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    successful global organizations reveals the many aspects making the organization competitive, only one element stands out; Leadership. Effective leadership points their employees toward the vision and mission of the organization. Moreover, leadership is where solid relationships are created and the interactions with employees positively activate motivation. The leaderships’ positive interaction with their employees, develops a relationship built on trust which produces the peak performance for

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    Leadership Philosophy

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    How I define leadership has mostly to do with 27 years of service in the Army and 20 of those years spent as a Non-Commissioned Officer. Simply put, I believe leadership is the balancing of two competing priorities, the accomplishment of the mission and the welfare of the people that are in your charge. Others can probably think up a million of other subcategories that go into defining leadership, but I believe those are the two over arching things a leader has to do. I see those two priorities being

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    Perspective I would expect that every person has experienced a time when they were part of a team with a good and bad leader. In business there are many times when the wrong leadership styles are chosen and have a negative effect on the end results. Throughout history many scholars have tried to understand and improve the art of leadership. They have given us theories, practices, suggestions and models to follow so that we too can reach the goal of the perfect leader. Today’s managers are influenced by

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    Change is unavoidable, it is a transformation of one thing into another. In the year 1990, Peter Senge said that we need to start acting like gardeners and stop thinking like mechanics in order for big companies to change (Webber, A. 1999). As a leader of an inter-disciplinary team, I am responsible for the rehabilitation of clients into their homes. Our company have just secured a new contract from the Ministry of Health and needs to widen the scope of its services. As of the moment, we have

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    Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. The texts that I read in courses throughout the program influenced me greatly. One of my favorite texts was Covey’s, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people. Ever since, I have been working on those habits and have found them to be very effective in my leadership role. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Covey, 2004), the author discussed how effective leaders habits lead to grow from dependence

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    Four Leadership Theories

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    organisation. As I am new to this role I have been provided with the assistance of a mentor. TASK 1 In the first meeting I realised that to have a useful discussion with the mentor I should study the concepts and theories related to management and leadership so I can properly make the notes that would help in proper discussion with the mentor. For this reason I studied different articles and make notes that consist of: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPTS OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT In this report I will

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    Introduction: Giving young people the chance to plan what activities they do in their groups is important to develop their confidence and let them grow as individuals, learning about what their strengths and their weaknesses. In my project at the start of a new session, usually after the summer and winter breaks, we ask the young people of a group what different activities they would like to do in the coming months.one given these ideas staff will ask the young people to develop them further together

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    Contingency model of leadership The model suggests that there are certain contingency factors that dictate how the various leadership approaches should be chosen. The contingency factors are follower development, task structure and situational urgency. The various leadership approaches include the directive, transformational and empowering, and transactional. Each of this leadership approach in turn leads to emergence of results that are a specific combination of the predictable outcomes that include

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    The Importance of Leadership in Organizations According to McGregor (2013), “a released data from Gallup, only 13 percent of employees are ´engaged` in their jobs, or emotionally invested in their work and focused on helping their organizations improve” (para. 2). While people are dispirited about their work, finding effective leaders always been an essential issue for all types of organizations. According to Canwell, Geller, and Stockton (2015), “[o]rganizations around the world are

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    Effective leadership is not something you come across very often. Leadership can be defined as ‘the ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve organizational goals’ (Dubrin, 2010, p. 2-3). Finding someone who fits the idea of being an effective leader can difficult. In fact, Myatt (2013) argues that many leaders in our world think they are leaders, however, he states that ‘not everyone can or should become a leader’ (para. 1). In a group of three, we had

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