The fundamental approach to leadership at Unilever has been evolving in the last twenty years from traditional leadership development systems to the current sophisticated Standards of Leadership model, and it continues to evolve. During this evolution in the early 2000s, Leadership Growth Profile (LGP) emerged as the most important stage in bridging corporate growth strategy (Path to Growth) and leadership competencies. Unilever‘s Path to Growth […]

Leadership mind and heart: In today’s organizational environment it is difficult for leaders to keep employees grounded, focused, and motivated toward accomplishing positive goals. This has certainly been a major issue for the recent turmoil at the Walt Disney Company. Eisner ruled Disney with an iron fist; details of every business element had to be run through him for a decision to be made. While […]

There’s no single definition of what it means to be a . In 2000, Daniel Goleman published a that uncovered leadership styles and examined their effect on office culture and bottom-line profitability. Goleman concluded that there were six types of leaders: Coercive leaders demand immediate compliance. Authoritative leaders mobilize people toward a vision. Affiliative leaders create emotional bonds and harmony. Democratic leaders build consensus through participation. Pacesetting leaders expect excellence and […]

Life Styles Inventory  – Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Carr Nov 5th, 2011 My primary personal thinking styles as shown in my circumplex are: Affiliative, Achievement, and Self-Actualizing. For all 3 of these, I placed in the 90th percentile. My backup style is perfectionist in which I scored at the 69th percentile. Both work and in life, I feel I am strong when it comes […]

The leadership trends in today’s contemporary society is changing from the once egocentric, standoffish and unapproachable of leaders to a present humble, servant style leadership. Today’s leaders have got the adaptive capacity, which means they have the ability of find meaning by processing new and emerging experiences. This is considered a good thing because a capable leader should be one who responds to current critical […]

A manager who is also a leader may be defined as someone who oversees tasks, is accountable for meeting goals, pays attention to profit objectives, and has a “vision” of where the company is going and why. Decisions reflect an understanding of larger long-term goals. Early research in the field includes the Michigan Leadership Studies (Likert, 1961), which involved interviews with managers and subordinates to […]

I have chosen the leader of a local foundation in our community who had been in the public eye due to his tireless efforts and initiative in addressing the homeless problem that are common even in suburban America. The person exhibits all three characteristics which include firstly, charm and grace, a primary characteristic of charismatic type of leadership. Secondly, the leader has the ability to […]

International Journal of Business, Humanities and Technology Volvo. 2 NO. 5; August 2012 Impact of Leadership Development on Employees’ Performance (Case Study: Employees of Customs Headquarters) DRP. Java Merriam Department of Public Management, Gavin Branch Islamic Cad University, Gavin, Iran DRP. Mohammad Their Organization Department of Management, Borderer Branch Islamic Cad University, Borderer , Iran Shirring Ensnare Department of Management, Borderer Branch Islamic Cad University, […]

Situational Leadership – Situational leadership theorists observed that a variety of leadership styles could be used simultaneously in response to changing situations. Hershey and Blanchard believed that leaders are flexible and can change according to need and hence developed this three-dimensional model of leadership. According to them the behavior of the leader depends on a mix of directive and supporting styles. It is primarily based […]

Stephen A. Macchia, who is the writer of this book, is the founder head of Leadership Transformations group. This has been a ministry which mainly focuses spiritual needs which leaders together with their roles is supposed to have in day operation of fellowship or in ministry activity in churches both local and international. Creation of team has proved to be difficult as described by Stephen […]