General Leadership Analysis and Case Studies

The best leader I have ever had was the director in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit when I started. She was very caring and compassionate. She did everything she could to make the unit a better place to work. She would always ask for the staffs opinions when changes occurred. She supported the bedside nurses and stood up for them if another Licensed Independent Practitioner was impolite or not performing in the best interest of the patient. She knew all of the bedside nurses by more than just our names. She was in the unit frequently and would even take a patient assignment when the unit was really busy or just short staffed. When she corrected or had to counsel an employee she was always very positive in her delivery. She definitely

I have held many leadership roles throughout my nursing career: Certified Nursing Assistant Team Leader, Nursing Supervisor, Unit Manager, Assistant Director of Nursing, and most recently I was promoted to the position of Director of Nursing. It has been quite a rewarding journey and I attribute my success as a leader to my ability to uphold a representation of a positive role model. I believe that good leadership comes from the heart. When a leader considers the hearts of others or empathizes with them; the leader is able to effectively sway people to action. Thus, I tend to inspire my team and myself to work together in solving problems or completing a work. I communicate effectively my goal to my team; with the awareness that my success

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This afternoon I had a conversation with Matthew De Jesus’s grandmother regarding Matthew not finishing his exit ticket on time, so I kept him in UD. I also let his grandmother know that Matthew received a correction in Science because he was being disruptive in class by humming. This I called mom earlier in the afternoon to follow up about the conversation that I had with his grandmother.

I found the situational leadership model much different from the model in the previous model. I find this model extremely resourceful because it gives a closer look at what the leader in a group is supposed to do. In contrast with that it also allows the followers to understand their leaders techniques and everything that they are responsible for. Like in pervious DBA’s i am going to use my past job as a manger to relate how i would use the situation leadership model in a group. I could see myself using this model to train other managers as well as team leaders. I think it teaches us that using more than one technique to be a leader is a very great decision. We should be more open to using our resources. to find effective way to create a group that produces results. At work I can see myself using the model to be a leader. I would be a delegator in the morning when i walked in and am assigning everyone’s tasks for the day. I would be a coach when training a new employee. I think the coaching technique is a great one because more people respond to a encouraging leader rather than a scary and intimidating one. In the power point for this module i liked the quote “It is a delicate balance between giving direction and providing support”(situational leadership slide 43) I would use the counselor technique to help correct someone, in my example if an employee wasn't

McGregor (2011) of the Washington Post has identified that one the worst leadership moments of 2011 was when the Penn State officials kept quiet about an alleged child molester. According to Roebuck and Craig (2012) of the Philadelphia Inquirer notes revealed in the Freeh report stated the Penn State sex-abuse scandal demonstrated a quick decision was made to avoid scrutiny. “The crisis at Pennsylvania State University was preventable, as was made clear by former FBI director Louis Freeh in his 267 page report” (O’Brien, 2012, p.1). This 267-page report was compiled after 430 interviews and the review of 3.5 million emails and other documents.

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When allowing each group member to see the team’s development one will increase the knowledge of each other. A vigorous working group will create a leader within a team. Any group role one takes is important. However, the role of an effective leader is special and somewhat challenging in a group. The leader role of a team can be given as a title or be earned and the person that is an expert on the subject matter. Regardless of how one got to be a leader, the person will be strategically looking at the glide path of the goal. Mobilizing a team to achieve its goal is somewhat difficult if the leader is not an effective listener, good confident, and has an assertive consistent behavior. Brown author of An Experiential Approach

She identifies a mistake in the case study of purchasing a company with the heart rather than the head. Self-confidence is exhibit through her glamourous style and racy remarks. She is all woman and remains faithful to her inner truth (Kanicki & Kreitz, 2010). A high level of energy and activity is exhibited by working 15hr days, taking care of a child, and putting herself through business school (Kanicki & Kreitz, 2010). She sleeps only a few hours at night by drinking a concoction to help knock her out (Kanicki & Kreitz, 2010). She is personally involved with each of her companies. Honesty is one of the most critical leadership traits. It is recognized by a United Steelworkers union staffer after going through negotiations with Tilton (Kanicki & Kreitz, 2010). Task-relevant knowledge is exhibit through her detailed knowledge of metal

Leadership and governance are overlapping concepts that compose of a set of strategies, policies and regulations, and sufficient oversight that assimilate in order to accomplish goals. Governance can be defined as a single body or group of individuals who have the authority and responsibility to make decisions for an inter-connected organization, such as, a political system, religious group, club, tribe, etc . The governance of a school board and school is structured in order to successfully carry-out the mission and vision based on a set of goals. Leadership can be defined as an individual or group of individuals who have the ability to lead a school or school board by social influence whereby

Leadership is an important factor within a business environment and often plays a significant role in achievement of organisational success (Landis, Hill & Harvey 2014). However, leadership is an art, therefore there is no simple formula for effective leadership (Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy 2015, p.33) and a leader’s effectiveness can often only be understood in the context of the leader-follower-situation interaction model.

Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Theory (SLT) asserts that a leader’s effectiveness is dependent upon the readiness, or ability and willingness, of the leader’s followers to complete a task. This leadership style is an amalgamation of task-oriented and relationship-oriented characteristics that are employed depending upon the situation and the followers involved. According to the SLT, as followers increase in readiness the leader’s style is to adapt accordingly (Kinicki & Kreitner, 2009).

The stresses that we as leaders encounter daily tend to become a problem across all organizations and the leaders of today find themselves facing many challenges such as coaxing people at all levels. For anyone that has led, you know the main part of leadership does not begin at the top, it stems from the middle level leaders. In the book “The360-degree Leader”, authored by John C. Maxwell, he outlines philosophies a leader can implement in an effort to increase significance and empower on all levels of the organization. A leader that follows the 360 model, leading up, leading across, and leading down should be able to apply its principles, in order to be successful. From my experiences, I feel that most supervisors have a feeling that because they are not as high on the management ladder, they are not in a spot to influence their manager, peers, and employees. Following the model allows leaders to use the three different philosophies described by Maxwell, to more effective and efficiently influence others and become an all-around 360-degree leader (Maxwell, 2005).

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The leader chose in this case study is Mr. Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992). He was an American businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma in USA and the founder of American retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.[1]