Ferris Bueller Leadership

Organizational leadership is challenged daily to keep all managers and employees committed to performance, even when change is evitable.

Leaders believe people have an intrinsic value beyond tangible contributions as workers. As a result, genuine interest in the spiritual, professional and personal growth of all employees is demonstrated.

One of my personal commitments is to be surrounded with only good, passionate, and positive people who make me feel happy. The main business of business is to connect with – and add value to – people. That’s such an extremely important point to remember as you build out your career – and craft a richly rewarding life. It is important to lead a happy and meaningful life. Business really is all about people. An enterprise is nothing more than a human venture that brings people together around some marvelous dream that inspires them to express the fullest of their talents and contribute rich value to those they serve. With all the technology, disruption, competition, and transition in the business world today, a lot of us have forgotten that the whole game is about relationships – and human connections. With the pace people work at, it’s easy to sacrifice relationships in pursuit of results. But the irony is that the stronger the bonds between you and your teammates – as well as with the

Abstract: There are numerous definitions of leadership, all of which contain elements related to people (the leader and the follower(s)), communicating in person or by the written word, actions (organizing, directing, coaching, and/or motivating), and for a purpose (meeting a goal(s) or accomplishing a task(s)) (ADP 6-22) (Fisher 2015) (Bolden 2013) (Hogan 2005). Additionally, everything done occurs within a given context. Effective leaders are poised, proficient, pertinent, and practical in the application of the art of leadership. This means leaders are ready to engage the group with effective methods and

The novel, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, shows the struggles that young characters stranded on an island are having to become a leader and surpass others. The story currently has a group of young and innocent children stuck on an island trying to survive and prosper. However they need a leader, which Ralph becomes, and therefore starting a disruption between others. Consequently, since Ralph is scarcely showing a considerable amount of leadership qualities, a multitudinous amount of characters visualize they would suit that position exceptionally. Golding creates the skill of leadership between Jack, Ralph, and Piggy, however Golding shows Piggy as a less innocent and more knowledgeable character which suits a extravagant leader,

C.E. Woolman, the first leader of Delta Air Lines, believed that the company should take care of its employees so that, in return they would take care of customers. At the root of this care included effectively communicating with his teams and empowering them to make the right decisions. As Debra Nelson and James Quick reference in Organizational Behavior: Science, the Real World, and You, (2013, p. 283) “…communication, especially between managers and employees, is a critical foundation for effective performance in organizations…this is especially critical when leaders are articulating vision and achieving buy-in from employees.” The buy-in that Woolman received from his employees stemmed from his intentional engagement with them and expectation to provide the best customer service in the airline industry. Throughout its history, Delta has deliberately engaged its employees and has modeled a human resource management (HRM) system, which is the “term increasingly used to refer to the philosophy, policies, procedures, and practices related to the management of an organization’s employees” (Sims, 2002, p. 2). The HRM system at Delta has impacted its organizational structure, corporate communications, and shared decision making.

Transformational leaders engage their staff and create personal connections. When a leader knows their staff on a personal level they can better understand the needs of the staff and adjust their style to meet those needs. When there is a true connection, a leader can create unity and empower staff to perform beyond their own expectations (Doody & Doody, 2012).

Employees are a driving force who have an impact on organizational success. The leader is the operational determinant for whether employees receive what they want in terms of leadership. This qualitative method research paper will examine what followers want from their leaders in terms of quantity, quality, engagement, style and methods. Extracting themes from an open-ended survey will determine the areas where employees want more from their leader/supervisor as it relates to communication. Suggestions will be made on how these wants can be satisfied.

The movie is talking about “Easy Company” exploits during the war. Starting with jump training at Camp Toccoa, and up until the end of World War II. It shows how the main character Richard Winters working to accomplish the company's missions and keep his men together and safe.

The studies conducted by researchers such as Aryee et al. (2012), and (Xu and Thomas, 2011), indicate that the characteristics of transformational supportive and empowering leadership are closely related to engagement. Interpersonal leadership therefore, integrates transformational leadership and interpersonal and informational fairness (Hansen, Byrne, Kiersch ,2014).Transformational leaders play a very important role in motivating their employees by transforming their attitudes, beliefs and values into a common vision.

It is essential for business leaders to have excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, as leaders are often a symbol of a company’s integrity and this affects not only how customers perceive the company, but also impacts the thoughts and actions of lower positioned employees. For example, a leader that speaks using improper grammar, or writes correspondence with spelling errors throughout it, could project a negative image that can be harmful to a company. Customers might conclude that the leader is incompetent and they might decide that they do not wish to purchase goods from a company that hires inept leaders. Furthermore, employees might become less apt to respect an authority that appears to be uneducated, as well as employees might feel that if the leader disregards using proper communication than it is not necessary for them to use it either. Business leaders need to know when to listen, when to talk, and how to share ideas effectively. Clear and concise communication states exactly how, who, what, and when and serves to guide, direct, protect, persuade, and to inform. Communication is essential for decreasing miscommunications and for increasing productivity, motivation, and efficiency. When someone uses effective communication, he or she is more apt to have favorable results and his or her requests will become granted more often. Furthermore, communication builds goodwill. Having excellent communication skills is

Have you ever seen those cute animated commercial that are played a lot in the movie theater before the movie starts. I remember liking those commercials and think they are pretty cute. Although as I got older, I realized that these simple animated cartoons shared important concepts that you can put into your life. One of the concepts portrayed in the cartoon was teamwork. The cartoons tended to show that if you don’t work together something will go really wrong. In real life I find that this is reasonably true. Teamwork is important to accomplish something; the only thing is that if you don’t use teamwork something noticeably bad doesn’t always happen like it portrays in the animate cartoons. Like the teamwork it portrayed in those cartoons, I learned that while during my service. Among other communication qualities I learned teamwork. Other concepts of communication that we, as a group, identified while doing our service project include different types of communication, different personalities, and gender roles. I will talk about types of communication first, then teamwork, personality will be next, and lastly gender roles. Those aren’t the only concepts of communication, however we just decided to focus on those ones.

Individuals have their own personalities that can influence their enthusiasm and productivity within an organization. In addition, individuals also form groups and are part of teams that work together to reach a common goal within organization. According to Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, and Konopaske (2009) dedicated and cohesive teams can have a tremendous impact on organizations effectiveness and the global market. However, all of this happens within the frame-work of office politics and can hinder or enhance the organization’s effectiveness. Therefore, it is important to not only understand individuals, but also groups, teams and office politics within the organization. This

For decade’s individuals, companies, and organizations have spent an unprecedented amount of money on researching, molding, modeling and working to define what a leader is and what characteristics make successful leaders. Despite all the research, there is not a quick answer or even full agreement as to what makes an individual an effective leader. The definition of a leader is “someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority.” (Robbins, Decenzo, Coulter, 2015. P.370)

Harmon (2001) says that initially the human relation approach may seem to be inefficient, but ultimately it tends to raise moral, raise the sense of being involved with meaningful work, boost individual incentive, improve