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Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory: self-assessment analysis

The Leadership Practices Inventory relies on Kouzes and Posner's work and on what they called The Five Practices, that is challenging the process, inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act modeling the way and encouraging the heart.

~13 min read

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Leadership effectiveness and styles for the twenty-first century

Our persistent approach to the initial years of the twenty-first century, necessitates to recall the crucial incidents of the previous century and to foresee the events to be come across in future more specifically in the ensuing years.

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Leadership failures and organizational dysfunction at Greenlife

Whenever an organization changes in any way, central problems in organizational behavior often result (Rousseau, 1997; Barley & Kunda 1992; Goodstein, 1994). This is evident within Greenlife, where the top leader team is demonstrating some critical failures and lack of cooperation.

~12 min read

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Northouse's major approaches to defining and conceptualizing leadership

Northouse (2013) recognizes that leadership is a broad concept that is difficult to define, and that definitions of leadership vary from situation to situation and culture to culture.

~3 min read

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Servant leadership, gender equality, and work-life balance in corporate management

Two of the most pressing issues in corporate leadership today include gender equality and labor rights. In "Women See Slow Progress in Leadership," Gay (2013) cites numerous empirical studies showing that the glass ceiling remains nearly impenetrable at the highest levels of management.

~7 min read

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Leadership theories and organizational management approaches

Leadership is defined as the procedures that individuals use as authority over others to achieve an objective. The action also provides direction in a manner that makes an organization more coherent and cohesive.

~7 min read

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Using DISC personality assessments to improve team leadership and performance

Leadership is both an art and a science. As a leader wishing to make a strong impact and achieve the organization's objectives, it is important to understand the individual components of the team. This process requires balance, experience and intuition.

~6 min read

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Leadership empowerment and organizational culture at MedShare

MedShare is an organization engaged in the provision of health care services. Recently, the company gave me an appointment as the Chief Financial Officer to manage the organization's financial operations and lead it to a successful path.

~11 min read

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Comparing the leadership styles of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

The theories of leadership date way back to when dynasties existed and people were led by kings. The leader took control and made decisions whenever disputes arose.

~9 min read

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Sustainability leadership and responses to global challenges

Current global occurrences have posed a great challenge to the continued existence of living things on earth. At this stage in the history of man, humanity is struggling with a lot of challenges; and these challenges are not restricted to region or race.

~14 min read

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