person. I am
Jerry McElroy is Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Agency. Jerry talks about trying to change some of the things in the system, but first they had to show the people that they meant no harm. Also employees especial new employees had to follow the new Idea’s based on these changes (Jerry McElroy, 2016). Today’s leaders must be much more empathic to the needs of their employees, their elected officials, and the public (Baker,2015).
Rufus thank you for your post; it was enlightening to read. As you mentioned, Ricketson's one way to change church culture from power and control cultures to role and responsibility cultures, which is by consistently teaching a biblical organizational perspective, deem sound basically due to its approach. It is my belief that a Bible based approach always proves most beneficial. Thank you, for your added study and additional research that stated, the church and its leadership, as a whole must be under the auspices of Jesus Christ. In addition, I for one agree totally, in that Jesus Christ was the model leader for all. Also, I concur with your judgment that stated, in a church persons who are to follow the leadership of Christ, the Head of the church, performs biblical leadership, which enables leaders and others to discern the way the means of the Holy Spirit’s guidance.
In The Lord of the Flies, Jack’s leadership is allegorical to Stalin’s control of the USSR during the 1940s. In the Soviet Union under Stalin, the government was a totalitarian communist dictatorship, where it was controlled by one person, and the only authority was the absolute power of the state. Political opposition was controlled and suppressed by military police, and those who spoke out too loudly were never seen again. An article from the Library of Congress describes this control as “strict party-state control, not tolerating even the slightest expression of local initiative, let alone political unorthodoxy.” However, there was the equal sharing of labor and wealth that was distributed by the state, and industrialization of the Soviet
I am a huge fan of Allan Mulally leadership style. What his team accomplished at Ford is nothing short of legendary. There is something about a corporate turnaround I like, the transformational Journey of these companies close to bankruptcy and back to profitability is very, very fascinating.
I have learned many lessons from Jack Welch on leadership. Jack Welch has been with the General Electric Company (GE) since 1960. Having taken over GE with a market capitalization of about $12 billion, Jack Welch turned it into one of the largest and most admired companies in the world by the time he stepped down as its CEO 20 years later, in 2000. Jack Welch used his uncanny instincts and unique leadership strategies to run GE, the most complex organization in the world and increased its market value by more than $400 billion over two decades. He remains a highly regarded figure in business circles due to his innovative leadership style. Jack Welch demonstrated Kouzes and Posner’s five practices of modeling the way, inspiring a shared
Although trait and skill theories have ideas that can be intertwined and can be compared