As our senior positions are male-dominated, we should review our hiring and selection process to ensure we are not gendered prejudiced as this could limit the company’s growth. Vivien Shiao’s article focuses on the “double-bind” dilemma faced by female leaders due to extreme perceptions. Depending...
Born as Nanyehi, Nancy Ward made her way into the world around 1738 in the Cherokee capital, Chota. Today, this location is known as Monroe County, Tennessee. Her mother was often referred to as “Tame Doe” and was the sister of Attakullakulla. Also, Nanyehi’s mother...
“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” by Sun Tzu. Julius Caesar was a great leader, as he fought through countless political problems he always found his way. Born into...
Machiavelliclaimed many years ago: “Which states that, a leader is there to make the difficult decisions for his subjects. It is not his responsibility to be liked or loved, but instead to be feared and respected, that’s isn’t to say that he should be cruel....
Imagine walking down the street and you hear someone from across the street or even right next to you saying or yelling some rude comments, comments that bring your whole self-esteem down. But do not just imagine it for one day imagine if it were...
The articles by Shiao and Wolfe both presents adequate arguments and statistical studies but on further examination, I find the article by Shiao ‘ Why we don’t like women bosses (and why it matters)’ more compelling and persuasive for the organization and therefore urge you...
What does it mean to be a leader? Do you need power over millions like Hitler during world war 2, or is leadership a position earned not given? To even further the complexity of the question, what does it mean to lead effectively? This part...
The Dalai Lama is a spiritual and political leader, who elects to be called a “Tibetan Buddhist Monk”. He is depicting himself as a humble – down to earth religious leader. However, his appearance on global platforms seems to contradict the image of a pious...
Given insufficient insight into the thoughts and the goal of a political leader, one can blindly appreciate the benefits from their government. While the reverse can also be established that political leaders desired for such perception to be placed within individuals in order to further...
Rosa Parks was an American activist and leader in the civil rights movement whose bravery led to nationwide efforts to empower African Americans and raise awareness about racism towards them. She has been named ‘the first lady of civil rights’ and ‘the mother of the freedom movement’ by...
Democratic leadership is a style of leadership that involves a number of stakeholders, from employees to customers, in every aspect of the decision making process. Another common characteristic of democratic leaders is that they tend to allocate and redistribute responsibilities among other members of their...
Introduction Leadership means different things to different people around the world, and different things in different situations. To a child a leader might be a heroic character, always over coming evil and helping to better the world. For a teenager this may be an explorer,...
Hillary Clinton is an exceptional person in the world of politics. She is recognized by people from all over the world, and her name until now is frequently spoken well of in the discussions about the political, national, confidential life of the American society. Her...
Leadership has been a mysterious and controversial topic of discussion. Researchers have tried to discover, what factors determine how a leader acts and what traits, abilities, behaviors, sources of power or aspects of the situation determine how well a leader is able to influence followers...
Have you ever wanted to learn about the guy who created Mickey Mouse himself? Well, Walter Elias Disney was his name the creator of Disney films. Walt Disney had a very hard childhood with his brother and his sister. Disney is famous for all of...
In the present progressively complex worldwide economy and contracting society, partnerships, governments, and different associations are swinging to a project management model to encourage effective activities that improve their items, administrations, strategies, and systems. Project management has turned out to be a vehicle to regulate...
Chester William Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg, Texas on 24th February 1885 just after six months of the death of his father. The primary role model of young Nimitz was his grandfather who had been a German Merchant Marine, one of the first Texas Rangers,...
What makes a person a compelling leader? In the book, Ender Games written by Orson Scott Card, human life is threatened by the expectation of a war with the buggers, a technologically advanced, species that have previously threatened to obliterate the Earth. Population control on...
A Michigan teenager, Hunter Gandee, is a famous high school wrestler who has a robust figure and strong determination. However, he is more well-known for always having his sick brother on his back. Hunter Gandee’s younger brother, Braden Gandee, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at...
Kobe Bryant was one of the best basketball players in the history of the game. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships. Made-to-order...
José Mourinho is a charismatic football (soccer) manager from Portugal, broadly regarded as one of the best coaches in the game’s history. He is extensively known both for his coaching success, and for his controversial leadership style. He has headed the most important European teams...
Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntington on April 25, 1599 to Robert and Elizabeth Cromwell. Although he wasn’t a direct descendant of Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell’s great-great-grandfather, Morgan Williams, married Thomas’ sister Katherine in 1497. It was Morgan and Katherine’s children...
Nobody knows how to cheat as soon as they are born. Many factors have led to its popularity but critically the decline of professors’ ethic, the breakthroughs of modern technology, and it is necessary that school leaders have serve discipline to stop its appearance. In addition,...
Introduction As leaders, we tend to punish errors versus rewarding risk-taking. Our standard of learning is focused on content versus skill. Therefore, mistakes require investing additional time and defining success as limiting the time of a person’s failure. Understanding one’s values contributes to overcoming mistakes....
Ethical and Moral are sometimes used interchangeably because they are both related to what is right and wrong, however, they are not the same. Ethics refers to rules provided by an external source. It refers to the value judgment that we make when we communicate....
Booker T. Washington was one of the best leader of black community. He felt that blacks could not be a in a position to improve their standing until their communities reached a level of development that made equality undeniable. he had a different opinion about...
In 1850 slaves were typically used for hard labor in plantations and once the “owner” didn’t need them anymore they would sell them which would cause the slave to leave their family and it was usually a goodbye and a not see you later. Being...
I believe that at that point I had some understanding that leadership meant some form of power. I remember the excitement that we as students had as we got those plastic orange belts. Entrusted with that responsibility was a prestigious honor for such a young...
Napoleon Bonaparte, a renowned French military leader and emperor, was born August 15, 1769. Originating from Ajaccio on the Islands of Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, he was born to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte. Napoleon was one of eight children. The...
Booker T. Washington focused on having education for real life jobs and not asking for equality from the whites. He just focused on getting help from the whites and accepting their place as blacks on earth. WEB Dubois focused on the exact opposite things that...