This week's definition: Leadership is the ability to unify others under one goal or idea, and to be able to push that group towards the goal, while promoting an energetic and positive environment, while ensuring that all members feel appreciated and useful as part of the team, and working to create cohesion among group members. They should also work to ensure that each member grows and learn and is working according to their values and doesn't feel alienated by others, allowing each member to learn mindfulness and self-awareness. Leaders must also work to understand each of his followers backgrounds / cultures if possible, this wil make it much easier to effectively coordinate with them. Leaders must also work effectively and efficiently to ensure that the group remains on-task and achieves the goals it has previously set out, and should also make sure that that these overarching goals are restated to the group from time to time to make sure that no straying from them occurs. They must also make the group aware of potential differences (sex, race, age) among its members, to be able to maintain efficiency if an issue should arise about these differences.
Last week's definition: Leadership is the ability to unify others under one goal or idea, and to be able to push that group towards the goal, while promoting an energetic and positive environment, while ensuring that all members feel appreciated and useful as part of the team, and working to create cohesion among group members. They should also work to ensure that each member grows and learn and is working according to their values and doesn't feel alienated by others, allowing each member to learn mindfulness and self-awareness. Leaders must also work to understand each of his followers backgrounds / cultures if possible, this wil make it much easier to effectively coordinate with them. Leaders must also work effectively and efficiently to ensure that the group remains on-task and achieves the goals it has previously set out, and should also make sure that that these overarching goals are restated to the group from time to time to make sure that no straying from them occurs.
Analysis: A leader must make sure that differences are noticed and appreciated, and not covered up or ignored. This could lead to potential issues in the future and could negatively impact the group. A leader should make sure that everyone is comfortable or at least appears comfortable with differences among themselves, and can be accepting and understanding of these.
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.
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