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

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

become outdated by the time the text reached print, but on the basis of principles that, according to the author, are "universal a...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

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

organization when the leadership is shared between every member of the organization, with each member having responsibility and ac...

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...

for this element. Low to moderate maturity employees have low motivation and require more direction and more personal attention. M...

survey. Encouraging nurses to cultivate an inquiring attitude The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) indicates ...

some boards of directors are not focusing just on total returns but rather, are thinking about metrics such as executive-developme...

around the ten-dollar mark, but books that are significantly lower are often perceived as being of a reduced value and people may ...

the value of leadership might strive to emphasize this capacity of emotional intelligence among all organizational leaders. This...

is Lou Platt, who was promoted to a position of leadership in 1992, after serving with the company for some 26 years (OToole, 2000...

leaders (Emery & Barker, 2007). Contact personnel were from the banking and food store organizations. The third article by Brede...

Classical leaders tended to view the end as the ultimate goal, rather than focusing on the means to the end (Crawford and Brungard...

This paper examines the corporate leadership climb of Jack Welch and the management techniques his autobiography provides with com...

be accomplished - such as within a department that has to keep pace with the rest of the organization - even individual managers c...

or some sort of business "disguise." Rather it is a state of being in which the ultimate conclusion is the melding of multiple ag...

leadership, managers let subordinates know what is expected of them, and what they can hope to receive if they meet specific objec...

extend the list to five. Those functions are planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. In the past, managers ha...

system that had failed (Keppler Associates, nd). Had the men become over-anxious, they would use more oxygen, thereby shortening t...

to be the same for leaders across contexts or cultures and second, some believe leadership skills cannot be taught or trained (Mar...

with equipment and teaching and directing from a distance, decision making and general management will be more effective. In term...

research in the field of school leadership. This vast field of study addresses the same issues that are addressed in the business-...

a goal, a direction, an objective, a vision, a dream, a path, a reach" (p.7). How do the individuals just noted demonstrate a visi...

of community and religious leaders, as well as other stakeholders, is to facilitate and aid teachers in their jobs, not to try to ...

I also typically have strong opinions as to how a job ought to be done. Therefore, my tendency has been to micromanage, take on th...