August 2011 Archives

Last Week's Definition: Leadership is directing, supporting, inspiring, and organizing a group of people to accomplish a certain goal. In order to be effective, leaders should gain the trust of the group, provide members with compassion, build hope, and create stability from the center rather than the top of the hierarchy (Kyle, 1998). In addition, the most effective leaders have high levels of self-awareness, incorporate their personal vision with their leadership vision (Lee & King, 2001), are able to be effective observers by removing themselves from active participation in the organization (Heifetz & Linsky, 2002), and acknowledge and utilize their personal strengths as leaders (Rath & Conchie, 2008).

Goleman, D., Boyatziz, R., & McKee, A. (2002). "The leadership repertoire." Primal leadership: Learning to lead with emotional intelligence (pp. 53 - 69). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. (2002). "Get on the balcony." Leadership on the Line: Staying alive through the dangers of leading (pp. 51 - 74). Boston: Harvard Business School Press

Kyle, D. T. (1998). "The sovereign: The power of presence." The Four Powers of Leadership: Presence, intention, wisdom, compassion (pp. 159 - 191). Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications Inc.

Lee, R. J., & King, S. N. (2001). "Ground your leadership vision in a personal vision." Discovering the Leader in You: A guide to realizing your personal leadership potential (pp. 31 - 54). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Rath, T., & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY:Gallup Press.

This Week's Definition: Leadership is directing, supporting, inspiring, organizing, coaching, molding, and setting a positive example for a group of people to accomplish a certain goal. In order to be effective, leaders should gain the trust of the group, provide members with compassion, build hope, and create stability from the center rather than the top of the hierarchy (Kyle, 1998). In addition, the most effective leaders have high levels of self-awareness, incorporate their personal vision with their leadership vision (Lee & King, 2001), are able to be effective observers by removing themselves from active participation in the organization (Heifetz & Linsky, 2002), and acknowledge and utilize their personal strengths as leaders (Rath & Conchie, 2008).

Goleman, D., Boyatziz, R., & McKee, A. (2002). "The leadership repertoire." Primal leadership: Learning to lead with emotional intelligence (pp. 53 - 69). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. (2002). "Get on the balcony." Leadership on the Line: Staying alive through the dangers of leading (pp. 51 - 74). Boston: Harvard Business School Press

Kyle, D. T. (1998). "The sovereign: The power of presence." The Four Powers of Leadership: Presence, intention, wisdom, compassion (pp. 159 - 191). Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications Inc.

Lee, R. J., & King, S. N. (2001). "Ground your leadership vision in a personal vision." Discovering the Leader in You: A guide to realizing your personal leadership potential (pp. 31 - 54). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Rath, T., & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY:Gallup Press.

I enjoyed reading the articles about group work, but did not include them in my definition. I found these articles to be interesting for two different reasons.The first is that I am interested in social psychology, and the second is because we did a lot of group work in this class. It was interesting to compare my two groups to the models that both authors offered. I found that my weekly group did not have much conflict and we were able to get our work done without any issues. We encountered one difference of opinon on using the online tools for extra credit, but we were all very understanding and moved through it without any lingering problems. My weekly group definitely reached the "preforming" stage as the article by Komives, Lucas, & McMahon suggests. However, my group for the social change project was very rushed and we encountered many issues in the "storming" stage. We got over them quite quickly due to time contraints and the need to get our project done. As for the article I would say that both of my groups tended to be Adaptive when going through stages of group development. Neither of my groups followed the order of stages in a linear fashion, because both went back to fix issues and other things that we were facing.

Last Week's Definition: Leadership is directing, supporting, inspiring, and organizing a group of people to accomplish a certain goal. In order to be effective, leaders should gain the trust of the group, provide members with compassion, build hope, and create stability from the center rather than the top of the hierarchy (Kyle, 1998). In addition, the most effective leaders have high levels of self-awareness, incorporate their personal vision with their leadership vision (Lee & King, 2001), are able to be effective observers by removing themselves from active participation in the organization (Heifetz & Linsky, 2002), and acknowledge and utilize their personal strengths as leaders (Rath & Conchie, 2008).

Goleman, D., Boyatziz, R., & McKee, A. (2002). "The leadership repertoire." Primal leadership: Learning to lead with emotional intelligence (pp. 53 - 69). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. (2002). "Get on the balcony." Leadership on the Line: Staying alive through the dangers of leading (pp. 51 - 74). Boston: Harvard Business School Press

Kyle, D. T. (1998). "The sovereign: The power of presence." The Four Powers of Leadership: Presence, intention, wisdom, compassion (pp. 159 - 191). Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications Inc.

Lee, R. J., & King, S. N. (2001). "Ground your leadership vision in a personal vision." Discovering the Leader in You: A guide to realizing your personal leadership potential (pp. 31 - 54). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Rath, T., & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY:Gallup Press.

This Week's Definition: Leadership is directing, supporting, inspiring, organizing, coaching, molding, and setting a positive example for a group of people to accomplish a certain goal. In order to be effective, leaders should gain the trust of the group, provide members with compassion, build hope, and create stability from the center rather than the top of the hierarchy (Kyle, 1998). In addition, the most effective leaders have high levels of self-awareness, incorporate their personal vision with their leadership vision (Lee & King, 2001), are able to be effective observers by removing themselves from active participation in the organization (Heifetz & Linsky, 2002), and acknowledge and utilize their personal strengths as leaders (Rath & Conchie, 2008).

Goleman, D., Boyatziz, R., & McKee, A. (2002). "The leadership repertoire." Primal leadership: Learning to lead with emotional intelligence (pp. 53 - 69). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. (2002). "Get on the balcony." Leadership on the Line: Staying alive through the dangers of leading (pp. 51 - 74). Boston: Harvard Business School Press

Kyle, D. T. (1998). "The sovereign: The power of presence." The Four Powers of Leadership: Presence, intention, wisdom, compassion (pp. 159 - 191). Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications Inc.

Lee, R. J., & King, S. N. (2001). "Ground your leadership vision in a personal vision." Discovering the Leader in You: A guide to realizing your personal leadership potential (pp. 31 - 54). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Rath, T., & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY:Gallup Press.

This week's defintion changed a bit from last week's definition. I added the words "teaching, molding, and setting a positive example." When I was brainstorming my strengths in leadership, I realized that I use a lot of teaching, molding, and setting a good example. These three actions help make groups more efficient as well as giving them an edge in meeting their goals.

Last Week's Definition: Leadership is directing, supporting, inspiring, and organizing a group of people to accomplish a certain goal. In order to be effective, leaders should gain the trust of the group, provide members with compassion, build hope, and create stability from the center rather than the top of the hierarchy (Kyle, 1998). In addition, the most effective leaders have high levels of self-awareness, incorporate their personal vision with their leadership vision (Lee & King, 2001), are able to be effective observers by removing themselves from active participation in the organization (Heifetz & Linsky, 2002), and acknowledge and utilize their personal strengths as leaders (Rath & Conchie, 2008).

Goleman, D., Boyatziz, R., & McKee, A. (2002). "The leadership repertoire." Primal leadership: Learning to lead with emotional intelligence (pp. 53 - 69). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. (2002). "Get on the balcony." Leadership on the Line: Staying alive through the dangers of leading (pp. 51 - 74). Boston: Harvard Business School Press

Kyle, D. T. (1998). "The sovereign: The power of presence." The Four Powers of Leadership: Presence, intention, wisdom, compassion (pp. 159 - 191). Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications Inc.

Lee, R. J., & King, S. N. (2001). "Ground your leadership vision in a personal vision." Discovering the Leader in You: A guide to realizing your personal leadership potential (pp. 31 - 54). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Rath, T., & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY:Gallup Press.

This Week's Definition: Leadership is directing, supporting, inspiring, and organizing a group of people to accomplish a certain goal. In order to be effective, leaders should gain the trust of the group, provide members with compassion, build hope, and create stability from the center rather than the top of the hierarchy (Kyle, 1998). In addition, the most effective leaders have high levels of self-awareness, incorporate their personal vision with their leadership vision (Lee & King, 2001), are able to be effective observers by removing themselves from active participation in the organization (Heifetz & Linsky, 2002), and acknowledge and utilize their personal strengths as leaders (Rath & Conchie, 2008).

Goleman, D., Boyatziz, R., & McKee, A. (2002). "The leadership repertoire." Primal leadership: Learning to lead with emotional intelligence (pp. 53 - 69). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. (2002). "Get on the balcony." Leadership on the Line: Staying alive through the dangers of leading (pp. 51 - 74). Boston: Harvard Business School Press

Kyle, D. T. (1998). "The sovereign: The power of presence." The Four Powers of Leadership: Presence, intention, wisdom, compassion (pp. 159 - 191). Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications Inc.

Lee, R. J., & King, S. N. (2001). "Ground your leadership vision in a personal vision." Discovering the Leader in You: A guide to realizing your personal leadership potential (pp. 31 - 54). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Rath, T., & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership. New York, NY:Gallup Press.

I am feeling incredibly redundant, but I did not change my definition for this week. Although the research by Session was interesting and applicable to a work environment, I did not feel as though the article could contribute to my definition of leadership. The article by Paloff & Pratt included some aspects of effective leadership, but there were no additions that I felt would highly change or make my definition better. Finally, the article by Saphiere, Mikk, & Devries talked about effective communication. I found this article to be very interesting and helpful when trying to communicate in a variety of circumstances, such as work, as a leader, and even in personal relationships. However, I did not find any of the general or specific ideas to be helpful to my definition.