Leadership Styles
LEADERSHIP STYLES
Leadership Styles
Christian Collor
LDR/531
July 15, 2013 James Graham
LEADERSHIP STLYES A leader is someone who guides and motivates people, which encourage team members to work toward a main goal of achieving the objectives of the group or organization. According to Corderman (2006), “Leadership seems to be the marshaling of skills possessed by a majority and used by a minority, but it is something that can be learned by everyone, taught to everyone, and denied to no one.” At the simplest level, a leader is someone who leads others but what makes a person an excellent leader? A leader should be able to assess the requirements of the team members and adopt a style that benefits the entire team or organization. A person who seems to have excellent leadership skills and is an admired leader is Jil Greene. She is the director of human resources at Caesar’s Entertainment in New Orleans, La. Jil showed leadership styles of a participative leader. Jil is not only a leader with a vision; she has the drive and commitment to achieve the organizations vision and the skills to make it happen. She would see a problem within the human resources department that needed a few improvements or a goal that needed to be achieved and that would be the focus of her attention until the problem was solved. She would handle every situation in the department so effortlessly and with determination. Whether the goal for the department was to keep the recruiting numbers at thousand and three hundred employees, develop a method to make employees want to work for the organization, or even if it were to find ways to motivate existing employees, Jil always had a clear target in mind. Another, leadership characteristic that was admired by Jil was that she had the drive to see her plans and goals through. She took every necessary step to achieve her vision with her amazing strength of leading such a large organization. Despite, the obstacles of
Leadership Styles
Christian Collor
LDR/531
July 15, 2013 James Graham
LEADERSHIP STLYES A leader is someone who guides and motivates people, which encourage team members to work toward a main goal of achieving the objectives of the group or organization. According to Corderman (2006), “Leadership seems to be the marshaling of skills possessed by a majority and used by a minority, but it is something that can be learned by everyone, taught to everyone, and denied to no one.” At the simplest level, a leader is someone who leads others but what makes a person an excellent leader? A leader should be able to assess the requirements of the team members and adopt a style that benefits the entire team or organization. A person who seems to have excellent leadership skills and is an admired leader is Jil Greene. She is the director of human resources at Caesar’s Entertainment in New Orleans, La. Jil showed leadership styles of a participative leader. Jil is not only a leader with a vision; she has the drive and commitment to achieve the organizations vision and the skills to make it happen. She would see a problem within the human resources department that needed a few improvements or a goal that needed to be achieved and that would be the focus of her attention until the problem was solved. She would handle every situation in the department so effortlessly and with determination. Whether the goal for the department was to keep the recruiting numbers at thousand and three hundred employees, develop a method to make employees want to work for the organization, or even if it were to find ways to motivate existing employees, Jil always had a clear target in mind. Another, leadership characteristic that was admired by Jil was that she had the drive to see her plans and goals through. She took every necessary step to achieve her vision with her amazing strength of leading such a large organization. Despite, the obstacles of
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