The assigned book for this course is The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day‚ by John C. Maxwell. In this book‚ Maxwell gives a leadership principle and then supplies a relevant Bible supported example to give life to the principle being introduced. The assignment for this week was to read chapters 8‚ 9‚ 10‚ and 11. This paper will summarize what the author discussed in these chapters. In chapter 8‚ “The Law of Intuition‚” the eighth leadership principle can be found. Here‚ Maxwell dialogs
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According to Stone‚ Russell & Patterson‚ (2003)‚ transformational leadership is a kind of leadership style that can inspire and stimulates positive changes in individuals that follows. Transformational leaders are usually emotionally intelligent‚ energetic‚ passionate‚ and fervent. Transformational leader also concentrated on assisting every follower of the group succeed as well. Transformational leaders are individuals‚ who encourage and inspire followers together to attain astonishing values and
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Dear members of the selection committee‚ The resident advisor position is a unique and powerful position on any campus; but it is particularly appealing to me on Union’s campus. My first real connection with anyone outside of my AOP class‚ of which I spent a majority of the summer‚ with was my RA. On a campus so small and compact as Union‚ an RA is truly an invaluable resource to ask questions of. This is because not only can they answer them directly‚ but if they are unable to‚ they possess the
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As John C. Maxwell once said‚ “A leader is someone who knows the ways‚ goes the way‚ and shows the way.” An ideal leader would be someone who is altruistic‚ educated‚ and audacious. In the novel‚ The Hobbit‚ authored by J.R.R Tolkien‚ one of the protagonists‚ Thorin Oakenshield is said to be one of the most prodigious commanders. However‚ Thorin is almost the complete opposite of the traits and qualities listed previously. One of the main qualities Thorin demonstrates is greed‚ greed is the intense
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1. Scott has my strongest recommendation to be considered for graduate school. I have had the esteemed privilege to supervise Scott in my position as U.S. Coast Guard Electronic Support Systems Detachment Supervisor‚ New York. 2. Scott has a talent to quickly come up to speed on a variety of complex work projects. Scott is strongly motivated to achieve optimal results excelling in both theoretical and practical concepts. Scott is a highly effective and proficient leader; he displays a genuine interest
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Leading a virtuous life can be both obtainable‚ and enjoyable. Sometimes everyone must consider if what they have done‚ or how they make decisions‚ is acceptable‚ or even logical. As discussed in the paper written by J.N. Hooker entitled‚ “Three Kinds of Ethics”‚ it goes on to describe how the three kinds of ethics are applied‚ and created. To distinguish between the three kinds‚ we must dedicate thought to our actions‚ and consider why we make these choices. Since the world isn’t perfect‚ and we
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Chevening is looking for individuals that will be future leaders or influencers in their home countries. Explain how you meet this requirement‚ using clear examples of your own leadership and influencing skills to support your answer. (minimum word count: 50 words‚ maximum word count: 500 words) I would like to start my essay with Warren Bennis’s quote “The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact‚ the
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The powerful roots in a tree hold it together and keep it from falling down at the slightest resistance. In the same way‚ when leaders work from the bottom all the stakeholders involved gain strength to face adversity from those who stand beneath them. The Douglas McGregor XY Theory highlights two types of leaders: one is authoritarian and the other enables those under their supervision to have a variety of responsibilities for their tasks and freely work towards a common goal. When I took this
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relationship focuses on the continuing recreation of higher purposes‚ change for the better occurs both in the purposes and resources of those involved and in the relationship itself. The transformational leader plays an essential role in shifting change‚ followers and leaders are bound together in the transformation process. The importance of developing followers to their fullest potential extended the concept of transformational leadership (Bass‚ 1985; Bass & Avolio‚1993). Transformational leaders
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Characteristic of leadership style LDR-531 Leadership can be defined as process in which an individual influences a group of people to accomplish a common goal. The goal is achieved by cohesive behavior and mutual cooperation. A leader directs his or her followers to reach a specific goal and infuses sense of positivity in them (Meenakshi‚ n.d.). There are many great leaders but the leader I admire the most is Nelson Mandela. Mandela used his charismatic personality and ethical behavior
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