My Leadership Guide : The Body Of The Guide

First published in 1987, The Leadership Challenge is a guide for becoming leader. The book received many awards and its above two million copies are internationally sold. The book teaches principles of leadership that apply whether the leader is running a sports team or a fortune 500 organization. The book includes stories and examples of many leaders from micro to macro level (Founders and Authors, 2013). The basic leadership principles can be adopted by anyone to challenge status quo and increase leader productivity multifold. The book tells about the flow and hierarchy of values too (Machedo, 2013). One can use the guide without an instructor to develop leadership traits.

I know people’s strengths and weaknesses, I also know how certain people work to with each other and I understand that some people may not work well with others but I will try my hardest to make sure nothing bad happens to the team and the people that make up the team, I will work on everyone getting along with each other.

Team members must also be respectful of one another, welcome diversity, and establish both trust and accountability within the team. All team members must be willing to decide how they will work together by jointly developing a code of conduct, ground rules, or team principles. These should support the team mission and drive the team toward accomplishing its goal. Banutu-Gomez (2011) indicated, “Also, all the members of an effective group need to be committed to the group’s ideas, goals, and decisions or the team will be unable to get any work done” (p. 60).

Reflection on and in practice allows individuals to consider their performance, this is your own internal supervisor and you can identify your strengths and weaknesses within the team. All team m embers can support each other to develop their weaknesses and share their strengths.

We are committed to collaborating respectfully with one another, in a timely manner, and following through on commitments that have been made.

Lord of the Flies has quite the turn of events in the first three chapters. As many as there are I’m only going to focus on one. That is when they choose a chief of the group.

Burns wrote the book to address the essence of leadership. His intended audience is the everyday

In my book “True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership” by Bill George, I learned that it is impossible to be a perfect leader. I read about a variety of different leaders and their successes and failures that lead to them developing their leadership styles and values. Most importantly, I learned that the hardest person you will ever have to lead is yourself because once you are fully comfortable with who you are, leading others authentically becomes much easier.

"Where there is no community, trust, respect, ethical behavior, it is difficult for the young to learn and from the old to maintain" (Sendjaya and Sarros, 2002, p. 68). The founder of servant leadership, Robert K Greenleaf; believes that every person ought to own values that could support and guide others. Greenleaf 's theory "the servant leader is a servant first; it begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve" (Dierendonck & Patterson, 2010). In order to serve, people must comprehend values, which are a person 's ethics of behavior shaping his or her vision. In addition, values could be distinct from taking the survey created by Milton Rokeach; which consists of the most important morals and beliefs and how it influences people, organizations, and society (Johnston, 1995). Furthermore, servant leaders have personal models of leadership; which are the advancement of personal growth and values. My personal model of leadership reflects and creates a purpose on my values and belief, which are trust, responsibility, equality and loving; demonstrating how it impacts an individual, interpersonal, organizational and societal. In conclusion, once people comprehend their value and decide their personal model it will define them as a servant leader because it does not matter if it is today or tomorrow, the values will then have the same principles (Lee, Fabish & McGaw, 2005).

This is my personal leadership philosophy, which is based on life and work experiences. As a leader I will ensure our team’s is successful in meeting the organizations objectives. I will motivate, support, provide purpose and direction to those around me. I will unlock our team’s hidden potential and will drive to develop a high-performing team.

In the Four Framework Approach, Bolman and Deal (1991) explain that the characteristics of a leader are understood through recognition of certain behaviors that comprise four leadership frameworks: Structural, Human Resource, Political, or Symbolic. These four frameworks are understood by good leaders. However, according to the authors, each framework of leadership should be employed based upon the circumstances the leader finds himself in. Depending on the leadership situation, the leader will apply the principles of one of the four frameworks to maximize his leadership strategy.

Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD) and effective communication plays an essential role in employee satisfaction and is linked to productivity and the financial success of an organization. Dissatisfaction can result in people providing less attention to care in their job performance and eventually quitting. According to (Daft, 2012) “One secret for the success in organization is motivated and engaged employees” (p.451). Motivated employees are very important for the success of the project, unmotivated employees are unlikely to work hard or to be productive when compared to motivated employees. According to (DeRosa, 2010) “Treat people as you expect to be treated” (p.73). Example; we should provide monetary rewards, like gift cards or praising them for their efforts in front of their peers like in a huddle or in meetings.

Synchronicity describes about the story of Joseph Jaworski’s journey of life from being the son of the special prosecutor, the collapse of his marriage, his Europe trip and development of the American Leadership Forum (ALF), which focuses specifically on developing leadership in American communities, businesses and administration. He refers his journey as the journey of “predictable miracle.” He reflects his journey in a way that it can fundamentally shift the mind of the readers to identify their own stories of life with higher awareness and deep connect with the situations.

When I read the two articles “Becoming the Boss” and “A Survival Guide for Leaders”, I noticed various differences between the two. While both articles consist of tips and advice for leaders, they go about that in two diverse ways. From the one article read, leadership is made out to be an abundance of responsibility, while the other article starts by describing leadership as dangerous and risky. Although responsibility and danger come with both good and bad in this case, I felt very differently about the separate articles. However, in both readings there were things I liked and disliked, and many things I would remember for future reference.

Over the years, a great deal of time, and research has been dedicate to the study of leadership. Even with extensive data on the topic, many still disagree on what leadership really means. Hence, leadership is a word that has many different meanings and different researched theories associated with it. On a basic level, leadership involves having and establishing a clear vision, sharing that vision with followers, respecting followers, and leading an organization with excellence while ensuring that everyone is part of the team. Leadership is also a method by which a leader uses his or her influence towards getting a group of followers to take ownership or buy into a vision.