Meg Whitman‚ CEO of the internet auction site eBay‚ displays several traits of both charismatic and transformational leadership. Whitman moved from a tightly structured‚ traditional button-down corporate environment at Hasbro ’s Playskool division into the T-shirt and jeans atmosphere of an internet start-up company without missing a beat. In doing so‚ she illustrated that sometimes it is more important to have a vision and the willingness to commit to that vision than to have targeted knowledge
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Exploring the Transformational Leadership Style in Nursing As nurses‚ we all have leadership roles in our profession. Taking care of patients places us into the role of a leader‚ being responsible for the well-being of a group of clients. Throughout our studies at university‚ we are taught how to be leaders within our profession. To be not only an efficient nurse but also a good nurse‚ we will have to apply the leadership skills we have acquired through our studies and through our life experiences
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Leadership Assessment Paper Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 14 March 2014 Abstract This assessment paper aims to enhance the knowledge of effective leadership within our Armed Forces and across our nation. First‚ I will provide information on General Colin Powell’s (Ret.) life and style of leadership that he has presented through our nation. Second‚ I will present a personnel leadership self-assessment of how I view myself. In conclusion‚ the paper will show a comparison and contrast between
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My interviewee follows a transformational leadership style. From my interview‚ I believe she has the characteristics included in this type of style. By being a mentor‚ she is very inspirational. She teaches what she knows and can perform herself and this in turn increases the knowledge of everyone that she works with. She increases a sense of self-worth and value to the employees by not demanding and degrading. All of her thoughts‚ aspects and actions provide a positive morale at the hospital‚ which
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come to people on this is to achieve Leadership but to be able to do it‚ it is imperative to understand its meaning‚ its strengths‚ its weaknesses and all concepts that may help individuals and organizations to approach it in their modern world. Thanks to these needs‚ many researchers have been looking for answers and ways to represent what is leadership significance. The purpose of this essay is to analyze and discuss two theories/approaches of leadership‚ in order to gain a better understanding
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I selected the “Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve” article to facilitate the Transformational and Level 5 leadership discussion. The article was published by Jim Collins in January 2001. The article discussed the study of over 1400 Fortune 500 companies that was trying to answer one question: can a good company become a great company and‚ if so‚ how? Out of the over 1400 companies‚ only 11 made the list of sustained greatness status for 15 years after a major transition
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Sam Walton was known to be industrious‚ always trying to get the most out of money‚ and had a burning ambition to succeed. This was evident in his book Sam Walton‚ Made in America‚ My Story. He was a hard working individual who helped his family through the depression‚ started his own business from almost nothing and changed the field of management for ever. Sam Walton was born in 1918 in Kingfisher‚ Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Sam obtained his work ethic from his father Thomas Gibson
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BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP‚ INTEGRITY AND AN ETHICAL CLIMATE IN ORGANISATIONS Authors: Anja S. van Aswegen1 Amos S. Engelbrecht1 Affi liations: 1 Department of Industrial Psychology‚ Stellenbosch University‚ South Africa Correspondence to: Amos Engelbrecht e-mail: ase@sun.ac.za Postal address: PO Box 3543‚ Stellenbosch‚ 7602‚ South Africa How to cite this article: Van Aswegen‚ A.S.‚ & Engelbrecht‚ A.S. (2009). The relationship between transformational leadership‚ integrity
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Student ID: 12062298D Student Name: Lau Tsz Ling Argument: Transformational leadership is positively related to Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) Introduction Choosing a good leading approach is critical for a leader to succeed in leading a team in order to achieve team’s goal. Transformational leadership is one of the recommendable leadership theories for leaders to follow for motivating followers to accomplish more than what they have planned through various ways. Organizational
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Balyer (2012) affirmed the impact of transformational leadership in addressing satisfaction of human resource personal and professional needs in terms of team-orientation‚ effective communication‚ and role modeling of high moral standards. Also‚ some researches claimed that transformational leadership had brought forth leader’s ability to increase organizational members’ commitment‚ capacity‚ and engagement in meeting
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