Salman's Leadership blog tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011-09-10:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276 2011-11-28T16:19:52Z Movable Type Enterprise 4.31-en What is Leadership? 11/26/2011 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.324291 2011-11-26T16:03:25Z 2011-11-28T16:19:52Z Last Week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis. Also a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience.

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Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis. Also a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience.

Changes
I did not make any changes this week either because i feel like i covered everything that a leadership roles means to me. The thing that stuck with me from the reading was, "Relationships between virtual community members are not always confined to the virtual realm; rather, members often have pre-existing offline relationships with one another, or alternatively, form offline relationships after 'meeting' online." (Sessions 375 - 395) This was something that i felt was not necessarily true because, there are so many meetings I have had with people that I have never met in real life.

Sources
Sessions, L. F. (2010). How offline gatherings affect online communities: When virtual community members 'meet up'. Information, Communication & Society, 13(3), 375-395. doi:10.1080/13691180903468954

]]> What is Leadership? 11/19/2011 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.323116 2011-11-19T22:37:06Z 2011-11-20T22:47:16Z Last Week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis. Also a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience.

This Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis. Also a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience.

Changes
I did not change anything in this weeks defination for leadership becasue i was not able relate anything new towards leadership from this weeks reading. Although the reading was very interesting something that stuck to me was according to the reading, the self awareness of an individual increases as time spent, but the relationship management goes down versus just management. (Boyatzis pg 607-623) Its amazing few years into a professional career one can become more confident and have better leadership. A lot of people argue that leadership is somewhat of a natural skill, but i agree with the reading and the fact that leadership is obtained as experience is gained.

Sources
Boyatzis, R. E. (2006). "An Overview of Intentional Change from a Leadership Perspective." Journal of Management Development, 25(7), 607-623. doi:10.1108/02621710610678445

]]> What is Leadership? 11/05/2011 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.319735 2011-11-05T18:40:01Z 2011-11-05T18:57:54Z Last Week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis. Also a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience.

This Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis. Also a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience.

Changes
This week i did not change anything in the defination because i didnt feel anything else fit my idea of leadership. "Depends on your defination of racism." (Tatum pg. 3-17) This line was something that stuck to me from the reading, because you always talk about racism as such a common subject and a lot of us say thing without realizing if they could be considered racist based of the person you are talking to.

Source
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.

]]> What is Leadership? 10/29/11 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.318381 2011-10-29T19:46:17Z 2011-10-29T20:09:15Z Last Week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis.

This Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurrence of a crisis. Also a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience.

Changes
This week I added to the leadership definition; I added a part stating that a leader is able to use good communication to address deeply felt issues to his/her audience. In this weeks reading it said, "..Getting people in a community or organization to address a deeply felt issue is difficult and risky."(Heifetz pg. 51-74) This statement triggered the idea of a leader being able to address hard to talk about issues with the proper way.

Source
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.

]]> What is Leadership? 10/22/2011 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.316881 2011-10-22T23:02:57Z 2011-10-23T23:15:45Z Last week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to stabalize a crisis.

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Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to organize an action plan in occurance of a crisis.

Changes
This week I changed stabilizing crisis to, organizing an action plan if there is a crisis. I feel that suits a leader better because the example of a boat sinking and trying to find what the leader can do to fix it led me to think that a leader should be able to come up with an action plan in the case of a crisis. In this weeks reading it said, "They believe all leaders have something to offer beyond their tangible contributions." (Barbuto pg. 4-27) I feel that was a great characteristic of a leader because a leader is able to recognize that extra strength in all involved creating a positive result.

Sources
Barbuto, J. E., & Wheeler, D. W. (2007). "Becoming a Servant Leader: Do you have what it takes?" Retrieved from www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1481/build/g1481.pdf

]]> What is Leadership? 10/15/2011 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.315299 2011-10-15T21:59:46Z 2011-10-15T22:09:12Z Last Week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate opinions within his team.

This Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate against peoples opinions within his team and also is able to stabalize a crisis.

Changes
This week I fixed the end on my last weeks defination stating that a leader is someone who doesnt ignore a team memebers opinion. Also I added that a leader is someone who is able to stabalize a crisis. I got this from the reading when it stated, "The task of leading during a sustained crisis--whether you are the CEO of a major corporation or a manager heading up an impromptu company initiative--is treacherous." (Garshow & Heiftz pg. 62-69)This shows that a leader is one that stands out when a situation is happening with a negative flow.

Sources
Heifetz, R., Grashow, A., & Linsky, M. (2009). "Leadership in a (permanent) crisis." Harvard Business Review, 87(7), 62-69. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=keh&AN=41997981&site=ehost-live

]]> What is Leadership? 10/08/2011 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.313472 2011-10-08T23:12:20Z 2011-10-08T23:27:22Z Last Week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member.

This Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member. A leader is also one who does not discriminate opinions within his team.

Changes
In this weeks defination i added a part that explains that a leader is someone who does not discriminate within his group. It means that if there is a team of 5 people with 4 of them have a same view and one having different view; a leader will not take majority rules. He/She will find the best suitable situation for the time. There is a quote in the reading, "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought. Conscience. And religion."(Paul & Elder pg. 4-36) I completely agree with this because everyone should be able to speak their mind and a leader should be able to ensure that.

Sources
Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2006). "The Function of Ethics -- and Its Main Impediement." Understanding the Foundations of Ethical Reasoning (pp. 4 - 36). Dillon Beach, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking.

]]> What is Leadership? 10/01/2011 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.312422 2011-10-03T22:01:25Z 2011-10-03T22:24:26Z Last Week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member.

This Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member.

Changes
I did not make any changes this week to my Leadersip defination because i have not come across anything that seemed to fit what a leader to me in this weeks readings. I agree with i read in this weeks reading especially the article with Terry, "Deciding what you believe," when it talked about whats ethical and whats not. I feel that these values apply to me everyday at work because there will be times that you help a customer and they require you to do something unethical, but if you do that it helps the customer and company. So knowing whats ethical and unethical but realizing the pros and cons from the actions are what i value the most.


Sources
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

]]> What is Leadership? 9/24/11 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.309925 2011-09-25T04:41:20Z 2011-10-01T22:34:23Z Last week Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can... mianx005 Last week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group.

This Week
Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group. Leader is also who takes responsibility for things that go wrong and takes the initiative to make it better rather then blaming it on an other team member.

Changes
I added to my definition explaining that the leader takes the responsibility rather than blaming others for the problem. I do agree with the reading for the week because it talks about how leaders are able to use people around them. There is a quote in the reading, "A leader is someone who can get things done through other people."(Rath & Conchie pg. 75-85) I completely agree with this quote because I feel a leader is someone that can involve himself/herself with a group of people and be successful, whether its individually or a team success.

Sources
Rath, T. & Conchie, B. (2009). "Understanding why people follow." Strengths based leadership: Great leaders, teams, and why people follow. (pp. 79 - 85). New York: Gallup Press.

]]> What is Leadership? tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/mianx005/salmansleadershipblog//14276.307264 2011-09-10T06:51:25Z 2011-09-10T06:56:49Z Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility... mianx005 Leadership- Is a role that one plays in order to take control in an equal gathering or a hierarchy. A leader's role persists of performing actions that go beyond their job description. A Leader is one who can take responsibility for what happens while, organizing, managing, leading, a group.

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