What A Leader Would Never Be Able For Their Own Power

This literature review will make use of four pieces of academic work to discuss how the concept of culture can intrinsically affect leadership. The literature finds that the link between culture and leadership is an important, yet complicated relationship. I will begin by discussing and defining the central concepts of culture and leadership. I will then explain and analyse the significance of culture upon leadership. Finally I will review Hofstede’s cultural framework to assess its significance and relevance to the topic at hand.

Leadership is, and always has been, a vital aspect of social and economic constructs. It is essential to the survival of societies, industries, organizations, and virtually any group of individuals that come together for a common purpose. However, leadership is difficult to define in a single, definitive sense. As such, theories of leadership, what constitutes a great leader, and how leaders are made have evolved constantly throughout history, and still continue to change today in hopes of improving upon our understanding of leadership, its importance, and how it can be most effective in modern organizational cultures.

“Culture is to a human collectivity is what personality is to an individual” (Hofstede, 2001). By this, Hofstede means that culture aids in identifying a people group in the same way that a personality identifies a person. This means that in the same way that people with differing personalities but similar values can be servant leaders, unique cultures with the same foundational emphasis on service and leadership can practice servant leadership. This is important to remember when evaluating servant leadership in various cultural

Ayman, R., & Korabik, K. (2010). Leadership: Why gender and culture matter. American Psychologist, 65 (3), 157-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0018806

The author has clearly demonstrated his objectives set out in the introduction, and has provided examples for leadership that are able to be implemented in all business applications and not merely the church only. This work is to be commended for anyone interested in not only what makes leaders great; but as well, how they arrived at the summit and are able to remain there. Two things are clear from a complete reading of this book:

Before leaving on his mission, he went to the high priest and asked for “their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.” Even in his early years, Paul followed the rules and we see this characteristic in him as a leader later in life. After his conversion on the road to Damascus, the light of Jesus transforms Paul’s life. From that moment forward, we see Paul begin to study the word, live with the rabbis, and partner with people that were spreading the gospel. Throughout Paul’s missionary journeys, we see the impact that this time of his life had on his work and relationships with other people. Overall, Paul’s years serving in the Roman Empire opened his eyes to the plight of the Christian people and softened him for the work the Lord had called him to do.

A key theme of this book is that effective leadership requires considerable self-knowledge about one's own cultural beliefs and assumptions. Terrell and Lindsey (2009) review historical and contemporary beliefs about race, ethnicity, language, gender, and social class, and they challenge readers to examine their own experiences and beliefs in these areas. They suggest that development of a culturally proficient perspective will help provide prospective leaders with an ethical framework for their

One’s theology of leadership acts as a foundation for one’s identity as a leader. The author’s understanding of God as Master of all leadership methods creates an environment where the pursuit of God leads to mastery of multiple leadership methods; deepening leadership maturity and setting the stage for leadership

Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson, declare that a biblical leader is a person engaged in influencing and developing people in accomplishing a purpose by means of supernatural power.106 J. Oswald Sanders points out that spiritual leaders influence others because they are illuminated, likewise they are saturated with the power of the Holy Spirit. For instance, when the leader comes under the control of the Holy Spirit, the spirit’s power flows through him to others.107 Sanders further verifies that spiritual leaders can only lead others down the road in which they have already travelled. It’s not enough to point out the way, a godly leader must walk in a way that others can follow.108 Geoffrey V. Guns articulates brilliantly how Jesus modeled leadership

Christian leaders are called to be servants and differ from other forms of leadership. Tidball relates in this article the challenges in Christian leadership and investigates the role of Christian leaders as servants as taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples. It further considers the potential conflict of fulfilling the roles of leaders and as servants. The author presents five ways people seek to resolve the tensions that are common but are insufficient. The article considers the context of leadership in the old and the New Testament of the Bible.

Many Asian cultures have been reluctant in accepting a servant leadership style of leading. When business started exploding globally it was establish early, that many Asian leaders had a distinctive style that reflected different needs for achievement. Through generations many Asian leaders remained stagnate on their views regarding affiliation with subordinates, and the power leaders held. Asian culture have been reluctant, because of a hierarchical leadership practice believed that savant leaders did not hold a firm position. Asian cultures also viewed servant leadership as weak and not productive. Over the years Asian cultures have been applying servant leadership philosophies. One example is found in

There are many people in scripture that God has placed in leadership roles. Jesus himself, David, Moses, Paul, Peter, Abraham and many others are some of those leaders. There are core attributes discussed in the lecture that personally reflect my opinion of what an effective leader of Christ needs such as, a shared vision, model of the way, empowerment of others, challenge of the process, and encouragement of the heart. Leaders establish a model of the way others should be treated and how goals should be pursued, with standards and examples of what others should follow by exemplifying God’s example. Christian leaders inspire a shared vision to make a difference

In today’s society, when you pursue the path of cultural leadership, success is all about growing others, making people smarter, bigger, and bolder in every aspect of their lives. More importantly, is how nothing you do anymore as an individual matters except your ability to nurture, support, and increase the magnitude of your members self confidence. With that being said, this paper will examine life experiences and changes I have gone through that contribute to my existence as a cultural leader.

The word ‘leadership’ often times triggers a preconceived image of an ideal leader—typically accompanied by the aura that the effective leader should be at the top of the hierarchy, ready to produce the solutions to complex problems. However, this is not true of leadership, given that effective leadership is not achieved by position but rather through style and situational awareness. Examining leadership requires the consideration of the catalysts for different types of leaders. Popular leader development theories tend to focus on the natural servitude of the leader, his or her capability to manage, and leader behavior.

In times of rapid globalisation and economic development growth, the environment of business has become more and more complicated as a huge number of firms want to globally expand their businesses. Subsequently, the managerial implications of cross-cultural management is the challenge of this development. As Abbe (2007) states, cross-cultural leadership has developed as a way to understand leaders who work in the global markets. Culture is the “software of mind” that can influence people’s patterns of thinking and behaving.