Using the texts Resonant Leadership by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (2005) and Salsa, Soul, and Spirit by Juana Bordas (2012) as a framework to examine Liz Stringer’s resonance as leader, one finds that Stringer and her leadership style have many of the characteristics listed in both texts describing what it means to be an effective leader.
Resonant Leadership by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (2005) stresses the importance of “emotional intelligence” and “mindfulness” in becoming a resonant leader. “Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management,” (p. 4), the four categories that make up emotional intelligence, are broken down into “eighteen leadership competencies” (p. 28). Resonant Leadership defines mindfulness as, “the capacity to be fully aware of all that one experiences inside the self... and...around us,” (p.122). Stringer shows “personal competence” (p. 29) in her juggling of many jobs, activities, and roles. Though she identifies
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The five principles of leaders among equals are, in many ways, reflected in Stringer’s leadership roles with teenagers. While there is an ingrained power hierarchy in the teacher-student relationship, Stringer aims to dismantle the negative attributes by creating a community. Stringer demonstrates compassion, a trait valued in Resonant Leadership, by truly caring about the people she is working with. Using games like Big Talk—a question card game that inspires meaningful conversations—and exercises such as Exquisite Corpse—which has I to We applications in that the final product is greater than any individual contribution, Stringer becomes more than simply an instructor feeding information to the students but instead a leader the kids can respect, identify with, and learn from in “nontraditional”
The novel, "All Fall Down" by Ally Carter, contains many differing themes. Although, the one that's the most significant is: don’t give up on what you believe in. The author portrays this theme throughout the novel by telling how Grace finds out what really happened to her mother.
A leader is someone who inspires others and promotes integrity and hard-work ethic. A single name immediately wound into my head the moment I read the word “Leader”. Ellen McLemore, a piano director at Lafayette High School, has proved her leadership qualities an inexhaustible amount of times. As the only director of a public high school piano class in Louisiana, the LHS Tennis team sponsor, and a Quidditch Club sponsor, Mrs. McLemore demonstrates many leadership qualities. Between preparing her students with an appropriate amount of knowledge of the fine arts, Mrs. McLemore still finds time to go above and beyond, nearly every day. She in charge of hosting and planning school wide pep rallies, scheduling the annual LHS Talent Show, and
Every leader has their own idea of what effectiveness looks like (Jones, 2015). For this study, authentic leadership will be the focus, as defined by Avolio, Gardner and Walumbwa (2004) an individual acting according to their values and convictions, building credibility and the respect and trust of those that follow. Authenticity is a choice that individuals must choose to embrace instead of a character trait that comes from within (Murphy, 2012). Outcomes of authentic leadership remain limitedly researched both theoretically and empirically (Miniotaite & Buciuniene, 2013). Authentic leadership lacks empirical evidence between the leader’s perception and the follower’s perception (Peus, Wesche, Streicher, Braun, & Frey, 2012). Wang, Sui, Luthans,
The definition of leadership comes from within each person. Every person has his or her own interpretation of how a leadership should be defined. This definition most likely comes from past experiences under leadership or being the leader. My personal definition is very lengthy because I feel like leadership is very important.
In today’s competitive world, leadership skills are crucial for both personal and professional development. Leadership is an important function of management which helps an individual or a business to maximize efficiency and to achieve goals. Leadership has different meanings to various authors.Most commonly, leadership is defined as influence, that is, the art of influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of group goals. (Koontz). Leadership is the process of influencing the activities of either formal or informal group in the task of goal setting and goal achievement. A leader is one whose magnetic personality innervates people for some cause. Not by words, but by their actions is
Thank you all so much for the time you took to speak with us. It was a pleasure getting to meet you all during the luncheon. It was a most memorable experience and truly enjoyable leaning more about Assurant. The conversations shared with Assurant’s leaders provided insightful advice and tips that will help develop my professional career.
The material covered in module five was much more concise than module three. When reading the sections in module five I found that the “Leader Influence” chapter clearly had a deeper meaning to my way of thinking than the other chapters did. This chapter clearly defined the ideology of being a good follower and a good leader. As I read through the chapter and had discussions in class, I was able to identify times that I had failed in both roles and different thought processes that would allow me to adjust my follower and leader styles to ensure that members both up and down the chain would be gaining a better product from me.
In my four years of highschool I have developed many characteristics that allow me to be a strong leader. I have found that being a leader is something that comes natural to me. I have found my self leading in many different situations. I have been a varsity baseball and football captain for two years. I have had to lead a team, and communicate with teammates and coaches. I know how to collaborate with others to perform well in competition. I take pride in being chosen to be the leader of my teams, I enjoy being a reliable and responsible person for others to count on. Leadership is a great quality no matter who the person.
In the changing business environment, leaders of all organisations may face unprecedented uncertainty, especially the technology advancement and changes among the employees. To survive and succeed, leaders should have some necessary attributes. Meanwhile, some changes for leadership skills have to be made to confront the challenges.
Throughout the years leadership has been defined in a number of different ways and it is described and implemented in many more. At times there is this perspective in the minds of many, that it takes a particular type of human breed to become an impactful and influential leader. On the contrary, I believe that the focus of leadership should transfer from the transcendental impacts of leadership and focus more on the small individual tasks and decisions, which lead to the transcendental impact. If the focus is altered to more minute actions, leadership will stop being perceived as a level only few can reach and it will begin to be seen as an act, which anyone can utilize on a daily basis. Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield, described it best when he said, “Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about
While it has been my personal experience that I have had many leaders, very few can be described as demonstrating resonant leadership. While working at Target as an Executive Team Leader of Softlines and Guest Experience, I had the privilege and honor of working with one such individual. He was my immediate manager and as the Store Team Leader of my location, he was the person who oversaw the entire operation. As a new member of the team, this leader took the time to personally integrate me into the store culture and the team environment. He provided me an overview of the team so that I could gain better insight into the specific dynamics of the team in order for me to become more integrated into its infrastructure.
During the past ten weeks, I have strengthened my concept of what constitutes effective leadership. Importantly, it is a leadership style that maximises the contributions of followers to achieve the desired outcomes for the organisation they represent. As Nanjundeswaraswamy & Swamy (2014, p.57) explains, effective leaders need to balance the drive to achieve a task with managing relationships. Therefore, it is essential for good leadership to not only focus on the task but develop, motivate and empower team members to strive for the achievement of task goals.
Leadership is difficult to define. Leadership is a concept that probably carries many different reactions with many different kinds of people. However, we all feel we know good leadership when we see it, and we can often tell when good leadership is missing by the way a team or organization struggles without it. Ask yourself, Are you willing to do absolutely anything for the common good for your employer, your teammate, your family, your friend?
One of the topics in organizational development today is leadership. Leadership is what individuals do to mobilize other people in organizations and communities. According to Kouzes & Posner, there are five practices and ten commitments of exemplary leadership. The five practices of exemplary leadership include: Model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart. In the Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner found similar patterns and actions of leadership that created the essentials to achieve success. Utilizing the research conducted by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, I have created a leadership plan that would apply to the Admission Department at Texas Wesleyan University.
Let me start from the beginning I was born October 22, 1998, and lived an average life that was full of ups and downs well more downs than ups. I lived in Massachusetts till 2000 moved to Sanford then in 2003 I moved to my current house in West Newfield and have been living there for almost 15 years. I started school late since My twin and I missed the cut-off date and waited until the next school year to attend. I went to Line Elementary School until 6th grade then I went to Massabesic Middle School and Finally Massabesic High School. Now It’s almost 4 months since graduating high school and in my first year of University. Throughout that little summary of my life since birth nothing really stands out about me being an outsider or even feeling like one but I can tell you that throughout my I felt like an outsider at times and felt 100% accepted at times. My life is average like most other people. Found my group of friends and went on an adventure with them that helped me find out who I think I am and who I want to become. Went through hard times of losing family members, friends and pets and found love with people I thought I would never love. Life taught me that you will be an outsider on many of occasions and that you will accept and loved on many other occasions. No matter what life throws at you just be ready to catch it and throw the ball right back and say not today. Being or feeling like an outsider can be really hard and stressful on you. You could start trying to