Summary Of The Relational Leadership Model

I have also learned that when it comes to being a leader, you have to be a leader that you would look up to and follow, otherwise, no one will want to willingly follow you. Over the course of these past eight weeks, we have both been able to takeaway so much from this course and learn so many tools and skills of leadership that will help us in our personal and professional life. It is important to remain optimistic and to take risks. I know I struggled and still struggle with taking risks, but have come such a long way in a short amount of time because of this class! The fear of failure is surely scary and most likely inevitable, but it is part of the process and just another learning experience! Like you said, that is how we will grow and I love your closing quote! It fits perfect! Nice job this week, I enjoyed reading your thoughts and it has been a pleasure working with

Edmondson (2009) discusses four different basic communication styles. The first style is expressive which have a tendency to speak quickly, focus on the big picture, and have a high energy level. They can be perceived as unpredictable, vain, or excessively jovial. Next are systematic who tend to focus on small details, not on the larger picture, and try to avoid conflicts. The third type listed is sympathetic. These individuals focus on people and relationships. They are good listeners and so concern for everyone’s needs. Sympathetics also do not like be at odds with others. Lastly, the fourth communication style identified is directs who generally keep dialogue short and are perceived as a multitaskers. The study recommends that the individual discover her own communication style and adjust the style according to the situation.

I have always known I love change, but from this class, I learned change is the hallmark of a leader. As John C. Maxwell says in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, “Growth = Change.”The leadership assessments allowed me to understand myself in a new way. Because I am a curious green thinker, I need explanations and answers to understand my world. I tend to see the big picture of a project and my mind motivates me toward something new or improved. I am curious about new opportunities because I easily become bored with routine. Learning I have these characteristics has increased my confidence to pursue future leadership roles in a small to a mid-sized position.

This week explored and learned that there are desirable leadership traits to acquire, that becoming a leader can be a conscious process and that being a leader also means to owe respect and have a responsibility to others.

Nurses serve as an advocate for the advancement of the profession of nursing, whether the novice nurse or the advanced practice nurse. Sommerfeldt (2013) found that novice nurses when asked to describe nursing, responded with “care for clients” to be a common answer. This vague answer excludes the professional contribution of nurses and the roles advance practice nurses performs in team health care. The focus of this paper will address the barriers for autonomous advanced nursing practice and the use of interactive leadership style to advocate for legislative changes and promote the entry level degree Consensus Model (2010) for advanced practice nurses.

This class addressed vital issues impacting the business world from the position of a leader. It explored the standards of relational leadership and how to create group and individual leadership skills to influence lives groups and organizations. Content of the course- included effective communications, setting goals, decision making service leadership and many more leadership styles, and effective ways to implement change. I covered some basic concepts that are important to personal skills development and some leadership behaviors.

Communities are a crucial element to society. This being said, as leaders it is equally critical to evaluate and understand communities. Chapter seven of Komives’s Exploring Leadership assesses the dynamics of communities. Under the relational leadership model, groups are viewed as communities. These groups may not be as simple as they may appear. The main points Komives discusses is the element, practice, and development of communities.

How have you been impacted by a leader that was invested relationally? How did they earn permission to lead you?

In this week, I learned that a lot of my classmates or the people that my classmates talk about in there primary task, have different communication styles. Amanda Headly mentioned a communication style that I can relate to and that is passive style. I will sometime let other people say anything to me and I don't say nothing back. Sometime I feel the things that they say to be disrespectful or hart my feelings do not need a response back, so I just go on about my day. In Rosemary Arline primary task, she mentioned different communication as well and the one that I can relate to is assertive style. When I have something very important or a sensitive matter to discuss, I rather discuss it face to face to that individual. Sarah Tucker comment on

Some examples of these goals are, doing well in all of my classes, getting a job, or joining clubs. Although these ideas are useful to work towards, they fail to meet the SMART criteria. This criteria, explored by Locke (2004) and extensively used in business and academic settings, allows one to create suitable goals for themselves. A SMART goal should be “Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time Based.” My working goal, created after self evaluation and assessment, is Achieving and maintaining a 3.3 GPA for the winter 2016 semester. This goal satisfies all SMART criteria, and is of an adequate level of challenge. In order to meet my goal for the end of the Winter semester, I have defined some specific task and actions needed to be taken. First, since this goal is academic, I must clearly define study habits and routines. Rather than simply reading text or taking notes, I will assign specific times for study. It is suggested that for every hour of in-class instructional time, two to three hours of work should be done out of class. I determined that I am in class for 14 hours and 30 minutes per week. This means I should assign at least 29 hours of time outside of lecture periods for study, research, and assignments. To meet these requirements, I can assign specific hours for each day as study time. In order to combat procrastination, I will apply methods that allow me to get a head-start on my work, and ensure I have a balanced work load around due dates. In order to keep up with my progress, in my case, GPA, I will use blackboard, and keep up to date with my professors. To successfully reach my goal by the end of the semester, I will also take advantage of various support tools and

King provides an excellent illustrated graphic to help integrate the ethical decision-making process with the process for integrating values-aligned leadership. He then goes on to provide brief descriptions of traditional theories in applied ethics with a flow chart to illustrate. These two together provide a useful overview to give insight to the reader for discerning how the presented case about Enron fits into the Values-Aligned Leadership Model and provides real world application in my work.

The article titled Relational Leadership written by James Freeman takes a look at the impact of Child and Youth Workers in the lives of youth, specifically the work of Brian Gannon. Brian Gannon is an experienced Youth Worker who took on a leadership role at St. Johns Hostel in Cape Town, South Africa in 1967, at the age of twenty-seven. St. Johns consisted of sixty four boys, with many of them left alone in the aftermath of World War I along with the influenza epidemic. Outside of the care provided for the boys, the program offered them a life parallel to anyone living in the city. Activities such as afternoon sports, free time and contact with friends and family outside of the institution were provided and endorsed by the institution for the boys. Gannon’s approach to working with youth focused on the following things highlighted in the article: “creating smaller living groups for the boys, less regimented routines, more experiences of childhood and adolescence in everyday life, and a focus on developing meaningful relationships with one another” (Freeman, 2015, p. 37). In other words, Gannon’s main goal was to lead and guide the youth so that they are given an equal chance at succeeding in life. Gannon is also a co-founder of CYC-Net where he has published a collection of approximately two-hundred child and youth care practice hints, each hint containing a background theory and a how-to element. The article then analyzes an excerpt from the works of Gannon, complimenting

It is hard to quantify what I have learned in the semester of Leadership because the courses focus was not about memorizing data, but rather learning about having the will to lead and finding the courage to make it happen. A majority of the information I learned from this course came from learning about myself. Through readings, course activities, and various projects, I learned what makes a great leader, but more importantly what traits I possess that will make me a great leader. In order to be a great leader, one must have an understanding of what leadership is. Leadership is a social influence (Stogdill, p. 25). It means leaving a mark. It is initiating and guiding, and the result is change. Leading is the result of your passion coming to life.

After undergoing a dramatic and angst-ridden season, the Victorian Korfball Senior Team is in need of significant transformation if there is any hope of fostering a high performance culture in the new season. Due to their history of conflict, the players in their present state lack any indications of cohesion. Selecting the right athletes for the new team will play a significant role in the baseline level of cohesion. Each of these areas can be addressed through a method of careful analysis via the Multidimensional Model of Leadership (Chelladurai & Saleh 1978), implementation of an appropriate intervention and the structuring of a consultative leadership environment.

Businesses are tasked with the objective of producing money. Even in class, there is a consensual understanding that “The meaning of life is money;” however, I would disagree with the majority and say that the meaning of life is relationships. Relationships are universal; every living creature in the world is connected through some function they do in life. In business, the most important roles are those that involve relationships, most specifically the role of the leader and the manager. There is a one key distinct difference between leaders and managers as defined by Randy Komisar in The Monk and the Riddle: “Management is a methodical process…Leaders must suspend their disbelief and move ahead even with very incomplete information.” To further elaborate on this idea, I will discuss the leadership skills Randy gained through his relationship with Bill Campbell, the impact the relationship had on Randy’s professional career, and how Lenny can apply the same skills to save his Funerals.com business.