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How others see Leadership

Running Head : Admirable Leadership

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ADMIRABLE LEADERSHIP

Why I Selected My Leader

To start with , I selected a vice president in the area of compliance who is a university leader taking care of 17 campuses . This was due to my observation that the person had a wide range of specific activities which she is required to accomplish . Here I observed that she coordinated all activities which are in her docket without failing . She has 17 campuses which she has to take care

of their compliance operations and therefore she requires to employ the best skills in her leadership to be able to achieve the best results . As observed in contingency theory , she has to identify all key factors which shall assist her to manage the campuses (Kouzes Posner , 2007 . She has portrayed the ability to influence all the 17 campuses in a way that they all work together and are able to cooperate

She has centered her actions towards what she is required to achieve and hence she is able to create a favorable atmosphere where all the campuses can work as a team . This is well elaborated by the action theory which states that good leaders should consider the task which they are required to accomplish , then balance the needs for the task with the needs of the available work force . The task and the work force should also be balanced with the individual who is cooperating the whole process (Twale DeLuca , 2005 . All these three issues have to be considered if a leader wants to excel in leadership . The leader ends up assuming an aerial view of the inter twin of the three aspects where she will be able to observe whether there is any progress being made . I therefore examined her behavior as a leader and observed how she valued the above theories which made her remain focused . All these abilities are the ones which drove me to select her as a leader

What I Admired in my Leader

There are many things which I admired from her and to start with , I admired her ability to keep her cool even when things happened to be a bit tough to her . She was always calm when circumstances became intensive . This is as well explained in trait theory which says that leadership can be portrayed by the different traits which are acquired by the individuals (Bass , 1990 . Some people are able to adapt to situations easily while others take long to do so . As observed , the leader I chose is able to conveniently fit in any arising situations even when the situations are complex in nature . This helps her to maintain a good scope of the required compliance responsibilities . She has been able to help the whole group accomplish all the tasks in the area in good time maintaining all compliance requirements

I also admired the way she was able to treat critical issues as though they had little or no weight for...

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