The Themes Of Leadership By Gombrich

The concept of effective leadership is a topic that has been widely debated by individuals and professional leaders in many societies. In Kevin Cashman’s book, Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for life, the author reveals that leadership is defined through a person’s understanding of their internal nature, rather than the values, beliefs, and morals a society claims that a leader should possess. Even though Cashman does acknowledge the importance of the societal view of leadership, he argues that true leadership is defined by an individual’s understanding of their internal essence. In each chapter Cashman strongly debates that leaders lead by virtue of who they are. He defines this outlook on leadership as the Inside-Out Leadership Method. This is a method that allows an authoritative figure to develop a strong understanding of their physical, mental, and spiritual essence to lead others towards a mutual goal.

This concise paper addresses a lifetime of learning on part of the author and the gracious graduated squadron commander interviewee who leant his time and wisdom. In the next few paragraphs the three key elements that will be addressed include: the author’s leadership philosophy, elicited in the hot seat from the Group Commander, a summary of the author’s commander interview, and an analysis of the interview through the lens of the author’s own philosophy.

In the article titled, "The Common Language of Leadership," by Corey Seelmiller and Thomas Murray, which can be found in the November 2013 edition of the Journal of Leadership Studies, the authors conducted qualitative research in an attempt to (a) define and understand the competencies needed by college students to engage in leadership in their respective career fields and (b) to use the research findings on leadership competencies in order to develop a program that will encompass all fields of academic disciplines. The authors of this article studied the comprehensive of learning outcomes of 475 academic programs within 72 academic accrediting organizations in regard to student leadership development. The assertions by Corey

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

The current issues that are facing the Native Communities across United States is not the slot machines, movie sets or the football fields, as there many other problems facing the Native communities such as insidious, systemic, life or death problems; which will take years and many votes, marches to resolve the issue at hand. However, it will be given the attention to be recognized. The Federal government recognizes 567 tribes, 229 Alaskan Native villages and through this the Bureau of Indian Affairs is the federal agency that is in charge of relations with indigenous communities. Although each Tribal Nation is

Field Manual (FM) 6-22 defines leadership as “the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improve the organization”. The objective of this paper is to communicate my leadership philosophy of how I hope to lead the Soldiers within this organization. To fully understand my leadership, I will provide you some background on who I am and how my leadership styles have developed:

Mary used her gift of writing to effectively communicate her stance on women's rights, and help spread awareness for her cause.

My leadership philosophy is constantly developing over time. There is not one leader that stands out individually, however there are many traits from my past leaders that I use. The traits used by my past leaders help me in the development of my philosophy throughout the years. There are several values that I think make the perfect leader. These attributes are the values of humor, the will to always improve, and trust. With these three values, one can always improve the organization while maintaining high standards and moral.

Leadership is the art of influencing people to get the necessary support and cooperation in a community or organizational affairs to maintain solidarity among people. It is the ability to influence others towards desired goals. More so, leadership may imply “doing the right thing”.

Ann Cunliffe speaks of a phenomenological connection with leadership is reflection. Knowing one’s self has a direct connection to one’s leadership abilities. Over the last few years many organizations have understood that their leaders should have a good knowledge of themselves in order to know their subordinates and lead them to the mission. Many organizations are now encouraging leadership programs encourage self-reflection. Some even administer personality and leadership tests. These test helps the organization to learn things about their leaders since as generalized categories introvert/extrovert, people or task oriented, transformative or transactional (Cunliffe, 2009). This falls in line with Daniel Goleman’s emotional intelligence.

My leadership philosophy is best conveyed by example. All units have standards we must achieve. I believe in exceeding them at all times. I intend to demonstrate that by exceeding them myself. I know that not every Soldier is physically capable of maxing their PT test every time or qualifying expert on their assigned weapon, but if the effort and desire to do so is put forth, then we as an organization can be satisfied with meeting the standard in those instances. I believe in letting all Soldiers, leaders and subordinates alike, be themselves so long as it does not hinder the mission or degrade unit readiness. I expect integrity and accountability at all levels. Missions fail when Soldiers sacrifice integrity and fail

According to Ruggero (2005), “Successful Leaders know their Personal Leadership Philosophy (PLP) and communicate it by living it passionately every day in all they say and do. They have taken the time to determine who they are, their values and priorities. They know their course and have set their internal compass, which gives them greater self-knowledge, greater self-confidence, and improved effectiveness as a leader. This is accomplished by writing a Personal Leadership Philosophy, which states the core values you live by, what you expect of your people, what they can expect of you, and how you will evaluate performance. ” (page 7) Philosophy is defined as a theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior. This can be broken down into multiple components. A theory

James MacGregor Burns said it best, “Leadership is leaders inducing followers to act for certain goals that represent the values and the motivations-the wants and needs, the aspirations and expectations-of both leaders and followers. And the genius of leadership lies in the manner in which leaders see and act on their own and their fellow 's values and motivations”. As one reads this statement, one naturally reflects on personal leader experiences or ones learned through academic or professional studies. Abraham Lincoln, especially during his presidency, exemplified Burns definition of a leader.

In the article “Leadership that Gets Results,” Daniel Goleman suggests that there is a relationship between three concepts: the elements of emotional intelligence, the six leadership styles, and an organization’s climate. Describe the way he believes that these concepts influence each other. You may include a drawing with boxes, arrows, and the like if that helps you to explain your thinking. Ultimately, he argues that these concepts influence organizational performance. Do you think he makes a compelling case for his position?

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.