This week's definition: To me leadership means the effect a person or a group can have on people to help support and better them throughout their endeavors to reach a common goal; while doing what is right when no one is watching.

Analysis of the differences in the definitions:These weeks I did not change anything about my definition. None of the reading I feel have to do with what it takes to be a leader. They talk about what people they call leaders have done throughout their lives and what they had to to get to their position. But I don't think that setting up a meeting to have with your peers or employees to find out what they think about things on a less formal level makes someone a good leader. This just means they are personable and can attempt to get to know others not on a work level. There are many others in the world that have done the same things that these famous business people have done and more but yet today most would not consider them a 'good' leader or even just a leader many people do these things and have these traits that I have read about all this summer while taking this class yet they would not even be considered good leaders by most. I think one thing some of these authors are missing is that it is not these traits that make you a leader its how well you are able to use them and how efficiently you put them into act.

This week's definition: To me leadership means the effect a person or a group can have on people to help support and better them throughout their endeavors to reach a common goal; while doing what is right when no one is watching.

Analysis of the differences in the definitions:This week I added a section about doing what is right. "The ethics of right vs. right." How Good People Make Tough Choices" by Kidder, is all about whether doing the right thing for yourself or another source is really always doing the right thing. Kidder speaks about having to weigh your morals and ethics to be able to make the right choice. In the movie swat, Samuel L. Jackson says "sometimes doing the right thing just ain't doing the right thing" (Samuel L. Jackson, 2003) This quote is correct, sometimes you have to do something that is against your morals or may not be the right thing but is the best thing for the job and people will benefit the most from.

Kidder, R. M. (2003). "Overview: The ethics of right vs. right." How Good People Make Tough Choices (pp. 13 - 29). New York: Simon & Schuster.

Samuel L. Jackson, (2003). S.W.A.T. [DVD].

This week's definition: To me leadership means the effect a person or a group can have on people to help support and better them throughout their endeavors to reach a common goal.

Analysis of the differences in the definitions: I added the "to reach one common goal" because of what you commented Jeff. Your comment questioning about my placement of endeavors made me think about what I was trying to say. Yes Leadership is supporting and helping others to get what they want but the majority of the time it is to get a common goal whether it is for a team or for a company. This is why I added what I did and changed my definition up a little bit.

Jeffrey Timm, JT. (2011, July 7). Justin time for leadership [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://blog.lib.umn.edu/barbe226/justintimeforleadership/2011/06/week-2-definition-1.php#comments

This week's definition: To me leadership means the effect a person or a group can have on people to help support and better them throughout their endeavors.

Analysis of the differences in the definitions: In this weeks definition I kept it the same as last week. There was nothing really that had an affect on me to change what I believe is the definition of leadership. In "Strengths Based Leadership" by Rath and Conchie they spoke about finding your top 5 strengths and about how to be a leader but I didn't find any of this relevant to my leadership definition. They were just talking about things to do to become a better leader and to make it easier on yourself, not about what it is/means to be a leader.

Rath, T. and Conchie, B. (2009). Strengths-based Leadership: Great teams, leaders, and why people follow. Gallup Press: Washington, D.C.

This week's definition: To me leadership means the effect a person or a group can have on people to help support and better them throughout their endeavors.

Analysis of the differences in the definitions: In this weeks definition I changed the word influence to effect. In the reading "Deciding what you Need", by Robert Terry he says, "I'm talking about power-not influence, power. Influence is such a wimpy term. Come on! Get Serious. Lets quit avoiding power; face it, own it, and use it (Terry, 2001)." This made me think about the term influence and yes power is a more powerful term, but it is almost too powerful. The word power almost makes me think of something demanding or commanding because that is what usually happens when someone who is considered powerful does such as a coach or president. This is why i chose a less dominating term like effect.

Terry, R. (2001). "Deciding what you believe." Seven zones for leadership: Acting authentically in stability and chaos (pp. 20 - 40). Mountain View, CA: Davies-Black Publishing, Inc.