yangx983 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011-09-09:/yangx983/yangx983//14267 2011-12-03T22:58:12Z Movable Type Enterprise 4.31-en Week 13 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.325361 2011-12-03T22:51:08Z 2011-12-03T22:58:12Z Last Week's Definition: My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment. This Week's Definition: My definition of leadership... yangx983 Last Week's Definition:
My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment.

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My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership possesses stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment with communication.

This week I incorporated communication into by new definition to leadership. One of the readings this week was about communication and it talked about how it can greatly effect productivity, trust and interactions.

Saphiere, D. H., Mikk, B. K., & Devries, B. I. (2005). "Factors Affecting Communication Style: Starring acts in the circus." 47 - 82. Retrieved from http://www.download-it.org/free_files/Pages%20from%20Chapter%2003%20-%20Factors%20Affecting%20Communication%20Style-c2c273a32b32ce590fe42518fa48db05.pdf.

]]> Week 11 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.322894 2011-11-20T00:38:10Z 2011-11-20T00:44:02Z Last Week's Definition: My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment. This Week's Definition: My definition of leadership... yangx983 Last Week's Definition:
My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment.

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My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment.

This weeks entry did not change from the last. In the article for this week, He talked about people changing. I think that changing opinions can benefit leadership in their desired ways.

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

]]> Week 10 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.321726 2011-11-13T01:49:25Z 2011-11-13T01:55:07Z Last Week's Entry My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment. This Week's Entry My definition of leadership... yangx983 Last Week's Entry
My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment.

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My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment.

My definition did not change from last week's entry. In the Komives reading, one thing that stuck and was already in my reading was that in a group, an individual person's experience collaborated with other group members can benefit that group with different knowledge. This is key to my definition of leadership and still is incorporated.

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.

]]> Week 9 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.319750 2011-11-05T20:01:33Z 2011-11-05T20:10:22Z Last Week's Entry My definition of leadership is identified by core values of the collective and collaborative individual and groups. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for change. This Week's Entry My definition of leadership is identified by core values... yangx983 Last Week's Entry
My definition of leadership is identified by core values of the collective and collaborative individual and groups. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for change.

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My definition of leadership is identified by core values of collective and collaborative individuals and groups of people. Leadership offers stability and can evolve for the beneficence of the group/organization/environment.

My definition of leadership changed a little. I incorporated beneficence because leadership offers changes that can better the organization/group/environment. Collective and collaborative part of my definition is a product of individual identity development. A person who gives great input has good knowledge of self-awareness and identity of themselves. This entry strings from Kezar's reading.

Kezar, A. (2000). "Pluralistic Leadership: Incorporating Diverse Voices." The Journal of Higher Education, 71(6), Nov. - Dec., 2000, pp. 722-743. http://z.umn.edu/kezar

]]> Week 8 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.318361 2011-10-29T17:24:40Z 2011-10-29T17:25:16Z Last Week's Entry: My definition of leadership is identified by core values of the collective and collaborative individual and groups. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for change. This Weeks Entry: My definition of leadership is identified by core values... yangx983 Last Week's Entry:
My definition of leadership is identified by core values of the collective and collaborative individual and groups. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for change.

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My definition of leadership is identified by core values of the collective and collaborative individual and groups. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for change.

My definition of leadership did not change from last week's definition. I did not incorporate anything from either of the readings for this week. I feel as though they are great articles about being engaged and in tuned with what is going on around you, I don't feel it gets to what I think leadership is. The Heifetz article had great theory of the "balcony" effect but It has little relevance to my definition.

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.

]]> Week 7 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.316287 2011-10-21T12:09:45Z 2011-10-21T12:19:05Z Last Weeks Entry: My definition of leadership is not only identified values true to themselves but of their peers. Basing decisions and standing up for things they value but having a open mind to other people thoughts and feelings. Leadership... yangx983 Last Weeks Entry:
My definition of leadership is not only identified values true to themselves but of their peers. Basing decisions and standing up for things they value but having a open mind to other people thoughts and feelings. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt for change.

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My definition of leadership is identified by core values of the collective and collaborative individual and groups. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for change.

This week I shortened the definition of leadership this definition gets to the point of where the core definition of leadership comes from. In Astin's article, I incorporated the idea of leadership being a collaborate effort instead of just being individual. The article gave great input about leadership especially when they talked about the seven C's: Collaboration, consciousness of self, commitment, congruence, common purpose, controversy with civility and citizenship.

Astin, H. S., & Astin, A. W. (1996). A social change model of leadership development: Guidebook (version III) (pp. 4 - 27). Los Angeles: University of California Los Angeles Higher Education Research Institute.

]]> Week 6 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.315317 2011-10-16T00:21:29Z 2011-10-16T00:54:22Z Last Weeks Entry: My definition of leadership is not only identified values true to themselves but of their peers. Basing decisions and standing up for things they value but having a open mind to other people thoughts and feelings. Leadership... yangx983 Last Weeks Entry:
My definition of leadership is not only identified values true to themselves but of their peers. Basing decisions and standing up for things they value but having a open mind to other people thoughts and feelings. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt for change.

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My definition of leadership is not only identified values true to themselves but of their peers. Basing decisions and standing up for things they value but having a open mind to other people thoughts and feelings. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt for change.

I did not change the leadership definition this week, I don't feel like the reading for this week impacted my definition for leadership. The reading talked about how leadership impacted the corporate world. I don't disagree with anything about the reading, it was a interesting read.

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

]]> Week 5 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.313050 2011-10-06T21:09:28Z 2011-10-06T21:18:06Z Last Weeks Entry: My definition of leadership is, is identifying values true to yourself. Basing decisions and standing up for things you value through actions and words represent leadership. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt for changes... yangx983 Last Weeks Entry:
My definition of leadership is, is identifying values true to yourself. Basing decisions and standing up for things you value through actions and words represent leadership. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt for changes in value to develop more skills and knowledge.

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My definition of leadership is not only identified values true to themselves but of their peers. Basing decisions and standing up for things they value but having a open mind to other people thoughts and feelings. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt for change.

I left a few things out this week that was not necessarily needed for the definition. My perspective change a little about the definition of leadership. The two articles of ethics taught me that having values are important but opening up your mind to new changes or other points of view is also important. Also the choices you make are not the "right versus wrong, but the wrong versus right" ones. (Kidder 18)

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

]]> Week 4 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.311137 2011-09-30T13:32:04Z 2011-09-30T13:42:58Z Last Weeks: My definition of what leadership is is someone who possesses the characteristics of taking initiative in organizing and directing. Leadership is having the capability to take control over an audience and having important roles and importance to a... yangx983 Last Weeks:
My definition of what leadership is is someone who possesses the characteristics of taking initiative in organizing and directing. Leadership is having the capability to take control over an audience and having important roles and importance to a person(s) life. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt.

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My definition of leadership is, is identifying values true to yourself. Basing decisions and standing up for things you value through actions and words represent leadership. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt for changes in value to develop more skills and knowledge.

My Definition changed dramatically because I was looking more towards characteristics of a leader and not what leadership is. The impacts of the Terry and Lee readings impacted my definition by teaching me that its not possessing the characteristics that counts because leadership comes in different forms and actions. Like in one of the readings where a person implicated that construction around the U of M should be at night and soon after they started construction at nights.

]]> Week 3 Entry: Leadership tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.309836 2011-09-23T23:42:44Z 2011-09-23T23:54:50Z Leadership. My definition of what leadership is, is the action of taking initiative in organizing, and leading. Leadership is being able to take control, give guidance and being a role model. Leadership is also something that can influences a group... yangx983 Leadership.

My definition of what leadership is, is the action of taking initiative in organizing, and leading. Leadership is being able to take control, give guidance and being a role model. Leadership is also something that can influences a group of people and has the potential to effect change. Leadership can be seen in different forms of action.

September 23, 2011 New Definition:

My definition of what leadership is is someone who possesses the characteristics of taking initiative in organizing and directing. Leadership is having the capability to take control over an audience and having important roles and importance to a person(s) life. Leadership offers stability and leaves room for reasonable doubt.

-My definition changed a little from the week before. I feel like the reading from this past week really affected my thoughts and views on the definition of leadership. I incorporated stability because I value a solid foundation. Referring to the Rath reading, I agreed mostly his four basic. They are very essential to leadership.

]]> My First Post tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/yangx983/yangx983//14267.307194 2011-09-09T17:42:56Z 2011-09-09T18:01:44Z Leadership. My definition of what leadership is, is the action of taking initiative in organizing, and leading. Leadership is being able to take control, give guidance and being a role model. Leadership is also something that can influences a group... yangx983 Leadership.

My definition of what leadership is, is the action of taking initiative in organizing, and leading. Leadership is being able to take control, give guidance and being a role model. Leadership is also something that can influences a group of people and has the potential to effect change. Leadership can be seen in different forms of action.

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