increased. Initially‚ I was a transactional leader because it was a way of separating me from my peers to alleviate chances of fraternization. The chain of command was strict in giving direction and the expectations were exacting in standards in accordance with approved guidelines. About half way through my career‚ I was a middle manager and earned the respect of my peers through performance and longevity so my leadership style shifted to transformational. I was successful because my senior leadership
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(Krames‚ 2002). The paradigm of transformational leadership is useful in analysing how he was able to accomplish this (Dubrin‚ Dalglish & Miller‚ 2006). It is also useful in identifying the personal characteristics‚ the leader and follower values and the situational factors that contributed to his success. This paper will analyse Welch’s leadership of GE using the framework of transformational leadership. Conclusions will be drawn regarding Welch’s leader behaviour and effectiveness‚ taking
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Sudetenland Protests Hitler’s plan for the Germans was that he wanted one race together and would risk anything to unite the German race. As was mentioned (Paragraph 1 Line 3‚ Chamberlain and Hitler‚ 1938)‚ “When Adolf Hitler came to power‚ he wanted to unite all Germans into one nation.” Despite the obstacles he would face in the future‚ he turned to Czechoslovakia first and focused on the Sudeten Germans. He convinced Sudetenland Germans to protest and rebel against Czech authority. He began taking
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Roosevelt And Adolf Hitler Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler are often referred to as two of the most influential people of the first half of the twentieth century. FDR and Hitler were certainly the two most influential and powerful people in their time of economic depression and world war. These were two very different men‚ but they had their similarities. Both of these men brought their country’s out of an economic depression. The two were very impressive speakers. Hitler certainly
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Do you think that killing over 1 million people is considered heroic? Well that must have not been the mindset of Hitler when he killed over 1 million Jews. And yet some people still consider him a hero. So what makes up a hero? Heroes can be viewed as bad or good by their methods of justice‚ put others before themselves‚ and what they did to be considered a hero. Many people in the spotlight are viewed as a hero because of their methods of justice. For example‚ Donald Trump considers building a
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needed within a transformational organization. Change is probably never popular‚ but is necessary for the transformation and restructuring of the healthcare industry. There are several models in the scope of transformational changes and learning organizations. The capacity to change is embraced by organizational transformation and initiatives sustained are representative of learning organizations (Johnson‚ 2009). The first organization I found to have instituted transformational changes is the
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Charismatic versus Transformational Style Leadership refers to a person’s ability to inspire people in organizational to work towards achieving set goals and objectives (Ward‚2017). A good leader must‚ therefore‚ be able to communicate these goals to his/her team in an effective way. A leader is an inspiration to his/her team. This means that through the process of communication he/she is able to spark new energy among employees or team. But‚ how does a person become a leader? Leadership is attained
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Both transformational leadership and leader-member exchange leadership theories have been an issue of discussion for many scholars. The majority of authors agree that transformational leaders ‘have qualitatively different and quantitatively greater effects on their followers than the effects of exchange leaders’ (Gupta & Krishnan 2004‚ p.7). This essay builds on the existing literature about these two theories and will try to draw a parallel between LMX and transformational leadership‚ i.e. it will
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Transformational Leadership Model According to Northouse (2016) transformational leadership model is the process of transforming the organizational behavior‚ culture‚ individuals‚ and eventually the leader. Transformational leaders constantly communicate to the team members new visions in order to motivate the organization‚ establish high passion and confidence‚ and continually maintain ethical and values within the organization. Creating a positive ethical culture within the workforce will assist
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always depend on the individual‚ their perceptions‚ their needs and their beliefs. When a person’s perception is skewed‚ their needs high and their belief of what can be done that is when trying to motivate them in another direction is difficult. A leader is able to meet someone where they are‚ understand their perceptions‚ needs and beliefs and guide them into a new understanding in order to meet their needs and ultimately change their beliefs; in order to motivate them. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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