Last Week's Leadership Definition:
Leadership is innate, it is a summary of someone's immediate actions that come natural to them, that have an affect on others. It is something that can be developed, and can be learned intentionally, but it is going to have to shine through in a way that is innate and natural to each individual. Culture helps shape this, but culture can also present problems such as racism. I believe leaders should be fair and morally right, and to me this does not include being racist.
New Leadership Definition:
Regardless of all other factors, people are motivated by unique things that they might not share with other people. Leaders in one way or another pick up on this, and communicate and work with them effectively to influence them, whether that is intentional or not.
Analysis:
I am sad to say that my leadership definition is not what I thought it would be when I started this blog. I learned so much this semester, and I'm not sure how to put it into words. I have a much stronger definition of what leadership is, but just as all of the resources we used this semester influenced my definition in different ways, I will have a different view of it in every situation, just like everyone else in the world. This is something that makes leadership so hard to define, it depends on so many factors. The context and the people involved will be extremely diverse in every single life situation, so it's hard to bind leadership to a set of rules or laws as to what it is. It is changing, fluid, and it is something that I plan on molding for the rest of my life. I feel like I have a better idea of what it is, but I haven't found the words to describe it yet.
Bibliography:
Kegan, R., & Lahey, L. L. (2009). Immunity to change: How to overcome it and unlock the potential in yourself and your organization (pp. 63-67). Boston: Harvard Business Press
Leadership is a lot of things, but most importantly it is defined by the culture you were raised in or spent a lot of time in.
New Leadership Definition:
Leadership is innate, it is a summary of someone's immediate actions that come natural to them, that have an affect on others. It is something that can be developed, and can be learned intentionally, but it is going to have to shine through in a way that is innate and natural to each individual. Culture helps shape this, but culture can also present problems such as racism. I believe leaders should be fair and morally right, and to me this does not include being racist.
Analysis:
There are so many factors that affect leadership, and in turn so many things that leaders have to deal with. When coaching or working with someone in the sense that you get to know them as a person, there are many things that they are thinking and feeling about themselves, you, your communication, and the world around these interactions. It's super important to be able to spot and understand these things to be able to relate to anyone you need to lead.
Bibliography:
Gladwell, M. (2005). "The Warren Harding Error: Why we fall for tall, dark, and handsome men. " Blink: The power of thinking without thinking (pp. 72 98). New York, Pushkin Enterprises.
Tatum, B. D. (1997). "Defining Racism: Can we talk?" Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? )pp. 3 - 17). New York: Basic Books
]]>Last Week's Leadership Definition:
Leadership is a lot of things, but most importantly it is defined by the culture you were raised in or spent a lot of time in.
New Leadership Definition:
Leadership is a lot of things, but most importantly it is defined by the culture you were raised in or spent a lot of time in.
Analysis:
I didn't find a big change in my definition from this week, although I am not happy with the current definition. I thought that it (my definition) would be getting more and more detailed, but instead it's getting shorter and more vague. The more we learn about it, the less confident I am in putting a single solitary definition on it.
Bibliography:
Cultural Detectives Packet
New Leadership Definition:
Leadership is a lot of things, but most importantly it is defined by the culture you were raised in or spent a lot of time in.
Analysis:
Leadership means something different to everyone. Since it is so situational and so cultural, it's almost impossible to put a definition on it that works in all of the situation that leadership applies in. I'm starting to realize how important my life up to this point has been in shaping how I am as a leader and what I view leadership as. It never occurred to me how differently people could view leadership based on their culture.
Bibliography:
Cultural Detectives Packet
Leading is complex, interactive, needs to be constantly revised, it involves responsibility, and needs a coach. Communicating is a huge part of leading, so it's important to understand it. When communicating, we need to be aware of all the contextual factors affecting the situation. We need to make sure we are on the same page as the other person we are communicating with despite all affecting factors such as culture. We need to understand how our self-concept might be different of that than what other people think of us or who we are to them in that situation. Values is something that affects both communication and leading and understanding your own and the people you communicate with will help for a mutual respect and level of understanding that ensures good communication.
New Leadership Definition:
Everyone encounters resistance in their lives. Whether it is within yourself, or the people you are leading, it's important not only to understand everyone involved and communicate effectively, but to figure out what their competing commitments are. These things will no matter what eventually get in the way.
Analysis:
I never thought about why there is such thing as resistance in terms of competing commitments. This article really helped me re-evaluate my life, and understand leadership more in a way that I am still having trouble articulating.
Bibliography:
Boyatzis, R. E. . (2006). An overview of intentional change from a leadership perspetive. Journal of Management Development, 25 (7), 607-623. doi: 10.1108/02621710610678445
Kegan, R., & Lahey, L. L. (2001). The real reason people wo't change. Harvard Business Review, 79(10), 85-92.
Being self-aware, having passion and the ability to work with others towards a common goal, thinking and behaving consistently, being able to work out differences with civility, and working for positive change on the behalf of others is what makes someone a leader.
New Leadership Definition:
Leading is complex, interactive, needs to be constantly revised, it involves responsibility, and needs a coach. Communicating is a huge part of leading, so it's important to understand it. When communicating, we need to be aware of all the contextual factors affecting the situation. We need to make sure we are on the same page as the other person we are communicating with despite all affecting factors such as culture. We need to understand how our self-concept might be different of that than what other people think of us or who we are to them in that situation. Values is something that affects both communication and leading and understanding your own and the people you communicate with will help for a mutual respect and level of understanding that ensures good communication.
Analysis:
Without some form of communication, there can be no such thing as leading. It is a crucial piece of the puzzle to understanding how to be a good leader.
Bibliography:
Saphiere, D. H., Mikk, B. K., & Devries, B. I. (2005). Factors affecting communication style: Starring acts in the circus. Communication highwire (pp. 4 - 82). Boston: Intercultural Press
Leading is not always about performing. But when we do perform, especially under pressure, it is possible to mess up. We do this by either thinking too much and reverting back to where we started, or not thinking at all and simply reacting to what is going on around you. This relates to leadership because so many things (like skills and lessons learned) affect your actions as a leader.
New Leadership Definition:
Being self-aware, having passion and the ability to work with others towards a common goal, thinking and behaving consistently, being able to work out differences with civility, and working for positive change on the behalf of others is what makes someone a leader.
Analysis:
It's hard to tell if I should be looking at leading as a performance that has to deliver a result (because a lot of times that what it is) or as an innate quality that people have either from nature or they developed it. I think it's a little bit of both.
Bibliography:
Astin, H.S., & Astin, A. W. (1996). A social change model of leadership development: Guidebook (version III) (p. 4 - 27). Los Angeles: University of California Los Angeles Higher Education Research Institute.
Regardless of if someone is trying to be a leader or not, they need other people (followers) to ever be considered a leader. I already had this belief from watching the video of the dance catching on to a bunch of people, but the "Interacting in Teams and Groups" article reinforced this notion. Any interaction with more than one other person can technically be described as a group. I've learned the basic stages of a group (forming, storming, norming, and performing) and these are true no matter what the group's purpose or culture is.
New Leadership Definition:
Leading is not always about performing. But when we do perform, especially under pressure, it is possible to mess up. We do this by either thinking too much and reverting back to where we started, or not thinking at all and simply reacting to what is going on around you.
Analysis:
This was SUCH an interesting read, because I've always wondered about the psychology behind chocking and panicking. As an athlete, I've experienced both of these things, and it's nice to be able to articulate those concepts now. I feel like this will definitely help me as a leader.
Bibliography:
Gladwell, M. (2000). "The Art of Failure: Why some people choke and others panic." The New Yorker, (p 84 - 92). Retrieved from http://www.gladwell.com/pdf/choking.pdf
Leadership is something that someone has inside of them that they can choose to use or not use, OR it can exist without their awareness, that can be good or bad. It depends on the situation and it motivates and inspires other people to do or not do things. People don't try to be a leader all of the time because sometimes just having followers makes a leader.
Leadership involves being able to step outside of the situation and look at the big picture. In life, a million things are all happening at once that affect a million more things, and there is a lot that is outside of our control. Someone who is acting as a leader in a situation realizes this and does their best to assess every situation from many viewpoints, especially that of their followers. It's important to do this because we need to remove ourselves (and along with that our emotional connection to anything in the situation) to see it for what it really is. Sometime our own world view clouds our perception of what is going on, so we need to be able to "get on the balcony". I've also learned that there are many different ways in which we can be a leader, both good and bad. Some focus more on relationships and some focus more on results. They all have their good and bad qualities but according to Coleman, Boyatzis, and McKee, being a visionary leader can't really be a bad thing.
New Leadership Definition:
Regardless of if someone is trying to be a leader or not, they need other people (followers) to ever be considered a leader. I already had this belief from watching the video of the dance catching on to a bunch of people, but the "Interacting in Teams and Groups" article reinforced this notion. Any interaction with more than one other person can technically be described as a group. I've learned the basic stages of a group (forming, storming, norming, and performing) and these are true no matter what the group's purpose or culture is.
Analysis:
I always find it interesting to read articles in which they categorize types of people or behaviors, because I like to see what I am. I definitely realized that I am an opinion giver. I likee to share my feelings and opinions, and I already knew that this can be both a blessing and a curse. It was interesting to read about how I can use this information I have about myself to cultivate my leadership skills. This week's unit really drove the point home of needing to have other people (and therefore relationships with other people) to be a leader. I never really realized how much you needed to know about other people to be a leader, I thought it was mostly going to be learning about myself.
Bibliography:
Komives, S.R., Lucas, N., & McMahon, T. R. (1998). "Interacting in Teams and Groups." Exploring Leadership: For College Students who want to make a difference (pp. 165-194). San Francisco: Jossey Bass
Leadership is something that someone has inside of them that they can choose to use or not use, OR it can exist without their awareness, that can be good or bad. It depends on the situation and it motivates and inspires other people to do or not do things. People don't try to be a leader all of the time because sometimes just having followers makes a leader.
New Leadership Definition:
Leadership involves being able to step outside of the situation and look at the big picture. In life, a million things are all happening at once that affect a million more things, and there is a lot that is outside of our control. Someone who is acting as a leader in a situation realizes this and does their best to assess every situation from many viewpoints, especially that of their followers. It's important to do this because we need to remove ourselves (and along with that our emotional connection to anything in the situation) to see it for what it really is. Sometime our own world view clouds our perception of what is going on, so we need to be able to "get on the balcony". I've also learned that there are many different ways in which we can be a leader, both good and bad. Some focus more on relationships and some focus more on results. They all have their good and bad qualities but according to Coleman, Boyatzis, and McKee, being a visionary leader can't really be a bad thing.
Analysis:
I still think that my general definition from last week is still what I regard the definition to be, and what I wrote from this week is more of a detailed explanation of what I feel the first definition means. I think I'm going to include last week's in next week's too.
Bibliography:
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
Coleman, D., Boyatzis, R., & McKee, A. (2002). "The leadership repertoire." Primal leadership. Learning to lead with emotional intelligence (p. 53 - 69) Boston: Harvard Business School Press
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New Leadership Definition:
Leadership is something that someone has inside of them that they can choose to use or not use, OR it can exist without their awareness, that can be good or bad. It depends on the situation and it motivates and inspires other people to do or not do things. People don't try to be a leader all of the time because sometimes just having followers makes a leader.
Analysis:
After reading "Deciding What You Believe" and "The Ethics of Right Vs. Right", I gained some clarity on how I look at leadership. I believe that leaders are born, not made; relational, not individual; everywhere, not positional; engagement & intent, not results, coercive and non-coercive, not just coercive; vision, not framing; and ethical and unethical, not just ethical. I had a hard time choosing vision because I didn't fully understand that. I couldn't choose between secular vs. spiritual because I don't know how I feel about that yet.
Bibliography:
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.
Kidder, R. M. (2003). "Overview: The ethics of right vs. right." How Good People Make Tough Choices (pp. 13 ‐ 29). New York: Simon & Schuster.
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