AU/ACSC/061/1999-04 AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS AND GENDER By Christine R. Gedney‚ Major‚ USAF A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Lt Col Sharon A. Branch Maxwell Air Force Base‚ Alabama April 1999 Distribution A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited Disclaimer The views expressed in this academic research paper are those of the
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Definition of leadership: Leadership is the ability to influence a group of people toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals. A leader steps up in times of crisis‚ and is able to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Unlike management‚ leadership cannot be taught‚ although it may be learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Leader is the person in a group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction
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Observing Leadership at McDonald’s McDonald’s is the most famous and largest fast food retailer in the world and we can easy to find the ways of this company to motivate their employees by leadership skills. I have visited one of McDonald’s stores this week at Copenhagen. It is easy to find out that the line manager leads and in charge most of the work. For example‚ he is observed as a coach of the new or inexperience employee. He teaches the new comer how to use the machine to make the order
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Participative Leader Participative leader Participative leadership also knows as democratic leadership is a type of leadership that allows everyone in the group to get involved in recognizing important objectives and developing procedures or tactics for reach of those goals. Participative leadership can be seen as someone who depends on the whole group to achieve the job‚ this type of involved leadership style can be utilized in business settings‚ volunteer organizations and even
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The leader of the work group may emerge informally as the choice of the group. If a manager is able to influence people to achieve the goals of the organization‚ without using his or her formal authority to do so‚ then the manager is demonstrating leadership (Allen‚ 1998). Great organizations are managed by people who have the necessary skills and attributes which allow them to connect with the organization and the people involved in the company. Managers must meet the many demands of performing
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Nelson Mandela Leadership “After climbing a great hill‚ one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” Nelson was the first black President of South Africa and he was one of the most important figures that helped end apartheid in S.A. He believed in consensus. He used a general feeling to empower the people and motivate them. Nelson was tolerant and persistent. For an end to apartheid he was put in jail for 20+ years‚ but nevertheless he never gave up on his main purpose. Nelson’s
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Discovering Your Authentic Leadership During the past 50 years‚ leadership scholars have conducted more than 1‚000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles‚ characteristics‚ or personality traits of great leaders. None of these studies has produced a clear profile of the ideal leader. Thank goodness. If scholars had produced a cookie-cutter leadership style‚ individuals would be forever trying to imitate it. They would make themselves into personae‚ not people‚ and others would
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Leadership By: SSG Member-Meneh‚ Sylvanus 88M SLC Class #003-2013 What is Leadership? Leadership is the art of influencing and directing people in such a way that will win their obedience‚ confidence‚ respect and loyal cooperation in achieving common objectives. To become an effective Leader‚ there are certain traits and characteristics that must be present in an individual. No one is born a Leader; certain individuals are born
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CHAPTER 8: LEADERSHIP What is leadership? Leadership may be defined as the process of guiding and directing the behavior of people in the organization in order to achieve certain objectives. Leadership is that element that convinces members of an organization to behave in such a manner that will facilitate the accomplishment of the goals of the organization. The difference between leadership and management 1. Managers are more rational problem solvers‚ while leaders are intuitive‚ more visionary
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FINAL EXAM M-ESC-5-03-21-05-E Professor Vinca Bigo November 2012 Leadership and Sustainable Development: Leaders their virtues and their vices NAME (first and last in capital letters)__________VLADIMIR_TERENTYEV______ The material is for me only to read‚ and for you to keep. 1. In one sentence‚ and in your own words describe what kind of leader you want to be remembered as? It’s an open secret‚ that our world is rulling by ideas. This ideas are created and organized by leaders with their followers
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