¶ … Leadership: Succeeding in the Private, Public, and Not-for-Profit Sectors
Competency-Based Approach (Federal Government). The "competency-based" approach to leadership helps leaders "fully explore the challenge before them" so they can come up with solutions on a collaborative basis. The competences presented include: a) paying close attention to the situation; b) tapping into person life experiences to better tackle "group challenges"; c) using images (metaphors, photos, stories) to make sense of "complex information"; d) gaining knowledge through improvisation; e) being collaborative with others; and f) "synthesizing issues, objects, events and actions" so they have meaning (Sims, et al., 2005, 159). I fully agree that these competencies are what government leaders must adhere to.
The President's Management Agenda (Federal Government): Since the Federal Government is such a vast and expensive workforce it makes sense that the federal government sub-contracts some of the duties of government out to private vendors. Sims claims that the federal government has over 4 million employees and has a budget into the trillions...
Saving taxpayer's money shows smarts and good leadership.
Chapter 10: Strong Leaders and Character (Military Leadership): The person striving to become an officer in the military must accept responsibility, must "admit when he is wrong," and must take responsibility for his actions. Moreover, he is challenged in his position to give his underlings the information and motivation to complete the mission they are assigned to. If he is fair, and has principles that his followers can look up to, then he becomes a "person of character" -- which means his troops will follow him and want to be like him. Having served in the military, I can attest to the fact that this kind of leadership motives others to follow.
From the book Leadership: Theory and Practice
Chapter 9: Transformational Leadership (Educational Leadership):
Transformational leadership, according to Northouse, involves…
Public Safety Leadership Assessment People are attracted to public safety as a career for a number of reasons, with an overarching desire to help others cited by many former and current public servants as being among the most important. In some cases, public safety leaders not only succeed in this goal, they do so in especially noteworthy ways that make them stand out as exemplars of public safety service. To determine
There are several candidates for taking charge of Gene One during its initial public offering and for some time following, at least until the company has stabilized in its new position, if not for longer. There are of course positive aspects and drawbacks to each of the potential company leaders, but any negative aspects of one individual's leadership can be mitigated by a more temperate and even handed leadership
Thankfully, in my role I have become experienced in dealing with multiple stakeholders. I utilized my transformational leadership skills to have all stakeholders buy into my vision of the project, allowing me to shape the project in a manner that would allow me to deliver satisfactory results to all of the stakeholders. Leadership Lessons I knew that I was going to demand a lot from all of the different stakeholders, and
Leadership Styles Among Male and Female Principal It is the intention of this research to study the leadership and cognitive styles of teachers and instructors of both genders within the educational system and their preference for types of leadership in a principal of that institution. The research will include teachers and educators from all levels of the educational system from grade school to high school. The study will also include teachers and
Public Sector Unions Public-Sector Unions in United States HISTORY OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS COSTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS OVER THEIR BENEFITS DEMOGRAPHICS OF LABOR IN AMERICA EDGE OF PUBLIC-SECTOR UNIONS OVER PRIVATE ONES THE HIDDEN COSTS OF PUBLIC UNIONS THE DISTORTION OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICS STATE UNIONS VS. FEDERAL UNIONS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONIZATION HISTORY OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS Labor unions are seen as the representatives of the labor employed in our industries and are known as the advocates of
Leadership and Change Management Consider a change that has been recently introduced in your organization. Using relevant change and leadership theories, critically analyze the benefits and problems that introduction of this change has brought. TO WHAT EXTENT HAS LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTED TO THE RESULTS OF THIS PROCESS? RasgGas is a joint venture gas company between Qatar Petroleum, the State of Qatar's national oil and gas company (majority stakeholder), and ExxonMobil, an American Integrated