Leadership Theory Of Mary Barra 's Leadership Style

One of America’s greatest athletes and three-time Olympic champion once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” The leadership Louie Zamperini portrayed in Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, helps his remaining crew when they were trapped in the Pacific Ocean all alone. In short, Louie stepped up and showed his crewmates that he could be strong for them, leading them to safety on the island in the distance. This courageous act act leads me to believe that Hillenbrand emphasized this act of

GM is described as an organization with a dysfunctional company culture that somehow still manages to have amazing results in its work, on a global scale. The key attributes of GM, were primarily in the changes initiated by Mary Barra after the GM ignition switch recall crisis. Some of those attributes include her willingness to openly acknowledge the undesirable aspects of the GM culture and her efforts to take action towards a resolution. There are also several noticeable strengths and weaknesses within the organization. One of the biggest weaknesses is the company’s repeated inability to acknowledge that, lack of functional culture and leadership are truly the root cause of the company’s issues. Based on my reading I would describe the current behavioral organizational model as a Custodial Model. I chose this model because the managerial orientation is money, employee orientation is security and benefits and performance results are passive cooperation. All of these attributes were described in the reading.

After losing the last presidential elections, Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State in the Obama administration. Clinton future at the White House is questionable at this stage as she announced that she would no longer serve as Sectary of State and she would not run for presidency in 2012; some rumors however state that she considers competing in the 2016 elections. It is nevertheless worthwhile to mention that it has been nearly two centuries since any sectary of state has become United States president.

Debra L. Lee in approximately 1986 was given the break to be groomed as Mr. Robert Louis Johnson's successor. Johnson was the CEO Lee took the knowledge and soared with it. As BET grew into a multinational media firm, Lee's obligations grew as well. In 1991, Lee was provided the assignment for taking BET national. Which made BET the first black-owned company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Lee has often regarded this as one of her most impressive moments. (www.encyclopedia.com/doc) After proving her abilities to propel BET into the mass media market, Lee was given a grander opportunity. She was offered the opportunity to be President and Chief Operating Officer, in charge of BET's day-to-day operations during a period of major expansion. During this expansion, the conglomerate added event productions, theme restaurants, a men's clothing line, a financial services division, and new cable networks—BET Jazz, BET Gospel, and BET Hip Hop. BET International broadcast jazz to Europe and Africa. Black Entertainment Television was in steady progression with Debra Lee in the driver’s seat. BET was cornering the market in many areas, the website became the top gateway for many African Americans.

This paper will evaluate the leadership of Paula Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Valley Community Healthcare (VCH, formerly Valley Community Clinic). Established in North Hollywood in 1970, VCH’s mission is “to provide culturally sensitive, high quality primary care and integrated health services to those in need, regardless of their ability to pay” (Valley Community Healthcare [VCH], 2014). Its services include primary care, including preventive services and screening and treatment for chronic conditions; women’s health care and family planning; prenatal services; pediatrics; teen health care and health education; optometry; dental services; HIV testing, treatment, and case management; behavioral health

This case analysis is based on the events that occurred on March 13, 2001 and the days that followed at Cerner Corporation. On that day the Chief Executive Officer of Cerner Corporation, Neal Patterson, sent a memo to the company’s managers via e-mail. In the message he advised the managers of his disgust with their disregard of punctuality and work ethic which he felt was as a result of the managers’ lack of leadership skills. The e-mail message was later obtainable for viewing on the Yahoo website to the public, including existing and potential investors and stock market analysts.

The contingency theory (Browning, 2007, p. 190) suggests that leader’s effectiveness depends on how well the leader’s style fits the context. This means effective leaders in this era have the ability to distill their complex messages into accessible ones. In other words, an effective leader is aware of his/ her client’s informational needs and values and thus, creates information to suit their needs. Therefore, leaders tend to regulate and control expressive activity in and around the workplace from legal, managerial, and ethical perspectives (Barry B, 2007). This trend tends to work for organizations that try to cover massive change by creating as little impact on their employees as possible without doing anything ethically wrong in their business.

As a new employee for Smith and Facmouth, a teleshopping and mail order company, my job is to help eliminate the cliques and implement a restructuring strategy that can improve the employee’s culture and empower them. The company’s main figureheads are the Logistics Manager, Project Manager, and Marketing Manager. These three individuals have different initial emotions towards me and both influence and are influenced by the web development team and the logistics team. My challenge is to choose the appropriate figure head as an ally to help gain the respect of the team and help push down my new strategy to promote synergy and growth

Prior to the 20th Century, the idea of equal rights or even something similar to equal rights was just a distant thought of a few. The drive towards equal rights was a seed waiting to be planted and once it was, the seed sprouted and became strongly rooted. We of the 21st Century are benefiting from a society established on these roots. A societal change was a result of the sacrifices of past leaders, namely a woman by the name of Alice Paul. Alice Paul was an amazing leader, possessing qualities that all aspiring leaders should try to emulate. By investigating the leadership styles Alice Paul incorporated, we can determine how she was able to influence the movement, the results of her contributions and how the leadership styles are able

Colleen Barrett, otherwise known as Mother Nurture, rose from secretary to president at Southwest Airlines. She exemplifies the definition of a “superleader” in that she is an “inspirational impact on others” (Schermerhorn, 2011, p. 233). During her rise within corporate America she has never ceased to treat her employees like family. On the New York Stock Exchange, Southwest Airlines trades under the symbol LUV. This symbolizes the vision of airlines to become “the World’s Most Loved, Most Flown, and Most Profitable airline” as well as their value statement which encourages all to have a “fun-LUV-ing” attitude and a servant’s heart. (“Culture,” n.d.) Ms. Barrett is well known for developing this culture within Southwest airlines. In corporate America, love is not a word that is used often, but, Southwest Airlines has used it from the beginning. (Shinn, 2003, p. 18) Ms. Barrett has been with Southwest airlines since 1978. She became vice-president of administration in 1986 and rose to the position of president. In 2007, she received the Tony Jannus Award for distinguished achievement in commercial air transportation and in 2008, she won an award from the Women’s Leadership Exchange. She recently stepped down from her role as president in 2008. She continues to work for Southwest Airlines but in a roll that allows her to work in the field, with the employees that she loves to lead.

A leader who is visible, and is felt whenever they walk into a room, whether it’s for a meeting or passing in the corridor is a fierce leader.

Great leaders have shaped the World we live in today and they are remembered for what they were able to accomplish during their lifetime. The history books are filled with leaders that changed the very nature of something by taking a different road or challenging the way everyone perceived things. Leaders would not be able to accomplish these daring feats without the help of their followers, the individuals in the background giving them their support (Schermerhorn & Uhl-Bien, 2014). Colleen Barrett was able to break through the glass ceiling and led Southwest Airlines (SWA) to become one of the most successful airlines in the industries (Dierendonck & Patterson, 2010). In the following pages will explore Colleen Barrett’s leadership

Leadership is a concept most people feel informed enough to discuss, but that few are truly educated sufficiently to comment on. Therefore, it is instructive to consider the leadership styles of people with very different approaches both to better understand the diversity underlying leadership, as well as to appreciate the effective and less effective strategies that underlie different leadership outcomes. For that reason, this essay will consider the styles of two leaders who are less visible in this highly contentious presidential election season: Jill Stein (the Green Party nominee) and Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate. The leadership styles of both are very different, yet they are aligned in the sense that both are outsider candidates struggling to gain momentum from a disaffected electorate. This essay begins with a theoretical discussion of leadership more generally and then turns to the two leaders as case studies, comparing and contrasting them and drawing conclusions about how they both work within the same public sphere and for putatively similar ends (i.e., gaining votes).

Leadership is an approach for a leader to guide, motivate, supervise, manage, and influence others in different situation to reach a goal. According to the Pettinger (2007), the leadership can be explained in several situations. First, the leaders have the responsible to provide vision and direction to the followers. Second, the leaders shall energise and motivate the followers. Third, the leaders shall set and enforce absolute standards of behaviour, attitude, presentation and performance.

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