Defining Leadership A Review of Past‚ Present‚ and Future Ideas BY MATTHEW R. FAIRHOLM‚ PH.D. DIRECTOR‚ LEADERSHIP STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT‚ CEMM MONOGRAPH SERIES MS02-02 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT Center for Excellence in Municipal Management’s Research Program Since its inception‚ The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Municipal Management has focused on providing practitioner oriented research to support and
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What is Transformational Leadership? Have you ever been in a group where someone took control of the situation by conveying a clear vision of the group’s goals‚ a marked passion for the work‚ and an ability to make the rest of the group feel recharged and energized? This person just might be what is called a transformational leader. Transformational leadership is a type of leadership style that can inspire positive changes in those who follow. Transformational leaders are generally energetic‚ enthusiastic
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Introduction Leadership has been looked at from various aspects ever since it has been studied and all of the derived theories are relevant to different situations and conditions. A common definition of leadership is; ‘A process of social influence by which an individual enlists the aid and support of others in accomplishment of a task or a mission’ (Chemers‚ 1997). A leadership facet‚ which greatly interests me‚ is ‘Change Leadership’. The scale of competition in the market has increased by leaps
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Transformational Leadership Team Paper Soloman DeFrancis‚ Sonia DeHay‚ Jezelle Fullwood‚ and Regina Tillman Brandman University Definition of Transformational Leadership Organizations continually undergo various changes and as each new practice is introduced‚ leaders have attempted multiple ways to go about implementing change. However‚ research indicates that transformational change is the most difficult yet effective way to sustain growth and progress
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Grand Canyon University: LDR-800 October 23‚ 2013 Dr. Casey Reason Comparison Matrix Article 1 Article 2 Title/Author(s) Managing Diversity and Enhancing Team Outcomes: The promise of Transformational Leadership Kearney & Gebert Title/Author(s) Embracing Transformational Leadership: Team Values and the Impact of Leader Behavior on Team Performance Persistent GCU Library Permalink: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2009-00697-020&site=eds-live&scope=site
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LEADERSHIP HISTORY 1 Leadership History Tatiana M. Castaneda Vasquez Regent University LEADERSHIP HISTORY Abstract 2 When power no longer guarantees the success‚ leadership becomes essential. In search of understand the secret behind outstanding leadership‚ history has created and revealed leadership theories‚ starting with Great Man approach‚ the identification of Trait and Characteristics‚ and later shifting to Behavior Theory‚ fomenting Contingency and Influence Models‚ concluding
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Leadership http://lea.sagepub.com/ Strategic leadership: The accomplishment of strategy as a ’perennially unfinished project ’ Marian Iszatt-White Leadership 2010 6: 409 DOI: 10.1177/1742715010379310 The online version of this article can be found at: http://lea.sagepub.com/content/6/4/409 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Leadership can be found at: Email Alerts: http://lea.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://lea.sagepub.com/subscriptions
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performance by investing in people. Leadership Lessons from India by Peter Cappelli‚ Harbir Singh‚ Jitendra V. Singh‚ and Michael Useem Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary Idea in Brief—the core idea 2 Leadership Lessons from India Reprint R1003G Leadership Lessons from India Idea in Brief The leaders of India’s biggest and fastestgrowing companies take an internally focused‚ long-term view and put motivating and developing employees
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ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP : A SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP PARADIGM ABSTRACT Leadership has been an object studied by many scholars for centuries‚ and brings a lot of theories forth in term of leadership. Leadership is a multidisciplinary field concerned with both ethics and morality. Davis‚ K. (1967) defined Leadership asthe ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically. It is the human factor which binds a group together and motivates it toward goals. Management activities such as planning
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LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY PAPER Introduction There are as many leadership philosophies as people and rightly so. Each person is unique in their own ways with specific personality traits and aptitudes which make them who they are. While some people are more naturally inclined towards leadership than others‚ the majority of leaders are developed through the continued honing of their leadership skills. Along their leadership journeys people acquire various skills and paradigms allowing them to
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