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Week 8 Discussion Tasheion Christieholloway posted Dec 8, 2019 11:40 PM

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1. Week 1 topic: What is leadership?

I believe one should know what leader they choose to be and how best to lead someone if

they were over them. Leadership is knowing how best to influence individual social, which

helps to maximize the effort of them by driving to achieve the organization's goals (Kruse,

2013). Leadership is the talent of the skill learned through training and experience over time.

Therefore, using this method as work helps me to lead people in the path, which meet my

office goals.

Reference

Kruse, K. (2013, April 9). What is leadership? Forbes. Retrieved from

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/04/09/what-is-leadership/#54282be35b90

2. Week 2 topic Are leaders born or made?

Some people were born to become leaders, while others had to learn by experiences and

training over time. According to an article in Forbes, "Are leaders born or made" (2012). Some

people are born leaders, while others as to be trained. Some people are at the top of the

leadership bell curve and start their careers on a good note and keep developing and

improving them, self as they climb up the bell. On the other hand, there are people at the

bottom of the bell curve; no matter how hard they try, they can never become good leaders

(Andersen, 2012). I believe I had to learn how to become a leader. That's one of the

requirements for my job. My job actually sends you to school to teach and train you on how to

lead.

Reference

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Andersen, E. (2012, November 21). Are a leader born or made? Forbes. Retrieved from

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/11/21/are-leaders-born-or-

made/#454f677448d5

3. Week 3 topic The leader’s role in strategy

Reference

Fuller, J & Green, J. (2005). The leader’s role in strategy. Graziadio business review. Volume 8,

issues 2. Retrieved from https://gbr.pepperdine.edu/2010/08/the-leaders-role-in-strategy/

4. Week 4 topic Leading the four generations at work

The Millennials or Generation Ys are the people who were raise-having access to the internet

and see more increase in terrorism worldwide. In my line of work, most of the people I work

with are Millennials and Generation Ys (Jenkins, 2019). They must work harder to deal with

the cause. They seem to always be on their phones, always wanting to know why something is

happening and do not listen. They want to do as they please and not wanting anyone to give

those orders, and they do not like to follow directions.

Reference

Jenkins. J. (2019, January 24). Leading the four generations at work. Retrieved from

https://www.amanet.org/articles/leading-the-four-generations-at-work/

5. Week 5 topic Why leaders lose their way

The dark side of leadership some leaders reach the top by imposing their ideas on others and

are willing to take down anyone in their way. They believe people are out to get them to reach

the top; people are trying to knock out their position. These leaders drive so hard for

perfection and hide their failures. If confronted for some reason, they convince themselves if

there is a problem, it is not their fault or their responsibility and looks for someone else to

blame on. They often use their power, charisma, and communication skills, to get people to

accept their ways (George, 2011). I once had a manager like this, and he would lie out his

teeth, not when he was wrong. Some times when we have met, other soldiers would call him

out, and he would get mad, walk away, and try to write up that solider, but most time, it never

went anywhere. I tend to stay away from people like that because the one will lie on you and

make you lose your position or job. I need my job just like the next person. Therefore I stay

out of the way of those individuals.

Reference

George, B. (2011 June 6). Why leaders lose their way. Work Knowledge. Retrieved from

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/why-leaders-lose-their-way

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6. Week 6 topic Authentic Leadership- To thine own self be true

I like the topic of Authentic Leadership is explains how these types of leaders behave when

they enable trust at all times. They seemly take ownership of things when the mistake made or

when they have to share duties when given. They always try to encourage and push people

under them to get the best result or question their leadership chain if there is can they that

they need to know of the organization (The Insights Group Ltd, 2014). I believe I am that kind

of leader. I will stand by anyone I am over and ensure they are good at all times. Because what

I think a great leader should do.

Reference

The Insights Group Ltd. (2014). Authentic Leadership- To thine own self be true. Retrieved

from https://www.insights.com/media/1107/authentic-leadership.pdf

7. Week 7 topic The culture or the leader?

According to the article, "The culture or the leader" (n. d.). Culture is a system of values,

morals, beliefs, and behaviors that shows how people work in an organization. When the

organizational culture in line with business strategy, employees act and behave accordingly to

achieve the business goals. The leader’s duty to maintain the actions and decisions of the

company's culture through values and beliefs to enables the execution of a strategy (Deloitte,

n. d.). I believe both culture and leader go hand in hand in any organization to meet the

missions and the goals of that company. At my place of duty, we sue both. We have people

from all around the world and having different lifestyles working, and we are leaders who just

a leader to the best of their abilities and hopeful every day goes by high for them without any

issues.

Reference

Deloitte (n. d.). The culture or the leader? Deloitte Culture Perspectives. Retrieved from

https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/human-capital/us-cons-

culturepath-culture-or-leader.pdf?nc=1

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Ronald Iden Mon at 8:56 AM

Tasheion - was there a week that impacted you more & can apply the principles

learned now?

Dr. Ron

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Tasheion Christieholloway Mon at 9:18 AM

Definitely, week 5 because those lessons I learned that week taught me what

kind of leader I should not be. And with feedback from my peers and

soldiers, I will become the best leader I can. I did also enjoy doing this class

because it forces me to read what is given weekly and not just to go online

and find anything without reading through all contents.

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Ronald Iden Mon at 9:50 AM

That's great!

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Yana Bogdanets Mon at 5:44 PM

Hello Tasheion,

Thank you for sharing a good post. Lots of interesting information was covered in

your thread. I enjoyed the information, that was covered in a week one. In my

opinion, to be a good leader, it is vital to understand the basics of leadership

concepts. Leadership is not the title or the position within the organization (Kruse,

2013, para. 3-6). Leadership is a specific process, where one person should be able

to influence, motivate, inspire, create a vision, possesses a right set of leadership

competencies, values, knowledge, ethics, morals, and skills (Aldrin & Gayatri, 2014

para.1).

References:

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Aldrin, A., & Gayatri, R., (2014, August). Leadership Not A Title nor A Position.

Retrieved from http://www.ijcrar.com/vol-2-8/Anitha Aldrin and R.Gayatri.pdf.

Kruse, K. (2013, April 9). What is Leadership? Retrieved from

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/04/09/what-is-

leadership/#8734c4b5b90c.

It was my pleasure to cooperate with you in this class, and good luck with your

classes.

Yana

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Tasheion Christieholloway 8 hours ago

Indeed it is vital to know the types of leadership skills they are and the type

of leadership skill one wants to use. It is important that the management

team in the position to lead help the employees work to their full potential in

order to reach the organization's goals.

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Marilyn Sylver Mon at 8:35 PM

I thought that being an authentic leader was the most impactful leadership style (The Insights Group Ltd, 2014). Having the trust of your employees is one of the biggest buy-ins one as a leader can gain. When your employees trust you they will produce and work hard to help achieve the goal.

The Insights Group, Lts. (2014) Authentic Leadership - To thine own self be true.

Retrieved from https://www.insights.com/media/1107/authentic-leadership.pdf

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Tasheion Christieholloway 9 hours ago

I agree an authentic leader is very important. When you have honesty

amongst employees and the management team helps to build a better value

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and ethical foundation within the organizations.

The Insights Group, Lts. (2014) Authentic Leadership - To thine own self be

true. Retrieved from https://www.insights.com/media/1107/authentic-

leadership.pdf

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Megan Kelly Mon at 8:38 PM

Hi Tasheion,

In relation to your response on week 2, I could use that information in my career to

further my understanding that I can be trained to be a leader, as can anyone. In

regards to your statement that not everyone can be a leader - what types of people

are you talking about? When you made that statement, I pictured someone who is

shy, afraid to say how they feel, not one to speak up and give orders, etc. Would

you agree?

-Meg

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Tasheion Christieholloway 8 hours ago

In my opinion and what I have read good leaders come naturally and have

with experiences. One could say you can develop talent to be great and lead,

but on the other hand, for some, it just not their cup of tea. I have a sergeant

who is shy, and smooth but she is a great leader. So I believe it is just who

you are as a person.

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