Learning Summary : ' Presence ' By Susan Fiske And Peter Glick

Leadership is the most important quality for the head of any nation, or any other political leader. To be a good leader, you must have many attributes that qualify you for such a huge responsibility. There are good crisis leaders who would fail in a period of "calm." What is clear, is that leadership is a complicated concept. We have consistently found that good leaders have passion and values, confidence yet humility, knowledge and realism; Having these attributes and the ability to use them and develop them in others is the foundation for reaching goals and being successful in a leadership position. Henry David Thoreau and Niccolo Machiavelli are two men who have influenced some of the most influential people in the world, as the two were writing to different audiences, it 's easy to see why their ideologies might clash or unite; Henry Thoreau and Niccolo Machiavelli both use an abundant amount of rhetorical strategies in both of their stories, including ethos, pathos, and logos; both of the stories also have their fair share of differences.

The greatest generation had many great leaders arise during World War Two. A great example of one these leaders was Captain Winters from Easy Company in the Band of Brothers series. Leadership is defined as the process of influencing an individual or group to achieve a goal, but what does this really look like? For an example of this we can analyze Captain Winters leadership through the lenses of the leader, the followers of Captain Winters, and the overall situation he was in throughout the episode. These three lenses will make up how we perceive Captain Winters leadership.

Another example of leadership is to deliver the promises you’ve promised. (Post) When Beowulf arrives with the news of relief by eliminating Grendel, he reveals to Hrothgar and the rest that he will take on the monster with his bare hands

Trust is the output of your behaviours and actions of you as a leader and it either builds or erodes over time. Ineffective leaders often don’t get this element of their personal accountability. Importantly, if you don’t build trust and mutual professional respect you cannot be an effective horizontal matrix leader. You must also assume good intent of your team and business partners rather than suspicion and derision so when something does happen (and it will) you are showing empathy in your own relationships by seeking to understand instead of becoming emotional and seeking to assign blame. This is something each of us need to make one of our personal management habits.

One of the qualities is that a leader should know what his/her people are capable for. Not only understand their personalities, but he/she also knows how to make decisions based on their abilities and skills. In the book, Endurance: Shackleton 's incredible voyage, the author Alfred Lansing (2014) talks about Shackleton’s third expedition to the Antarctic. One of the segments talks about that Shackleton and his crew launched three lifeboats to sail west. Apparently, James Caird was the strongest and most comfortable one among the three lifeboats. However, Shackleton did not take the most skillful crewmembers with him, instead he took the crewmembers that were hard management and accompany. He made this decision relied on his knowledge about the strengths and limitations of the crewmembers. He

Leadership As the esteemed writer John Updike once said “A leader is one who out of madness or goodness volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people”. Many great pieces of literature illustrate the numerous qualifying factors of effective and inspiring leadership. Some examples can be found in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, and Doug Stanton’s

The topic of this leadership case study is Ernest Shackleton. This paper will identify the development of Shackleton's leadership skills, provide examples and reflections of his abilities, and relate how he played an essential role in one of history's greatest survival stories. This study of Shackleton's leadership is set loosely within the framework of the five practices of exemplary leadership set forth in The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner, and will focus on the benefits produced by his management of team morale and unity (13).

Leaders are essential to any expedition, or group project. The thing that sets apart mediocre leaders from the extraordinary are the style in which they lead, their personal attributes, and their verbal characteristics. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition on the Endurance, had exceptional leadership style, personal attributes and verbal characteristics. Each of these aspects contributed to Shackletons success as a leader.

The case study Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance is an interesting story which has been advantageous to a lot of managers and companies teaching about leadership and management. Shackleton performed different roles which could be related to what is happening today in organizations. He raised funds for the Endurance expeditions during their exploration of the Antarctic, interviewed and hired his crew members and showed great leadership spirit in the face of various problems faced.

How does a leader overcome conditions of great adversity? What enables a group of people to work together to overcome the obstacle? What characteristics should a leader have to create a cohesive team? These are some of the questions that Shackleton’ addressed when he and his crew got stranded in Antartica a little more than 100 years ago and these are the very same questions that a leader today of any culture can address using the explorer’s leadership behavior when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty.

As stated by Kouzes and Posner (2012), "If you’re a manager in an organization, to your direct reports you are the most important leader in your organization. You are more likely than any other leader to influence their desire to stay or leave, the trajectory of their careers, their ethical behavior, their ability to perform at their best, their drive to wow customers, their satisfaction with their jobs, and their motivation to share the organization’s vision and values" (p. 332). Therefore, the first one to trust will be the leader. Leaders should ensure their member know their leader believe in them. Leaders believe in their

It’s easy to trust someone from the get go, but once that trust is lost, it is difficult to gain back. This is what social psychologist, Amy Cuddy, stated in her interview with Rob Capps, deputy editor for Wired Magazine, about first impressions. In this interview, Amy Cuddy’s intentions were to specify the interactions people have when they meet for the first time. Cuddy had studied this topic for a while, by researching people’s observations. Trust is a vital element when meeting someone, because if the person were to talk over you, then there would be no respect for the person after that. In her interview, Cuddy said, “You can also establish trust by collecting information about the other person’s interests” (Cuddy, 254). She simply means

1. Ernest Shackleton, acting as captain of the Endurance, demonstrated incredible leadership. There were several elements. The first is that he provided inspiration, even during difficult times. The crew faced numerous challenges while it was trapped in the ice, and on Elephant Island. During these challenges, Shackleton was able to provide inspirational leadership that kept the spirits of the crew member up. This was important, because negative morale in a life or death situation usually means death. So Shackleton's ability to provide positive morale was critical to the survival of him and his crew.

In order for interpersonal trustworthiness to exist in organizations, a leader-follower relationship must first exist between the parties involved (Caldwell et al., 2010, p. 500). Once that leader-follower relationship is established, leaders have to earn trust. Leaders earn trust by their respective actions, morals and virtues. Trust is can also be based on past history. If something was done in the past which questions a leader’s values, morals or judgment, it would be unlikely that the leader would be trusted in the future. One of the most important parts of being an effective leader is building and maintaining trust. Trust can further be defined as a “multi-dimensional construct comprising different dimensions of the trustee’s attributes that the trustor evaluates” (Ingenhoff and Sommer, 2010, p. 341).

As we all know, leadership is very important. However, its effects are not always visible. In crises, high quality leadership tends to be both visible and decisive for a positive outcome. Leadership requirements and expectations change over time, responsibilities and roles must be review at regular intervals. In all nations and countries today, good leadership is important on day-to-day bases. Leadership involves working together with employees, their organizations and other parties to achieve results. Most leadership functions and roles vary according to level, framework conditions, and type of responsibility, competence requirements, and degree of autonomy. After doing research we have come to realize that different cultures have