Week 1 – Developing a Leadership Profile During the course of my career and personal study of leadership practice, I have had the good fortune of becoming acquainted with a number of leaders whom I admire. When considering a choice for this paper, a number of strong leaders from a wide range of backgrounds came to mind. I considered Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford Motor Company, Jack Welsh former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, and Paul Downes President and CEO of Mountaire Farms, and Lee Iacocca former CEO of Chrysler. All of these leaders are well known within their industries and would make excellent candidates for a leadership profile. Instead, I chose John Hand, former operations executive of Georgia Pacific Corporation as the focus on this essay. John Hand is a self made man who came from humble beginnings. Orphaned at the age of two years old, he was raised and educated at the Milton Hershey School, where he learned the value of hard work, the importance of relationships, and how integrity and honesty are the cornerstone of a man’s success. During his time at the Milton Hershey School, John developed many strong relationships that he would carry throughout his life. He finished his high school education and trade studies as an electrician, before going to work as an electricians’ helper for The Scott Paper Company in Chester, Pennsylvania. During his early years at Scott Paper, John devoted himself to his education. Going to night school, he
In emergency, I see myself as an Autocratic leader who makes quick decisions. On the other hand, I see myself as a Democratic leader when time and situation permit. Rarely, I can see myself as a Laissez-faire leader as I usually have hands-on with any process with my subordinates.
John is a caring person. He is young so he is open to new ideas like the
John's life seemed to be one major drama after another; he didn't have a good male role model as a kid, and it seems he never was able to get on track. What was amazing about his life was the number of problems that he seemed to get into and how he wriggled out of them (with the help of a friendly person who just happened to meet him) only to run into more problems.
John had attended two different schools at first he was attending Milton Boarding School for boys then later attended Timothy's Hall-Sporadically. John has always been described as a handsome man. Many people who knew him had figured it would be only natural for John to follow his dad's footsteps into the acting business. At the age of 17 he had made his acting debut in Baltimore he was in a production of Shakespeare's Richard lll. He had done such an outstanding job that he was invited to tour all over the country with a company known as "Shakespearean". John was obviously going in the right direction and was going to become such a successful actor.
This was over a century ago for when this man's journey started and it is still talked about today. John lived on a farm that had absolutely no electricity very little money to his family's name, but none of this held him back. He still pursued the goals he had in life and accomplished them. When John was around ten years old his whole family move to a nearby town called Martinsville high school. This is where John become a basketball star on his basketball team.
John talked about high school he told me that he was never a school person. So he would cut class ,stay at home I miss school and have girls over the house. John told me never had favor subject his hardest subject was languages. John told me his favorite teacher was the art teacher because she let him touch her. John didn't have any role models growing up John said he got too caught up with thing not positive. John said in high
One of the boys played the teacher, and everyone else played the students.( 139) Also on page 140 John states that “ Reading and writing would become my ticket to success, I thought. Those who used their minds got ahead in the world”. He sees education has a way to move forward in life and to be something more.
As a child, John did not possess many material goods, which made him value them more properly. Also, when he was young, he was praised for his ability to fix things. He was very handy, and visitors would always praise him on all he could do. John finished 7th grade in Ukraine, then attended a University in Munich, Germany for two years, until the school closed due to a lack of funds. He continued school later and finished three semesters studying National Economics and Business Management. John had two brothers and two sisters. He said that his fondest memories are of sharing Christmas and Easter time with them.
Through identification and ongoing assessment of her leadership style and ability this leader is able to develop and understand her own strengths and limitations in order to grow and develop into a more effective leader. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of servant leadership, contingency, path-goal styles leadership to gain an understanding of current leadership models, identify this author’s style of leadership and explore why leadership is important to organizations, society and this author.
To start, even though John changes greatly throughout the book, he doesn’t change his attendance at school and his engagement at school. School Engagement is an important asset because it builds responsibility, intelligence, and social skills. An example of John not caring about his school is he always skips. “The next day we cut school...” ( Zindel p.50 ). This is self explanatory about how this tells about how they skips school and aren’t engaged. Furthermore, John makes bombs made out of firecrackers and he puts them in the
John Marsden was born in Melbourne, Australia, he was the third child out of 4 children , he is born in September 27,1950 currently the age of 65. He was born in Victoria and grew up in a small Victorian country town of Kyneton to which his parents moved when John Marsden was two. John began school there and perhaps it was there that he acquired his liking for country living, a liking which has never left him.John taught at many primary schools from an early age. Johns teachers in years 4 to 6 encouraged him to write and at the age of nine he decided to become an author.Johns father was a banker and war veteran who was predisposed to long silences and anger.mum helm him succeed
Describe a specific example(s) of your personal growth and development through your leadership experiences in college. See the help text for additional direction.
As a graduate student approaching her final semester in school, thoughts regarding my leadership abilities in the soon-to-be “real world” have occupied my mind lately. To further explore and develop my ideas about leadership, I decided to develop my personal leadership theory. So, I asked myself the following questions: What makes a successful leader? How do you recognize a leader when you meet one?, and lastly, what is my theory of leadership? With this last question I thought about what leadership meant to me personally and how I personified it in a role of authority. While I had given thought to how I led, I had rarely taken the time to fully understand what my personal leadership theory entailed. Throughout the length of this paper I will analyze how my leadership skills, traits, values and elements from both Authentic Transformational theories help me to shape my leadership philosophy. In doing so I hope to define the leadership values that influence the way I view and practice leadership.
The purpose of this personal assessment is to devalue an incident in which I believe I performed my very best, within my leadership capability, according to organizational policies, and lawful regulatory compliance while protecting cultural competence and our organization from any legal repercussions. Business environment will continue evolve and it is pivotal to the success of the organization that all potential leaders acquire the fundamentals of understanding human behaviors within a multicultural atmosphere. Different situations will arise in which leadership will need to focus on the many aspects of one’s personal beliefs, culture as a whole, and productivity at the least. What is evident is the diversity within
There are different leadership styles; a particular leader that will be discussed is Alan Mulally a CEO of Ford Motor. Alan faced many challenges and he impacted