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Jaela Robinson 

Week 3

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This article is about how Barack Obama and Prince Harry starting the Obama Foundation in Chicago. What I found interesting is that Obama is no longer in charge of taking care of the country but, he continues to fight for others. It is also intriguing that Prince Harry would take an interest in an American Foundation. This shows how he is creating ties with America that will be strong. These two leaders who are both not technically responsible for the peoples well being are continuously showing true leadership. The foundation is there to help create lasting change. 

Source: http://abc7chicago.com/politics/barack-obama-prince-harry-kick-off-obama-foundation-summit-in-chicago/2587944/ 

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Nicholas Gonzalez 

Team Frate Train

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Chapter 9 discusses Authentic Leadership and characteristics that make someone an authentic leader.  While reading this chapter, I immediately thought of someone who fits the characteristics of an authentic leader.  That person is Pete Frates.

Pete Frates may seem like an unknown figure to many people, but it is very likely you have seen or even participated in his cause.  Pete Frates is the individual behind the Ice Bucket Challenge, which was a huge viral video campaign that took over the internet and social media during summer 2014.    

Pete Frates was a collegiate baseball player who attended Boston College in Massachusetts.  After college, Frates lived a normal life selling insurance.  He began to have trouble completing simple everyday tasks.  After visiting the doctor, he received news that normally would crush individuals, but that was not the case with Pete Frates.  Frates was determined to find a way to beat this horrific disease.  

Frates displays all five of the characteristics of Bill George's Authentic Leadership Approach.  The characteristics that are most prominent are passion, behavior, connectedness, and consistency.  The first characteristic of an authentic leader seen in Frates is passion.  Frates said that he would raise a billion dollars for ALS research and was determined to do so.  This is where passion and connectedness intertwine with one another with the birth of the Ice Bucket Challenge.  Frates challenged his friends and countless athletes to partake in the Ice Bucket Challenge or donate to ALS.  This trend caught on like wildfire with many celebrities, athletes, and public figures joining in to help fight against ALS.  Frates helped generate nearly $220 million to a handful of ALS foundations.  This is where Frates demonstrates the behavior characteristic of an authentic leader.  He could have given up on life once he was given his diagnosis, but that was not the person he was.  He was going to fight and continue to fight until he no longer could.  Frates also demonstrates the consistency characteristic because he continues to hold events, such as Pints for Pete and Plunge for Pete, to raise awareness for ALS, despite being diagnosed over six years ago.  This is a big deal because patients with ALS typically live for three to five years.  Frates' foundation, Team Frate Train, also continues to raise money for ALS awareness.  Because of Pete Frates, many ALS patients now have hope.  He truly is an authentic leader.  

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/baseball-players-fight-als-ice-bucket-challenge-internet/story?id=50152750

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3. Week 3 Leadership Article

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Kurt Warner's Leadership

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http://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/26432/kurt-warners-impact-on-the-cardinals-was-broad-and-long-lasting

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As of this year, Kurt Warner is now a Hall of Fame quarterback. Back in 1994, Warner was bagging groceries for $5.50 an hour in Iowa and was just cut from the Green Bay Packers. After this, he played in the Arena Football League and NFL Europe continuing to pursue his dream of becoming an NFL quarterback. He was then discovered by NFL scouts and picked up by the St. Louis Rams. He go on to lead the team to two Super Bowl appearances, winning one in 2000 and losing one in 2002. He and the rest of the team declined and Warner was released in 2004. He signed with the New York Giants where he struggled and signed with the Arizona Cardinals after just one season in New York. Warner.

Warner experienced a resurgence in Arizona. He was named the starting quarterback in 2008 for the Cardinals where he had one of his best seasons. He led the Cardinals to the team's first ever Super Bowl appearance. He went on to have another successful season in 2010 when he the team to a 10-6 record and one playoff win. Warner single-handedly took an entire organization to a level that it has never before seen. 

Kurt Warner's leadership is transformational and he has transformed the culture of two NFL organizations. Warner exhibits some samples of servant leadership. For those that know Warner or has seen his interviews, he is not shy towards sharing about his faith. His leadership style (servant leadership) is preached within his faith. Playing the quarterback position, it makes sense that he strives to practice servant leadership since his job is to lead the offense and serve the players. Warner does not strive to seek control. This can be seen in his consistent denial of self-glorification. He does not glorify or take much credit for the success of his teams. He always gives the credit to his teammates or his faith. Warner has always put his teeammates first before himself. This is shown in how he has displayed mentorship and compassion towards his teammates. Overall, Kurt Warner displays the trait of unselfishness which is the root of servant leadership.         

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4. Hisanobu Takahashi 

week3

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      This article tells us that the power of invisible leader and its charisma by using example of The University of Colorado Buffaloes’ winning. The UC became the national champion in 1990. A year before, The UC’s quarterback, named Sal Aunese discovered that he had stomach cancer and doctor give him six month to live. However, Sal never gave up and he fought against canter to play football again. He went to practice and encourages teammates until he passed away from complications related to his cancer but his impact grew the team more powerful. According to the ESPN documentary The Gospel According to Mac, “players put personal goals and egos aside to create a shared, authentic “why” that would pull them through the next two years, until they won the National Championship.” Sal made the team more bonded to achieve wins even he is not exist physically. The head coach Bill McCartney later called a “rally cry” for this phenomenon. The rally cry is was an authentic purpose. The leader of the Colorado Buffaloes was an invisible force which Sal gave to the team. Invisible leader inspires and helps them strive. Having deeply common goal are more powerful than any person’s charisma.  

Source: Zach Mercurio. “Why The Best Leaders Aren't People: The Charisma of Purpose.”  PurposeSpeaks.com, 17 May 2017, www.purposespeaks.com/2017/05/the-invisible-leader/.

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Week#3: Visions and Charisma.

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http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Shall-not-spectators-country-killed-Bobi-Wine-Kyagulanyi/688334-4117726-fpc263/index.html

 

Being that our class is diverse, with people from different parts of the world; USA, China, Africa etc, I thought that it would be interesting for everyone to learn about leadership from the different parts of the world. And as this week’s theme is “ Visions and Charisma”, I chose a news paper article that demonstrates the theme through Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu also known as Bobi Wine a Member of Parliament for Kyandondo East in Uganda. Robert Kyagulanyi is also one of the top Ugandan musicians popularly known as Bobi Wine as his stage name.

 

Briefly about Bobi Wine.

Of late his music and social affiliations have been preparing the public, especially his core base-the Urban poor youth. Bobi Wine has transformed from a laid back youth “spotted with dreadlocks and posing for pictures with Marijuana in some of his music videos,” to a serious young leader with a “clean hair cut and a suit.” Not too late, this year 2017 Bobi Wine declared his intention to contest for the Kyandondo East Parliamentary seat that fell vacant after the Court of Appeal upheld the nullification of the 2016 elections. And due to his humble background of having grown up from the ghetto, his political liberation music and social affiliations, Bobi Wine managed to win the elections by a landslide. “FREEDOM” is one of his new music projects; youtu.be/4xrwESOWPmg.

 

 

Bobi Wine’s Visions and Charisma.

First of all, Bobi Wine is a transformational leader and this is portrayed in his music. He influences and empowers Ugandans mostly those in ghetto whom the government has not helped. In his songs he talks about government weaknesses; corruption, lack of accountability and government responsiveness, lack of civic and political participation. But at the same time he encourages Ugandans to work hard, demonstrate peacefully and participate in voting of leaders. He is a motivational speaker and he uses his story of growing up from ghetto, doing all kinds of petty jobs, to encourage other youth from ghetto to work hard and to believe in themselves; that everything can be achieved when we don’t give up, and that attributes to idealized influence (Charisma). He is authentic and visionary, and he uses all the charismatic leadership tactics I.e. Verbal; metaphors, similes, analogies, stories for example, in the article about his interview on Al jeezera TV he said “My muscles ache, my joints feel dislocated…” but my heart is as solid as a rock. He also asks rhetorical questions “What is Civil about the Constitution?, What is moral about selling your conscience?” Bobi Wine also uses nonverbal charismatic tactics such as facial expressions and gestures clearly seen in the photo in the article.

 

Other Sources.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201705010007.html

 Charles Ssendagala.

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