Leaders
Essays

The stock market crash of 1929 brought an economic crisis worldwide, and unemployment in the United States rose from 3% in 1929 to 25% in 1933 (New Deal pp). When Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated as the Democratic…

The word Renaissance means "rebirth" and people living during the time began to see themselves as "reborn" from medieval, feudal times. The Early Renaissance formed the backbone for the movement that continued through…

It is difficult being, at worst, a pessimist and, at best, a realist. One not only feels guilty about complaining and seeing the glass half full, but also disappointed and angry about the way things exist.

Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 is particularly interesting to read today, in light of the recent presidential campaign of 2004. The Bush vs. Kerry campaign was waged against a backdrop of war, and its rhetorical terms…

It has often been said that a manager is what one does, and a leader is who one is. The leading theorists who are studying management and leadership have a myriad of studies that support this contention of leadership…

One well-known author and leadership coach begins each public presentation making it very clear that having a leadership position and being a leader are not the same thing. Leadership and management are quite different even though often used synonymously. A "position" is something one is hired into, or appointed – whether that results in leadership is dependent on the qualities of the individual. Some leaders rise from relative obscurity, and lead from below; some managers never learn to lead

The War in Iraq has been an acrimonious issue in American society from its inception. What is not known is that the War was the result of a radical shift in American foreign policy. This policy was laid out in a book entitled, "The War in Iraq" and is the philosophy of the authors which was adopted by the Bush administration. The advantages and disadvantages of this new foreign policy are examined

Supervisors & managers are often regarded as being highly adaptable and being aware of the styles and approaches to management. Is this a realistic assumption?

Jameson (1999) in her review of conflict in the organization seems to believe that conflict is an integral and inevitable part of organizational discourse. At the outset of her investigation, Jameson defines conflict as…

Resistance is one of the challenges encountered by leaders at every level of organizational authority. At the individual level, resistance to leadership may typically be primarily a manifestation of interpersonal…