Essays on Authentic Leadership

Introduction

The research was carried out to establish the results of a three-year training program which is founded on the learning principles. The effectiveness of the program is being evaluated in promoting authentic Leadership (AL) the participants’ mindfulness. The reason for carrying out the evaluation is due to arguments between various authors who reasoned out that the adoption of authentic leader method is attributed by coherence between the actions undertaken and espoused values and clear intentions. The characteristics are required to attain sustainable business performance (Baron, 2016). Throughout the world, there is a call for genuine leadership which will guide ...

Introduction

As the head of the information technology department of the Emirates Airline, there is a need to introduce varying degrees of change within each section of the unit to inject efficiency in the entire operations. As such, the changes will focus on customer booking and seat reservations to improve customer care and uplift the overall image of the department. The change is of low urgency because it is a long-term endeavor that will gradually ensure quality services to the entire clientele. Further, it is proactive and has been informed by the deliberations within the Department, aiming to introduce sustainable ...

Nurse burnout has been found to cause negative consequences among the nurses that include lowered quality of care, job dissatisfaction, and increased risk of negative outcome among patients. For example, previous investigations show that there is a strong correlation between nurse burnout and poor health care such as medication errors, patient falls, patient adverse events, and infections associated with healthcare (Alexander et al., 2015). According to Dall'Ora, Griffiths & Ball (2015), there is a close association between nurse burnout and job satisfaction as well intention to leave. Nurses burn out lead to not only job dissatisfaction but also quality as ...

Literature Review

Overview The research question is essential for any study; as it will enable the researcher to focus on a particular subject to do research. The research question for this study is the effect of direct communication between the CEO and the employees when it comes to Job satisfaction. The question allows the researcher to focus on the concept of job satisfaction, internal communication the roles of both the CEO and the employees, and the factors that influence communication enhancement. Internal communication is the frequency of interaction between the upper level of management and the lower level of management (Bloom, ...

“Leadership Skills: Qualities of a Great Leadership”, is an informative video, in which an individual shares what makes the qualities of a great leader. Now, the five qualities that make a leader are as follows: leading, listening, learning, loving, and losing with grace. Now, while the individual in the video goes into detail about each of the five essential traits of being a leader, it is more important to reply to Response#2 and Response#3. Now, response#2 does an efficient job at defining the traits of being a leader, just like in the video. However, I would have gone into ...

REFLECTIVE REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF A REWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Reflective Report: Development of a Reward Management System Overview of the situation The purpose of this report is to reflect on the organisational structure and management system at Sur University College in Oman. Sur University College offers a number of very important services to students and the community alike, but there are certainly struggles that the organisation experiences as well. The college is a diverse learning environment, and the organisation as a whole employs a number of staff, which often has a compounding influence on the overall fluidity and efficiency of internal organisational culture. Underperformance is sometimes a problem ...

REFLECTIVE REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF A REWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Reflective Report: Development of a Reward Management System Overview of the situation I reflect my experience at TSB Bank, Benford branch in 2016. The bank was underperforming since the employees were unable to meet the monthly set targets. This situation impacted the bank’s revenue as well as the provision of services to customers. Even after several meetings between the head of operations and employees, the situation worsened each month. A team of specialist was set up to investigate the issue. I was given the mandate to lead this team, and our core task was to identify the problem ...

Managing Organizations & Leading People

Introduction In the current business environment, leadership is considered to go beyond the “manager” title. Leadership is seen to be about whom the employees ate following. Today’s leaders highly influence the behavior of others hence the leaders must be able to show a good example and must have the ability of effectively motivation others to follow them and work harder for the fulfillment of organizational goals (Warner, 2012). This is because human resource is considered as the most vital asset currently and their management is what determines the success of a firm. Effective management of human resource requires ...

Introduction

The capability to shape and develop the leadership abilities of the members of the organization so as to fulfill organizational needs and demands is a complicated and challenging component of the general leadership development process. Leaders are responsible for the achievement of organizational goals, as well as for their followers' performance needed to attain the desired outcome. However, this is not an easy task. Widget PLC has problems with their leadership as revealed by decreasing employee motivation and managerial performance. This paper discusses and analyzes the relevance of transformational leadership and authentic leadership to the problem of Widget PLC. ...

This research paper is one which is meant to show my individual leadership assessment and further to show how the findings from my test may be advantageous in an instance that I am able to advance in my nursing practice. Assessing Emotional Intelligence

Authentic Leadership

Authentic Leadership is the defined as the kind of leadership that leads to the proper and more comfortable working environment for the various staff of the hospital or institution (Shirey, 2006). However, these styles of leadership may differ in one way or the other, depending on whether the style is transformational, transactional or an authentic leadership ...

Introduction

The article, “Discovering your authentic leadership,” by Peter Sims, Diana Meyer, Andrew N. McLean, and Bill George delves into the subject of being a leader that one is capable of being, that is, an authentic leader. The authors describe the way one can develop as an authentic leader. In particular, the article exemplifies the way an individual who follows his/her internal compass can essentially turn out to be an authentic leader. According to the authors, discovering our authentic leadership calls for a commitment to developing ourselves. In other words, developing authentic leadership starts with an understanding of self. The ...

Introduction

Employee engagement entails an approach that provides the appropriate conditions for corporation members so that they can give out their best every day, remain motivated to obtaining the firm’s success, develop a sense of self-accomplishment, and remain committed to the values and goals of the enterprise. The workplace concept is based on commitment, integrity, community, and trust between the business and its members. It is an initiative that enhances the chances of organizational success, well-being and productivity, and individual and firm outcomes. The approach gives the workers the motivation to wake up each morning and get to work. ...

Second, setting developmental goals. In this step the manager meets with the employees and discuss with them one on one of the training that each employee thinks they need. Some employees might view that they do not have the need for additional training making it a challenge, hence the leader should use effective listening skills, various styles of questioning that can make them open up and for the leader to understand better and his intelligence. The benefits as well as the results that the workers expect to achieve from the additional training are also stated. The personal targets of ...

Executive Summary

In an attempt to succeed in addressing the issues of purpose and sustainability, the leaders ought to have a vision, which they share with the stakeholders as well as strong moral and ethical values. The approaches to leadership, which will enable a leader to address the issues of purpose and sustainability include the place leadership approach, host leadership approach, authentic leadership approach, and transformational leadership approach. The place leadership approach facilitates the mobilization and coordination of the sustainability activities. As a result, this helps the organizations reach their sustainability goals and, as a consequence, achieve their purpose. The host ...

Impact of Nursing Leadership on Patient Care

Introduction Management and leadership are distinct and interconnected concepts that govern the organizational aspects of planning, organizing, and monitoring the provision of service. Effective management requires ideal leadership qualities; these aspects develop a shared sense of mission that helps achieve the organizational goals while minimizing any organization, political, and resource barrier (Kotter, 1996). Nursing leadership and management are primary and integral aspects of the provision of innovative, quality, and cost-efficient patient care. In particular, nursing leadership and management encompass a wide range of leadership qualities including delivering clinical care, enhancing patient care coordination, as well as boosting quality improvement ...

A leader has the capability to lead a group of people, or an organization, and the actions performed by this leader are the features of leadership. I understand that there are various types of leaders depending on the profession, and the people they lead. Leading can be in any of the forms such as transformational, transactional, charismatic, authentic, and servant leadership. With the decade history of various leaders and their methods of leading the group, I agree that with the change in the society, and organizations it is required to exhibit new leadership skills to make people follow the changes, ...

1. The main theme of the book is the focus on the central idea that the personal character of a leader is above all positions or power. The book emphasizes that a leader must win its followers by its own virtue. He should be a role model, rather than a forceful person to lead his followers. The personal attributes may vary, but the leader must utilize these to make others obey his command. “Authentic Leader” is a term coined by David Irvine and Jim Reger to define the leader who leads by the strength of his characters.” Is he for real?” is the question ...

A lot of attention has been given to the discussion, concepts and frameworks about leadership in the recent decades. The reality shows that with the development of the businesses and internationalization of their activities, companies continue experiencing pressure with regards to development of leadership capabilities and skills, which can lead diverse and multicultural organization through change in a dynamic environment. Leadership is a complex set of skills, which should be distinguished from management. The difference between the two can be seen, when we analyze the scope of the activities and objectives, set in front of managers and leaders. Many people confuse ...

Part I

It is apparent that understanding self is vital in becoming an authentic leader. Self-awareness assumed a strategic role in Sally Helgesen’s story of leadership. Through self-awareness, Sally was able to establish her abilities and weaknesses. This offered her a chance of capitalizing on her strengths while checking on her failures. In essence, Sally gained confidence with herself through self-awareness. The author of the story highlights that Sally initially doubted her ability in becoming an authentic leader. However, this changed with time, as she eventually gains the confidence with her potential to take up the challenging role of leadership (Northouse, 2013).

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Part 1

Discovering myself as an authentic leader, and in fact taking necessary steps to ensure that I live up to my dream as a true leader has not been easy. To understand the meaning of an authentic leader, it is important to understand the term leader. According to my understanding, a term leader simply means someone who shows or leads the path, that is, someone who is strong enough to motivate and guide others to do the right things. Leaders easily get others engaged in a project, which they believe in.

An authentic leader is more than just an engagement in leadership. Unlike other ...

In order to develop my own sense of leadership, I have to determine exactly what kind of leader I am now. This will allow me to learn exactly what needs to change, and what needs to be maintained as I continue to grow and evolve as a leader. In terms of my leadership style, I would say that I am authentic and adaptive; these are the two primary concepts I would use to identify the way in which I lead. My authenticity comes from my ability to be honest and fair with my teammates and peers; I always made sure ...

1. Baseline Self-Assessment

In order to develop my own sense of leadership, I have to determine exactly what kind of leader I am now. This will allow me to learn exactly what needs to change, and what needs to be maintained as I continue to grow and evolve as a leader. In terms of my leadership style, I would say that I am authentic and adaptive; these are the two primary concepts I would use to identify the way in which I lead. My authenticity comes from my ability to be honest and fair with my teammates and peers; I always made sure ...

1. What is authenticity? How does the Oprah! case illustrate the roots and meaning of authentic leadership? Webster’s Dictionary defines authenticity with several different words, but the closest in the case of Oprah Winfrey is “being true to one's own personality, spirit, or character” (Webster N.pag). Oprah’s life is an example of an individual being true to herself. Oprah talks about being honest to herself as one of the most important aspects of her success. She also discusses that due to her honesty, she has been able to feel the sense of fulfillment and accomplishment in ...

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Introduction

In January of 2014, a new healthcare policy which is the ACA (Affordable Care Act of 2010) was created and implemented to open doors as a healthcare marketplace for the low to moderate income population. These individuals who sign up within the marketplace would also be eligible to receive special healthcare tax credits to purchase health insurance. The Affordable Care Act has already helped forty seven million people who lacked health coverage due to financial circumstances finally have the opportunity to see a physician for their medical concerns. (Garfield, Licata, & Young, 2014). Although this marketplace has ...

QUANTITATIVE (Statistical) Studies Only

This Research Plan form, version 2.42, must be completed and reviewed before taking steps to collect data and write the dissertation. In the School of Business and Technology, its satisfactory completion satisfies dissertation milestone 5, indicating that the RP proposal has passed the “scientific merit review,” part of the IRB process. Before going any further, review carefully the Research Plan Instructions, v2.4, available on iGuide. It will be difficult to complete the RP without using the Instructions.

Specialization Chair’s Approval after Section 1

When you have completed Section 1 along with initial references in section 8, send the RP to your mentor for review. ...

Problem identified

Working in teams is an extremely important concept and requirement that can contribute to organizational development and in this case, there is lack of team work which can lead to problems in the organization (Avolio, et.al., 2009). Lack of team work can result in lack of leadership and direction for teams. The idea of team dialogue is to hunt for the best possible way and id that is the right things to do. Team dialogues tend to create a large knowledge pool due to which the dialogue and the individual participants benefit. Tiam has been presenting himself as an authoritative ...

Management Leadership

1. What is framing? Name 2 leaders who have utilized it effectively in casting a vision. Many a time leaders forget to communicate to the team members the goal of an initiative in a clear and compelling way. Framing is the competency of the leader to make others understand the outcome of a situation or project so that the entire team can take effective action. For example, Jack Welch was able to communicate the business goals of its leadership as well as other stakeholders properly and it resulted in a huge success of GE during his tenure as the CEO. Mahatma Gandhi was ...

Essay One: Women in Leadership

Women within business leadership have endured hurdles due to culture and unseen barriers, which present unequal opportunities for their participation in business leadership. Individuals within business leadership have often seen their plans to offer equal positions for women to lead frustrated (Ibarra, Robin, and Deborah 8). Organizations hold the perception that women also have a position and role tom play within business leadership, but fail to administer the suggested programs, which can facilitate these good intentions. The problem regarding women and business leadership has a solution. Women should internalize and assume the leadership traits and develop a sense of serving as ...

Abstract

Leadership can be considered as an important quality for someone who has been given the task to manage a business organization. IKEA is a business organization that has been raised from the ground into success by its founder Ingvar Kamprad. Ingvar Kamprad started as a simple small-time businessman in their small town. Now, he owns one of the biggest multinational for-profit organizations in the planet. The objective of this paper is to discuss the different qualities of Ingvar Kamprad as an organizational leader and how such qualities influenced the growth of IKEA into one of the world’s most prominent business organizations. ...

Introduction

A variety of internal and external factors influence the state and effectiveness of any organization. Furthermore, joint influence of several factors is almost always different from the influence, exerted by these factors, when they are not active simultaneously. Such a phenomenon is called synergy or cooperative effect, and is widely used for the purposes of managerial and organizational science-related researches. Particularly synergy constitutes the basis for effective functioning of organization, where joint efforts of team members are always more beneficial for overall performance of the enterprise, while efforts, applied by each team member, do not tend to be so effective. ...

Personal Change and Development

Personal Change and Development Part I: What is authentic leadership for you personally? A list of your personal leadership principles for the rest of your life. Personally, in simple terms, one understands the concept of authentic leadership as it embodies characteristics and traits that reveal the real skills, knowledge, and competences of a leader in the most transparent and truthful manner. As learned, there are distinct characteristics of an authentic leader, such as: self-awareness; internalized moral perspective; balanced processing; and relational transparency . From these characteristics, it could therefore be deduced that an authentic leader has a comprehensive understanding of ...

Introduction

Nowadays lots of books, manuals and trainings are worked out to teach people leadership. All of them introduce completely different visions of what leadership actually is. According to Richard L Daft (2008), most common definitions of leadership include such elements as influence, intention, personal responsibility and integrity, change, shared purpose and followers (5). Five most important leadership practices, singled out by James M. Kouzes& Barry Z. Posner, are modeling the way, inspiring shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act and encouraging the heart (26). According to R. Thomas (2008), crucibles of leadership include capacity to ...

Introduction

This compound process revolves around a leader and what is involved in leadership. The main factors dealing with leadership are regulation of self, self-knowledge, and having a concept of oneself. Being an authentic leader, it requires one to display leadership that is genuine, leading from a sincerity position and lastly being real. Authentic leadership should relative, such that the leaders and the people found it together. It should exist from relationship between leaders and the people. In both cases, the effects apply to both the people and the leader. Authentic leadership can be cultivated not a permanent aspect, in a person who focuses to ...

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Introduction4 - Problem Background..4 - Literature Review5 - Problem Analysis7 - Recommendations.10

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Appendices.13 References..14 Summary The current paper consists of introduction, four main parts, and conclusion. There was a brief summary of the case study proposed for analysis described in the introductory part. The case relates small manufacturing company – Electron – that experienced difficulties in managing work of manufacturing employees. The Company needed advice of how to effectively organize work in the newly formed team with older employees exerting excessive control over the new workers. In the first part the problem background was ...

Introduction

Nowadays lots of books, manuals and trainings are worked out to teach people leadership, teambuilding and communication. All of them argue that effective leadership, teambuilding and communication are skills, which can be taught and learnt. We also consider that these skills can be to some extent developed through learning and training. In this assignment we will consider the profile of an ideal leader, his/her characteristics’ impact of company’s performance, analyze the impact of stressors on the way an organization performs, pay attention to critical elements for effective group and work team performance, identify sources of conflict in the ...

In the article Discovering Your Authentic Leadership by George, Sims, McLean & Mayer (2011), the main points are that there are no set traits or characteristics that make one a leader and as such, a person does not have to be born with such set of traits in order to become an authentic leader. Instead, authentic leadership is borne out of an understanding of one’s life story, especially from the way they’ve overcome the difficulties they’ve experienced in their lives. Authentic leaders have an awareness of who they are and try to stay true to who they are instead ...

Presented herein is an analysis of 2 Peer Reviewed Research Articles based on how researchers understand organizational leadership and worker traits and their ethical relevance to Information Technology. It gives the summary, the analysis, and the synthesis of the articles.

Article 1

Summary This research article is based on the effective project team leadership theory as viewed from the angle of leader traits, skills, roles, and behaviors. The research examines leadership principles from the actual work settings of organizations, specifically the dynamic projects, with an aim of discovering the actual happenings as compared to the espoused theory. The research question ...

How good are my authentic leadership skills?

Personal masterly

After reflecting on the past couple of months, I reviewed my authentic leadership image based on 10 image-related behaviors on a scale of 1 to 4 (low to high) based on an evaluation by Campbell and Criswell (2008). I also indicated how often I put a particular behavior into use (rated on a scale of 1 to 4-very rarely to very often) as recommended by Campbell and Criswell (2008). I scored 20 out of the total 40 points based on how skilled I am in image–related behaviors. Based on how often I exhibit the image-related behaviors, I scored 19 ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Organizational behavior affects learning teams and learning institutions. OB (Organizational behavior) is defined as a discipline focusing on people, teams, and individuals in organizations in a systematic manner. The purpose of the field is in coming up with a better way employees can interact. Several researchers on OB have come up with aspects that have resulted from the field. The aspects can be listed as knowledge sharing, leadership, organizational culture, management style, organizational structure and process, and organizational climate (Aliel et al., 2011; Jinyun et al., 2010; Olsen et al., 2010; & Pudruc & Radic, 2011). In this literature review, the role of OB ...

Introduction

The mode and method of giving direction, plan implantation and human capital motivation best describes the leadership style and decision-making style at my place of work. My place of work is typically where the seniors tell the workers what they want accomplished as well as how they want it done without necessarily seeking the followers’ pieces of advice concerning the work. Basically, the leaders always believe that they have all the knowledge and information pertinent for solving a given problem and quite often feel that they are short of time while handling a given issue. Moreover, the leaders haul at the ...