Category: Leadership

  • Management and Leadership: Defining the Relationship

    Available literature demonstrates that the terms “management” and “leadership” are often confused and used interchangeably despite the different timing of their evolution, as well as their differing functions based on their underlying conceptualisations, philosophies, functions and intended outcomes (Toor & Ofori, 2008). In this paper, I purpose to demonstrate the relationship between “leadership” and “management”…

  • Leadership in Organizations: Concepts and Approaches

    Abstract Leadership plays major social and professional roles in organizations with the support of basic principles. The type of leadership that seeks to follow the set principles triggers individual human resource potential at the workplace. Leaders also depend on the rest of the workforce in order to deliver their mandate. Hence, a leader is expected…

  • Transformational Leadership: An Ideal Solution

    Extant scholarship on leadership and management demonstrates that transformational and transactional leadership styles are widely validated in business and industry owing to their impact on employees’ outcomes and performance (Ilies et al., 2006; Ismail et al., 2010). In this paper, I focus attention to comparing the two leadership models to prove that transformational leadership is…

  • The Role of Changes in Perceived Leadership Support

    Table of Contents Background of the Interviewee The Interview Lessons Learned References The purpose of this paper is to gather information regarding Leader of Change’s experiences during changes in organizations and how these experiences would help me create a vision for my institution when I become an administrator. This report provides an interview with an…

  • Aspects of Relational Leadership

    Leadership is an essential concept for all teams because it allows them to organize and distribute tasks and ensure their successful completion. The article by Horila and Siitonen (2020) states that most research on leadership was conducted without considering time because experimental settings allow for evaluating groups for a short period. Therefore, the authors strive…

  • Marissa Ann Mayer’s Leadership at Yahoo! Inc.

    Leadership and Motivation Marissa Ann Mayer is the current Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo. Merissa has been ranked as one of the most powerful businesspersons in the United States. She has been able to transform this firm positively over the past year and few months that she has been at its helm. According to Mrityunjay…

  • Leadership Skills Development: Strategic Plan

    Table of Contents Individual Mission Statement Autobiography Personal Reflection Swot Analysis Resources References Individual Mission Statement The term leadership can be defined in different ways. Some scholars define leadership based on the individual capabilities of leaders. In this definition, leadership is defined as a function of having self-knowledge, having a well-communicated vision, creating and developing…

  • Why Is Leadership Style Important for a Company?

    In the present paper, the author argues that leadership style matters because it heavily affects the overall performance of a company. To begin with, the claim that a leadership style does not matter is groundless and is not supported in the academic and expert community. The primary reason for this is that the style of…

  • E-Leadership Job Description and Competencies

    Goal setting. E-leadership goals are designed to provide employees with directions that are implemented electronically. E-leader uses information technology (IT) to change the attitudes, behavior, and performance of an organization and its virtual teams (Van Wart et al., 2019). In the digital workplace, the focus of the decision-making shifts from individual to collective leadership, so…

  • In Search of School Leadership by Marzano

    Table of Contents The passing and failure rates Ancient and modern beliefs on leadership The Meta-analysis methodology Reference The passing and failure rates Millions of students enroll in schools each year hoping that after completion, the process will increase their chances of succeeding in life, especially financially. This state of hope which is tagged on…