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equated with a leaders pattern of interactions that actually serves to make the group more powerful, developed and satisfied. Such...

organisational changes fail at a rate of 29% (Maurer, 1997). Reengineering is higher at 30% and of most concern is the figure for ...

be regarded as the bible of modern leadership theory, The Human Side of Enterprise. The central theme of this work involves the u...

a transformational leadership model being fostered. This is the model this student wants to adopt, however, she needs more knowled...

and influencing change" (Komives, et al 593). The new components of leadership focus on supporting "collaboration, ethical action ...

are they afraid of difficult situations. They learn from these. Effective leaders are first to adopt innovations. Leaders step bac...

DePree adopted a model of leadership that pictures the leader as both inspiring and serving (Budman, 2002). Such a framework for l...

social work, one can find many people idealistically devoted to causes that are important to them. It is not an easy path to becom...

2009). Contingency styles consider the relationship between the leader and follower, the specific task, and power (Doyle & Smith, ...

more affordable, and in todays world, integrating computers into ones business architecture is a matter of necessity rather than p...

sort of person who can truly identify with the values the organization wishes to promote, and so on (Brown & Mitchell, 2010). Th...

become outdated by the time the text reached print, but on the basis of principles that, according to the author, are "universal a...

leadership and attempt to present a more nuanced approach to the skills or qualities associated with leaders in the personal sense...

and its basic conceit, around which the paper will be based. The primary theme of Goodwins work is that the presidency of Abraham ...

no longer met the demands of the business environment" (Lawler and Worley, 2006; p. 1). They had failed to change at a time when ...

equally useful lessons about leadership. With that in mind, this paper will explore the leadership actions of one of recent histor...

have taken the front seat like at no other time in history. Many successful CEOs and executives have become celebrities in their o...

Unfortunately, unlike quantitative skills such as financial analysis, risk assessment, project management, and so on, leadership i...

orders and who commands total discipline, like a military commander. It is not difficult to understand from where such a concept e...

is based primarily upon Christian morals and values, due to Sanders belief that this particular set of values is well suited to de...

of the department and the achievement of goals by motivating staff through the offer of rewards (Sellgren, Ekvall and Tomson, 2006...

transformational leadership (Bass, 1990). Transactional leadership, in general, is a leadership approach focused on processes and ...

however, it is important that leadership development include everyone in the organization (Putney, 2011). It is, of course, unreas...

world, from London and Toronto to Tokyo and Bombay. The organization also makes extensive use of information technology in organiz...

person they want to be (Drucker in Hesselbein et al, 1997). Charles Handy, another recognised management Guru cites the short-sigh...

ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...

Sacrificial leadership: Jesus sacrificed Himself for all of mankind (Chandra, 2004). Servant leadership is most often associated...

et al, 2004). As the authors point out, an essential component of transformational leadership is to acknowledge and consider diff...

distrust, as such the style (Kotter, 1999) is one that does not seek to use an autocratic style and allows the employees to be hea...

to be so remote as to be unapproachable (Manchester 5). He is described as wrapping "himself in a cloak of dignified aloofness" (M...