Compare and Contrast Two Leaders

While living with her dad she learned discipline and learned how to use her great intelligence, from potential to kinetic use. At school she was know for her intelligent speaking and she received a scholarship at Tennessee University. She majored in broadcast communication and she scored a job as a reporter at a Nashville TV station. “Oprah left school at the age of 19 years old to become the first Afro-American woman broadcaster in Nashville (Best Inpirational Stories, 2009)”. She made various amount of mistakes at her new job, she felt exhausted all the time. The Nashville station management team didn’t like her attitude towards the camera; too, on top of that, they didn’t like her “appearance”. “They complained about her hair style, her big nose and the distance between her eyes. Tempted to glamourize her appearance, they sent her to a good salon in New York which did a disastrous remodeling that made her hair fall off (Best Inpirational Stories, 2009).

When interviewing a leader in an organization in order to discover their leadership style one must ask critical questions. I had the opportunity to interview Casey Aguirre who is a Team Manager at the Salem Call Center for T-Mobile. Casey has been with T-Mobile for over 11 years. In this interview we discussed her leadership style, the steps she took to become a leader, her biggest challenges, and her greatest achievements among other things. While interviewing Casey I kept in mind the connection between women in leadership and the cultural disadvantages and advantages that women in leadership

Oprah was a pioneer of successful women in the entertainment industry. “Oprah created a TV network called Oxygen that was geared towards women”(Harmon).Oprah created successful companies and channels that employed many and became well known in American society. She represented a strong, black, female leader who had wild success, inspiring women everywhere.  I was and still am often the only woman in a room full of white men, but this drives me to prove I am capable of anything (Oprah Winfrey on Career,Life and Leadership).Oprah has become a role model and a reminder to women and girls everywhere that you can achieve anything, even if it had only been achieved by men in the past.She also proved that you don’t need money or a prestigious upbringing to have success. ”Being black, and being brought up in the South, that’s sometimes considered a handicap”(Waldron 60).Oprah used her sheer talent and skill to overcome obstacles no one else had to hurdle in her industry, making her an instillment of motivation for those who thought they could never have prosperity because of their

In order for an organization or movement to have success, it is extremely important that their leaders are effective. Every leader does not possess the same qualities and skills as the next leader, but that doesn't make them less effective. Each leader may also have a different leadership style than the next person. This paper will define a leader as well as servant leadership and transformational leadership styles. Finally, Eleanor Roosevelt's leadership style will be determined to be either servant leadership, transformational leadership, or both.

The first women that I noticed that possessed leadership characteristics is Marian Anderson. Marian faced racial injustices from the day she was born. The leadership quality I think she possessed is patient. From when she was denied entry to a school of music when she was little, to when she was prohibited from singing in Washington’s Constitution Hall. “She had gone from a little-known concert singer to an icon who reminded Americans not just of the evils of segregation, but of their capacity to do better” (Collins 107). Marian waited all of her life to finally get the recognition she deserved, but it did not come till she was well past her prime.

She worked to advance what she called "group-centered" leadership long before a belief in the importance of internal and participatory democracy within our progressive organizations was widely shared. She was a coalition-builder. Principles were essential, but she was rarely if ever tactically rigid. She understood that the way individuals lived their personal lives could not be divorced from their political activities.

One identified contributor to women's slower than expected assent into leadership is the persistence of assumptions and stereotypes that women are intrinsically "communal" or "dependent" and "passive", and therefore, lack the capacity to succeed as leaders. (National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2006 as cited by Isaac, Kaatz & Carnes, 2012).

c) From this comparison, suggest lessons about different types of effective leadership by a female in the world of modern business and / or modern politics.

The chosen social leader is Oprah Winfrey. Today, Oprah Winfrey is a well-known name around the United States. Oprah Winfrey is ranked among the billionaires today; Oprah was appraised the richest African American in the 20th Century ( ). Oprah Winfrey was not born the billionaire she is today, she had to overcome several challenges starting with her childhood issues, and then the many issues she had to rise to the success she has today. This paper will discuss Oprah Winfrey to

This topic is not only relevant for the future and success of women and minority leaders, but also for the growth of organizations as well. Organizations would benefit by embracing women and minority leaders and taking into consideration the fact that their contributions can be valuable. In addition, women and minorities can also benefit from understanding why being a successful leader has become difficult. Only through fully understanding their obstacles can they fully be able to achieve greatness as leaders.

The leadership of these two women echoes the results from the Rudman article. Their leadership attitudes are more egalitarian than are men’s. (Kray, Laura J. 2007). This democratic approach to leadership is due mainly to who each is as an individual. Additionally, this is also the culture of the organizational community. Seeking buy in from those effected by a decision results in better outcomes.

Thesis statement: Leadership depends on the leader’s leadership style and there way of communicating ideas rather than the leader themselves. Both women and men believe in similar leadership styles however women prefer a more participative leadership approach.

Ellen Ostrow, P. (1998-2008). 20 Ways To Become A Leader. Retrieved October 24, 2014, from EmergingLeader.com: www.emergingleader.com

As the author points out, the figures on women in leadership is staggering in disparity. The article takes time to focus on identifying and highlighting reasons what makes a successful leader. Having an opportunity to attend a leadership meeting, in which we discussed improving inclusion at my company, this article presented many of the same reasons that as a company we tried to understand, “Why do we not have more women in leadership?” This article really underscores that in order for a business to survive and grow or for that matter, any organization to flourish you need to find individuals that embody the above-mentioned leadership traits not just seniority.

The purpose of this article was to examine women’s and men’s leadership styles, the effectiveness of the different leadership styles, and the true determination of effectiveness as a woman leader (Appelbaum et al, 2003, p. 43). The article present research conducted for theories examined. Comparing this week’s work assignment to this article, I notice a linkage to a few items. The comparable list that is closely related to parts of theories in the reading assignment are gender stereotypes; different leadership style effectiveness; developmental opportunity, and experience. All of these different topics are related to the Leadership Labyrinth.