Followers plan an active role in the process of leadership. By being a follower‚ it does not mean that one is inferior to a leader‚ but that they simply play a different role. Webster’s dictionary defines follow as to come or occur after‚ but it does not necessarily imply a causal relationship with what goes before. A follower is part of the team. A quarterback cannot win the game without the efforts of the entire team. He can throw or run the ball but without his team members blocking‚ he will
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Leadership Profile Paper This paper will profile Jeff Hawkins‚ Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for PalmOne‚ Inc. examining qualities that Mr. Hawkins exhibits that make him influential leader. The paper will also examine details of the business strategy that make this man an exceptional innovator and his contribution to eBusiness technology. Vision Jeff Hawkins a graduate of Cornell Universityis best known as "the inventor who‚ in 1994‚ took blocks of mahogany and plywood into his garage and emerged
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“Leadership assessment is the backbone of a sustainable leadership pipeline. However‚ organizations often struggle with determining how to identify leaders with potential‚ which assessment approach to use‚ and how to apply assessment results” (Hewitt‚ 2015). Nevertheless‚ the method which the organizations approach assessment and how the methods are utilized make an impact on the effectiveness of assessment in powering a strong and sustainable leadership bench. Leadership assessment tool will be
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In their conclusion of their chapter on leadership and cultural variation. Dorfman‚ Hanges and Brodbeck (2004‚ p. 711) re-iterated the pervasive question asked in the cross-cultural management literature‚ “Does culture influence leadership‚ and‚ if so‚ why and how?” The answer was partly given in Dorfman and House’s (2004) review of extant work on leadership‚ namely‚ that there is still no definitive answer since the evaluative interpretations of leadership still vary across cultures. Furthermore
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how their leadership skills can be described. One of the theories developed to study leadership is trait approach. Also known as great man theories‚ it was developed to explain how traits influenced leadership. This theory suggested that certain people were born with special traits that made them great leaders. (Bass‚1990; Jago‚1982). For this applied leadership mini paper I chose Ronald Reagan as my leader. Through this paper I would like to enlighten how the Trait approach theory helps me to
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(2006) defined that leadership is the process of influencing other people in order to agree and understand what needs to be done and how to do it and the process of facilitating individuals and collecting efforts to complete the targeted objectives. It means leadership is the transactional event between the leaders and followers. It is two-way effects in which leaders and followers will both positively and negatively affect together. Northouse (2010) also determined that leadership is the process in
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Attribution Theory of Leadership Attribution theory was a psychological theory first proposed by Fritz Heider in 1958 and extended by Harold Kelley in 1967. Terence R. Mitchell first introduced attribution theory as a leadership theory in 1979(Martinko‚ 1995). This theory says that we observe the behavior of others and then attribute cause on it. It can be used in two sides of the leadership area. First‚ it can be used in attribute leadership qualities. Which is that followers’ judgment
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will discuss various theories‚ including leader-centric approach as well as follower-centric approach and investigate the relationship and interaction between these two parts of an equation to answer the question of “astute leadership practice requires followership” and to prove these two sides are like the yin and yen of successful leadership practice. Some personal experience regarding to these issues will be included along the essay with the aim of applying theoretical theories into real life. In
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Influence of Traditional Leadership Models Leadership ideals continue to evolve and acquire the interests of scholars and business leaders‚ as efforts remain ongoing in defining and developing the ultimate‚ universal model of leadership. As such‚ with the growing complexity of globalization‚ technology‚ and nontraditional relationships between superiors and subordinates‚ the topic of transactional or traditional models has elicited strong criticisms and has been challenged as outdated or ineffective
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experience that there are exceptions to rules‚ I believe that leadership style assessments are useful if they are coupled with other data‚ such as independent assessors. For example‚ this week I completed a self -assessment regarding my leadership style from our course textbook‚ Leadership Theory and Practice‚ which indicated I am strong in both task and relationship skills. While I mostly agree with this outcome after reflecting on my past leadership accomplishments and activities‚ I wondered if others who
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