Leaders
Essays

"Leadership is the lifting of people's vision to a higher sight, the raising of their performance to a higher standard, and the building of their personality beyond its normal limitations" (Drucker, 1985).

Donald Rumsfeld's tenure as Secretary of Defense from 2001-2006 during the George W. Bush Administration provides a striking example of the exercise of leadership during a time of change in a highly charged political…

We've all had encounters with people like Miranda Priestly in the workplace. Leaders like her certainly have strong visions and the self-confidence with which to execute their goals.

Up until recently, the manager has been regarded as the "boss." On numerous occasions even, he was the actual owner of the company. This manager's main objective was to register profits as increased as possible and to…

Man, like all other primates, evolved as a social creature for whom communal living and mutual cooperation within the human community is more natural, and preferable for the individual, than solitary existence.

America's correctional institutions are clearly at the pinnacle of a transition, as criminal and prison populations grow and mandates frequently create systems where discretion for incarceration is removed from…

Organizational Values: Philip Morris/Altria

The makeup of the world is undergoing a major change in demographics. In the next twenty to thirty years, the American population will be significantly different, with the number Hispanics and Asians growing at a much…

American Revolution: Consolidation or Independence

The leadership style of Carl-Henric Svanberg can be explained in terms of the context of the leadership situation. Svanberg's appointment as CEO of Erikson was an unprecedented move in the history of the company because he was the first CEO to be brought in from outside the industry. This created some discomfort to people within the organization. But most external to the company also felt optimistic about his taking control of the affairs of the company. The company itself was passing through a historic crisis in the form of declining profitability and a shrinking market. Network operators had ceased expanding their infrastructure which was a big blow to the growth Erikson had been experiencing for almost a decade.