Leadership Style Paper Wk 3
Leadership Style Paper Wk 3 Organizational Leadership LDR/531
December 1, 2014
Hillary Clinton has been one of the leaders that I have admired throughout the years of her political affiliation and career. Hillary Clinton has been labeled as a transformational leader. The characteristics that she displays is that, she inspires a shared vision, not afraid to challenge a process, and the ability to enable others to take action. The practices and values that she shows, puts her in the position of being a very effective and inspirational leader. Effective leaders are clear about their own value and philosophy, which is exactly why Hillary Clinton has been an accomplished leader during her term as a secretary of the state, and as a Governor’s wife, while Bill Clinton was the Governor of Arkansas, she has been very clear in regards to her philosophy of making the United States a safer and stronger country. While serving with the State Department, her hard work and dedication to empowered her team to raise their awareness and to use their own interest to help and impact others. Hillary Clinton didn’t just empower others, to see and share her vision, but she also lives her vision. Hillary Clinton’s leadership style helped to build trust and to be able to collaborate with others. Hillary has focus on her follower’s needs, values and their morals, which shows how well she demonstrated the transformational approach. According to Business Dictionary (Transformational Leadership), the definition of a transformational leader is one that identifies the needed change, creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration and executes the change with the commitment of the members of the group. In order to help understand the actions of a transformational leader, it is good to know the five principles of leadership, according to Kouzes and Posner. The five principles are; 1) Challenging the process, which is simply means a leader who doesn’t
December 1, 2014
Hillary Clinton has been one of the leaders that I have admired throughout the years of her political affiliation and career. Hillary Clinton has been labeled as a transformational leader. The characteristics that she displays is that, she inspires a shared vision, not afraid to challenge a process, and the ability to enable others to take action. The practices and values that she shows, puts her in the position of being a very effective and inspirational leader. Effective leaders are clear about their own value and philosophy, which is exactly why Hillary Clinton has been an accomplished leader during her term as a secretary of the state, and as a Governor’s wife, while Bill Clinton was the Governor of Arkansas, she has been very clear in regards to her philosophy of making the United States a safer and stronger country. While serving with the State Department, her hard work and dedication to empowered her team to raise their awareness and to use their own interest to help and impact others. Hillary Clinton didn’t just empower others, to see and share her vision, but she also lives her vision. Hillary Clinton’s leadership style helped to build trust and to be able to collaborate with others. Hillary has focus on her follower’s needs, values and their morals, which shows how well she demonstrated the transformational approach. According to Business Dictionary (Transformational Leadership), the definition of a transformational leader is one that identifies the needed change, creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration and executes the change with the commitment of the members of the group. In order to help understand the actions of a transformational leader, it is good to know the five principles of leadership, according to Kouzes and Posner. The five principles are; 1) Challenging the process, which is simply means a leader who doesn’t