The course itself is an eye opening on what to expect to complete the graduate program successfully. And integrating Christian point of view into how as, Christians, should live, helps in understanding the role we take. In addition to continue to provide leadership in a biblical perspective, ones must incorporate communication, time management, understand the difference in secular condition, leadership styles, barriers, to developing effective team and retrieve guidance through the word. This portfolio will display the development an individual must take to lead.
Communication
As with any leadership, communication is essential in leading a team. Barriers can be a difficult task for a leader to tackle and such barrier can be language,
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Informal methods provide more specific and more frequent assessments to help make changes or address issues quickly and flexibly,” (Beslin, Reding,2004). Its crucial to use these types of communication to better understand what employees expect from their leader and how to communicate effectively were information can be convey, and create an understanding of how tasks can be completed. Furthermore, leaders must ask questions, whether it to their own leaders, or their peers to understand how task are completed in the workplace. Or to better understand how to analyze their employees, and to understand what is expected of them.
Time management
Leaders have many responsibilities that fill up all their time, with overflowing tasks with assisting their employees, tackling their own projects that need to be completely and at certain deadlines. Leaders put their time management skill into to play to ensure that all goals are met and to maximize their time. In our society, technology is at our beck and call, which means in office space, there are not many papers, or desk cabinets overflowing with important documents; which can make a leader’s job difficult. However, technology makes it easier to organize and prioritize important files. Individual must utilize time management by checking emails for any information that can be important to the tasks at hand or the workplace. Therefore, checking emails two to three times a day will ensure time is being used efficiently. In
Leadership goes beyond management, for some, leadership is instinctual and pours over into your personal life. This paper will discuss a leader I admire in my personal life, and analyze their leadership style. I will discuss how that leader has influenced my leadership style, as well as how things like environment and the economy affect my leadership approach.
A leadership philosophy helps to define and let others know what you expect, what things you value, and how you act as a leader. Different styles of leadership are needed for different situations. Every leader needs to know when and how to display a particular approach of leadership within a group. Leadership strategies define every leader’s personal leadership style. Three leadership styles of a counselor are the following: authoritarian style leaders, democratic style leaders, and laissez-faire style leaders.
Urban Meyer is the head coach for The Ohio State Buckeyes football team. He is 49 years old and was born in Toledo Ohio. He attended University of Cincinnati where he played football. Coach Meyer is married and has three children. Prior to coaching Ohio State he retired from coaching was working as a sports analyst for ESPN. Before retiring and working for ESPN, Coach Meyer was the head coach for the University of Florida. He led the Gators to two BCS championship wins and he held the highest percentages of wins for any active college football coach. (www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com).
Leadership theories in and of themselves carry negative and positives characteristics. Within the various theories lie strengths and weaknesses that when applied to complex problems can highlight each one respectively. As I examine a few theories, I will look at the strengths and weaknesses of each and determine when and with which situation would these theories best be utilized. Collective leadership or distributive leadership, and leader-member exchange are both theories that incorporate specific team or group mentalities.
Strong leadership is vital to the success of any business, institution, school, team, or even church. Leaders that are considered effective encompass a leadership style and qualities that work to influence and motivate their followers. Joel Osteen, an evangelical pastor from Houston, Texas is truly one of the 21st centuries most captivating leaders. So much so, that he as selected by Barbara Walters as one of her 10 Most Fascinating People of 2016 (ABC News, 2006). His appeal is a phenomenon that is unmatched by any other current leaders in his profession. Over the past 15 years he has built a church, where he ministers one of the largest and most diverse congregations in America (Romano, 2005). Aside from his 45,000 attendees at his weekly services, his sermon is broadcasted in every television market in the United States and in over 100 other nations around the world (“About Joel,” n.d.). Joel Osteen is a prime example of a compelling leader who practices an effective leadership style that resonates with people on a personal level.
These problems ultimately result in incomplete work and a policy that is not to a high quality of standard. To remove these problems the team members need to improve their communication with each other, to do so they need to be more aware of their listening, verbal and non-verbal listening skills. It is recommended that management give training to the members on the different communication types, how to demonstrate effective interpersonal skills through their verbal communication and through gestures and expressions that are made when in a conversation with another member, leading to better understanding and respect for each other (Rasmussen, Mylonas and Beck, 2012). The company should promote healthy intrapersonal skills and self-awareness of their behaviours towards others. By completing these recommendations the team will work together efficiently and respectfully leading to the overall success in the task at hand. The success of the team also depends upon the team leader and each of its members. (Rasmussen, Mylonas and Beck, 2009)
A successful leader constantly adjusts his or her leadership style to suit the prevailing circumstances. Hence the leadership style adopted at any given time should ideally be dependent on the situation. This is the gist of situational leadership. In this report, I highlight the dominant leadership style in BP, one of the world's largest oil and gas companies.
Which leadership style is best for certain situations? There are many different types of leadership styles that are best for certain situations or special circumstances. There are leaders that are visionaries, some who command and coach, others that set high standards for those whom they are in charge of, and still more who focus on democratic ways of doing things along with team work. The question leaders and ordinary people must ask is this: if a situation comes down to it, when you must rely on a leader; what is the best style, and how will their decisions affect those they are in charge of?
The situation that is occurring between John, Sally, and the other laboratory employees has created a major issue within the laboratory department. Sally is wanting to quit her job because another employee, John, has created what she claims is a hostile work environment. As a laboratory manager, I cannot afford to lose either employee due to staffing shortages. I also do not want my employees in an uncomfortable work atmosphere. I decide that I will use the affiliative leadership style in an attempt to resolve the issues between my employees.
The Peak Adventure Challenge Course brought up many skills and abilities that pertain to leadership, but few I can relate to myself unfortunately since I do not have many leadership skills. One thing they did emphasize that I feel like I can relate to is time management. After being in the military I became a big fan of being punctual. They talked about how if a game or session it will cut into the rest of the day. If something goes to long it could cut the last session short or if something ends early it could end the day prematurely. Even to get back on schedule can become challenging running another event longer or shorter. Being on time is a big objective in a day of activities. Something I’m not very good at is the point they made of
26. Monica’s boss allows her any decision she thins is important on the spot without consulting anyone. Monica’s boss has this kind of leadership style.
Communication it self seems like an easy task. It is done everyday, and individuals engage in some sort of communication on a daily basis, but in reality, effective communication is not easy. It is a complex task that can send and receive the wrong message (Daft 2012). Therefore, it is critical for leaders and team members to ensure that proper communication skills are
Making sure all employees have an employee handbook, a current job description of their position, holding regular meetings, face-to-face communication with employees, and ensuring yearly performance reviews are all great ways to communicate effectively with employees (McNamara, n.d.). McNamara (n.d.) suggests that employers discover which type of communication works best for their companies to make their employees feel more involved with their company and to encourage them to communicate with management to avoid future problems. Give employees opportunity to provide feedback to their management team on a regular basis. The workplace is full of different leadership styles and generational differences that affect communication.
Leadership is a concept most people feel informed enough to discuss, but that few are truly educated sufficiently to comment on. Therefore, it is instructive to consider the leadership styles of people with very different approaches both to better understand the diversity underlying leadership, as well as to appreciate the effective and less effective strategies that underlie different leadership outcomes. For that reason, this essay will consider the styles of two leaders who are less visible in this highly contentious presidential election season: Jill Stein (the Green Party nominee) and Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate. The leadership styles of both are very different, yet they are aligned in the sense that both are outsider candidates struggling to gain momentum from a disaffected electorate. This essay begins with a theoretical discussion of leadership more generally and then turns to the two leaders as case studies, comparing and contrasting them and drawing conclusions about how they both work within the same public sphere and for putatively similar ends (i.e., gaining votes).
For a company to operate effectively, they must have great communication and leadership skills. In order to do so, the company must invest in group training and development to improve the communication between the workers. Being able to use the proper communication channels, feedback, as well as being open in communications will enhance those skills in the workplace.