Leadership of Ursula Burns Yan Xin 3339204 TUC-FIU HFT4295 Leadership in the Hospitality Industry RXC Fall 2011 Abstract The leadership paper of Ursula Burns is explored the black female who is the leader and entrepreneur. The whole paper has three parts. First I will introduce her leadership traits‚ these are important and influential her leadership style in the future. Next the body of the easy is the leadership styles. Her main leadership style is the directive style. Next to directive her leadership
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Ursula Burn‚ CEO of Xerox Dr. C. C. Anthony Leadership: Organizational Behavior Background of Ursula Burns‚ CEO of Xerox "Dreams do come true‚ but not without the help of others‚ a good education‚ a strong work ethic and the courage to lean in." Ursula Burns was born on the lower east side of Manhattan‚ New York on September 20‚ 1958. She was born of Panamanian immigrants‚ raised by her mother‚ where she lived in public housing. Although her mother was very poor‚ Burns attended
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Indra Nooyi‚ Ursula Burns‚ Marc Benioff‚ Salesforce. Inspiration from their Leaderships Sergio Cerbone Which personal values do they embody? In which ways do these values impact their leadership work? Indra Nooyi‚ PepsiCo High-performance standards and expectation of excellence. This is how people describe the type of environment that Indra Nooyi brought into PepsiCo. She pushes people even with negative feedback (but with humor) to strive to become better at work. Nooyi is well liked and respected
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What Do People Do When They Are Leading: Ursula Burns‚ Xerox CEO Strayer University Leadership and Organization Bus 520171VA016-1142-001 Dr. Cecily Anthony March 09‚ 2014 What Do People Do When They Are Leading: Ursula Burns‚ Xerox CEO Ursula Burns was the first black woman CEO to take over a major US company and transition to that role from another woman (Byrnes & Crockett‚ 2009). Ms. Burns started as an intern with Xerox in 1980 and has worked with the company permanently since 1981.
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Leadership and Management Paper Blossom Young LDR 300 Innovative Leadership September 7‚ 2014 Davidson Jensen Leadership and Management Paper Ursula M. Burns is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Xerox. She has held this position for the last five years. She started out as a summer intern in 1980‚ and signed on in 1981. From then until she became CEO she has led several business teams and positions within Xerox‚ all along growing within the company. According to Fortune‚ she is the
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Exploring The Leadership Style of Ursula Burns CEO of Xerox Corporation Myra A. Duke Dr. Eddie Montgomery Leadership and Organizational Behavior June 9‚ 2013 It is rare nowadays for a person to become the top ranking executive at the same company they intern with. Ursula Burns did just that by doing a summer internship with Xerox Corporation‚ and going on to become the CEO twenty-nine years later. Ursula Burns was the first African-American women to be name CEO of a Fortune 500 company‚ and
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In my opinion‚ Ursula is definitely a mixture of both a charismatic and transformational leader. She is encouraging her employees to do their best. She also seems to have a very charismatic aura about her that is making her very well known. Ursula definitely embodies all of the behavioral components. She is an advocate for her employees. She wants them to do the best that they can and always strive for more. In doing so‚ she completely embodies all of those behavioral components. Yes‚ I do believe
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“How Ursula Burns Reinvented Xerox” is extremely informative and gave me an outlook on how major businesses operate in society. It was interesting to read about a woman of color who completely gave her life into Xerox the company and made it a success. This article‚ made me more open minded about a lot of things that goes on into businesses I haven’t experience. One perspective‚ which was interesting‚ is how Xerox the company couldn’t do anything about their business failing but Ursula Burns made
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Leadership Style: What Do People Do When They Are Leading Kelvin L Nelson Strayer University Dr. Johnnie Woodard BUS 520 June 11‚ 2013 Background of CEO According to Xerox.com (2013) Ursula Burns joined Xerox in 1980 as a Mechanical Engineering summer intern. In the company pivotal point‚ Burns led several business teams to include the color and office network printing business. In 2000‚ Burns was named senior vice president corporate
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Is there one best leadership style? Evaluate. Quick and Nelson (2013) defined leadership as “the process of guiding and directing the behaviour of people in the work environment” (p.380). A leadership style is how a leader gives directives‚ device plans and inspires his people. We will be exploring the five commonly known leadership styles. Lewin (1939) categorised leadership into three styles: Autocratic‚ Democratic and Laissez-Faires. Autocratic leaders or authoritarian leaders‚ always give
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