Oprah Legislative Leadership Style

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.

As technology has developed over the years, society has become extremely reliant and addicted to the media. According to A.C. Nielsen Co., a global information and measurement firm, the average American youth watches twenty eight hours of television per week. Within a sixty-five year timeframe an individual will have spent a total of nine years watching TV (Herr). Both of these sects contribute millions of jobs providing individuals with ample opportunities, a gateway to success. It certainly provided the break for one African American woman to attain a status she could have only dreamt of as a child growing up in an unstable, emotionally debilitating, and unpromising environment. Oprah Winfrey is arguably one of the most influential women

Emily Murphy was an accomplished and honorable leader who passionately swept the nation from the Great Depression and into the new era of women empowerment. She vigorously fought for basic rights women were deprived of- voting, a fair share of property etc. She was born on March 14, 1868 in Cookstown, Ontario into a family with a wealthy businessman and landowner for her father. Due to her private schooling education she was raised with a profuse thinking. In 1887, she married Arthur Murphy and gave birth to four children. When one of her children died from diphtheria in 1906, Murphy and her family moved to Edmonton, Alberta. While in Alberta, she became more intrigued and aware in social issues, widespread poverty,

Being an American talk show host , producer , actress , entrepreneur and philanthropist , she had produced a large impact to the society . Her overwhelming influencing ability has even caused her to be brought to court by the Texas Beef Industry with the reason of airing an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” regarding the danger of taking beef . The beef industry claimed that they suffered an about $11 million sales decrease because of the show . With such a strong influencing statistic , Oprah Winfrey is no doubt a hegemonic influencer

Colleen Barrett is one of the most influential women in the world of business and her efforts have paved the way for future female executives. According to Dierendonck and Patterson (2010), “For five years in a row, SWA is the only airline to win the Triple Crown, ranked first in most on-time flights, least lost baggage, and fewest Customer complaints”(p 135). Colleen Barrett is a rare example of a leader that rose from the ranks of an organization to the highest position of the company while never receiving a formal education in business management (Southwest Airlines ' Colleen Barrett on 'Servant Leadership, 2008). Her greatest achievement while at SWA was completely changing the leadership style and atmosphere of the organization. According to Dierendonck and Patterson (2010), her remodeling of the organization has kept SWA the leader in their industry by “setting and achieving incredible records of performance”(p 135). Leaders at SWA still practice her servant leadership style of managing employees even after she left the organization (Dierendonck & Patterson, 2010). Before a leader can achieve greatness they have to overcome challenges in their career fields.

In the best of times here, television had been a closely guarded and carefully monitored luxury. It was an award system that I had shunned since my first day of residency, realizing quickly that the only programs awarded to my special class of society were reruns of Saved by the Bell and whatever channel constantly replayed “Homeward Bound.” Until today, I thought that those were the only channels the damn thing received.

As I look forward to graduation in the spring, I prepare myself for the great challenges I may encounter while envisioning a future executive position that allows me to make a difference in my industry. Mulcahey has taught me how important it is to be a fair and honest leader; if I can take time off for family events then my employees should have the same opportunity. Similar to Mulcahey, I grew up in a family invested in the automotive industry however unlike the experience she is giving her son my parents were hardly around and I wouldn’t change my experience because it has made me who I am. However, I hope to provide an opposite experience for my children demonstrating that proper leadership overflows into all aspects of one’s life. Looking to the future, I find great interest in her involvement in Penske’s mentor program as I believe that the best way to learn about an organization’s culture and operations is through an employee who has been with the company. Ms. Mulcahey explained how important this program is to her because when she began working for Reynolds and Reynolds as a college graduate she happened to be paired with the President and CEO of the company (Harris). While this was intimidating for her at first she quickly grew to see the benefits she was reaping from meeting with her mentor once a week and has now brought

I really like the part where Ellen White says that true leaders won’t be interested in supremacy but rather in understanding others and discerning between good and evil. I often think about things in terms of getting this done, not in terms of leading others to heaven. Everything that I do needs to be done to lead others closer to Christ. This is all about order. Getting things done is important but not the end-all goal. It is a tool that needs to be used to show Christ’s character to the

I sat in the boardroom patiently with the other partners awaiting Lady O. The clock ticked filling in the void of silence as we all reviewed our papers. The door suddenly opened instantly catching our attention, Oprah walked in. She was captivated by our efficiency as well as the productivity of GIC. Our mentioning of this statistic, “GIC achieved an annualised rate of return of 3.7% above global inflation” caused for her to sign with us and begin her investing. After the meeting, I was intrigued about why she wanted to invest through us, so I approached her privately. I said her name from across the hallway and she turned. At a fast-pace, I went up to her and initiated the conversation. “ Hello Mrs.Winfrey, I’ve heard about you and your talk show, as well as your childhood. You sparked my curiosity when you created this meeting and chose to work with us. I was wondering what sparked your interest in us?” She smiled and delved into her ethics, “ As a child, I quickly realized the importance of hardwork. I immersed myself in environments that stimulated my mind which pushed for me to do more. If you’d like to see a more indepth view on how I perceive the world, I can invite you on my flight where we can discuss more once we arrive in San Francisco.” I shook her hand, agreeing to her

The notion of change is a concept often correlated with intimidation, apprehension and fear. The uncertainty and risk revolving around the results of change is a gamble people do not like to take. Whether it is as simple as trying a new dish at a favorite restaurant, adding new departments to a business, electing a new executive board or entirely turning away from a previously successful system to a experimental innovative structure, the parallel between the unknown outcome and change often are a cause of trepidation. When it comes to altering a system in a corporate setting the probability of failure, acts as prevention for adjustment or reformation to occur. Once a prosperous platform or structure is established, it is unlikely for a conglomerate to disaffiliate from those workings and follow a new path of novelty. However, the broadcasting network, CBS, was not afraid to take the plunge of change as author, Todd Gitlan explains in the chapter “The Turn Toward Relevance.” Realizing the network was claiming a static position in relation to its production as well as the audience, CBS daringly reformed itself to reflect the changing cultural times within the nation. Despite CBS’s stability as a leader among other competing broadcasting networks, the fear of failure in correlation to brand change did not alarm the network, rather their understanding to implement of a new pace, audience and turn toward industrial change led to greater opportunities for independence and growth

Community groups had an influence on where public television was going: they wanted more responsive programming (Dobel, 1999).

Roni has a diverse body of experience, including marketing, promotions, sales, and events. Categorically, she has worked with a wide variety of industries including telecom, automotive, beverage, and CPG. Notwithstanding over 20 years of expertise, one of her values is bringing best practices from multiple industries to bear on innovation of ideas, products and process. A people first leader, driven to communicate and strategically deliver best in class projects. Expertise is easy to ascertain; her intangible is the ability to connect and influence people. She’s the type of professional who galvanizes people around a central theme to encourage team effort and generate new ideas. A bright light in a room, delivering positive energy and polish

The television has responded to the scrutiny that they have been put under, not by rebelling, but complying with these new rules and censoring themselves. For starters Victoria’s Secret cancelled its annual fashion show, on television, this year. Fox is trying to clean up its act by employing people to monitor its star reality show, “American Idol”, as well as other reality shows. Comcast Corporation told Congress that it will increase its efforts to assist parents in choosing the right programming for their children. In an interview with Survivor host Jeff Probst said that the producers were told to enlarge the digital blur over Richard Hatch, who spent part of his time on the show naked. NBC planned to show a woman’s exposed breasts on ER, but from pressure from their affiliates the scene was edited. ABC also planed on showing a racy sex scene on their show NYPD Blue, but because the show was played before 10:00 in Central and Mountain Time the scene was darkened to show less. Stemming from the Janet Jackson incident many “live” shows were put on a delay. MTV will used a delay

What happens when an underdog becomes a hegemon? Rivaling David’s upset over Goliath, a DVD rental by mail company rode the booming steaming service business, and become a multibillion dollar company, capable of going blow for blow with the cable television industry. Netflix now has a dominant grasp on the streaming service industry, and is in the process of expanding worldwide. Additionally, Netflix’s creative apparatus created award winning original content that is further contributing to the continuous decline of cable companies. However, an anti-hegemonial coalition, looking at breaking Netflix’s share of the streaming service industry, has formed between Apple, Amazon, HBO, Hulu, and others. Pessimists have come knocking at

In the 1940s and 1950s cable television had very poor reception until “community antennas” were built on mountain tops or high points. In the late 1950s “distant signals” began to change the focus of cable’s role from one of transmitting local broadcast signals to one of providing new programming choices. By 1962 there were around 850,000 subscribers and well known corporate names began investing in the business (NCTA, 2010). In the 70s the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started to enact regulations that limited the cable operators programming. This is the time that the business aspect of cable television became a part of American history. When the cable companies can regulate what people are able to get for free or at a lower rate, they can charge more for other syndicated programming. From 1984 to 1992 the cable industry forked over more than 15 billion dollars on the wiring of America. This was the largest private construction project since World War II. In 2001 there were more than twenty two million cable customers in the United States and now there are over 100 million cable subscribers in the US (NCTA, 2010). From the first broadcast that Hoover made to having 8 million television sets in America it only took about 25 years. Now only 50 to 60 years later there TV’s in cars, their light weight and flat, some are hand held and some up to 77” in size. The one in Dallas Stadium is the largest TV in the world it is