Leadership – Charismatic Individuals or Contingent Characteristics? A brief analysis of charismatic and situational leaders, leadership and styles. Linesh Palayadan, Cass Business School, City university London, UK. “Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skilful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better” – Harry S. Truman […]

Transformative Leadership in a Nonprofit Organization Yulanda Harris EDD8100 – Foundations of Educational Leadership and Management 1 April 21, 2013 Capella University Abstract A transformative leader is a leader who can bring about influential change in others. These leaders not only transform essential change, they change the way we think and act. Transformative leaders create practices and processes in organizations proactively. In addition, transformative leaders […]

Incorporated in the year 1999, MedAssets Inc. provides technological solutions for healthcare organizations. The company has its headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, and specializes in financial management of healthcare systems with latest software. MedAssets provides services and solutions for both revenue cycle management as well as spend management. With its revenue cycle management, MedAssets’ clients are able to manage prices, claims, recovery of revenues, accounts receivable, […]

Leadership Academy Leadership Framework A Summary © 2011 NHS Leadership Academy. All rights reserved. The Leadership Framework is published on behalf of the NHS Leadership Academy by NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Coventry House, University of Warwick Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL. Publisher: NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Coventry House, University of Warwick Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL. This publication may be reproduced and circulated […]

Usually, when we think about leadership, strong male personalities come to our mind. Since women have access to higher education, they aspire to better positions in society. Find their place in a system lead by men for centuries is not easy. Women have to face the judgment of men who are under their orders sometimes in sectors regarded as male ones (military, finances, politics). Women’ […]

Answer to Question # 1 Sharon Daloz Parks, in his books entitled “Leadership Can Be Taught,” discussed leadership in an adaptive concept. Adaptive concept means that the word leader denotes to lead and in order to lead a group, you ought to be a procrastinator of time or think ahead of time. A person should have a view on what possible things might be encountered. […]

This report examines the research on gender equity in educational leadership published since 1997until 2010. Even though women attaining jobs in school leadership has increased, women still do not fill administrative positions in comparison to men. The majority of research related to women and leadership examines the barriers women face in entering or moving up in the leadership hierarchy. Looking at the differences and similarities […]

Using the Yalom and Leszcz exercise, I found out that that the therapist must possess a democratic leadership style. On the other hand, during the discussion I learned that leadership is not just important to an organization, but is an important component in everyday human life. Anderson stated: “Leadership is the core of our humanness”, and that “how we manage ourselves shapes our lives and […]

Not every person is given the opportunity to be a leader in the best sense of the word. Many are convinced that being ahead of everyone is very prestigious, but they are really poorly aware of what a true leader should be, what qualities he must possess, so that people strive to follow him and would like to follow him. After all, in essence, this […]

Engineers play a significant part in the development, prosperity and safety of people around the globe. The primary role of engineers is to identify/sense and respond to a need by constructing or creating a solution with certain specific guidelines. While it is the responsibility of engineers to develop such structures, it is also their responsibility that their creation serves the function in a proper manner, […]