The results of the ‘Leadership Theory and Practice’ and ‘Style’ questionnaires I partook in didn’t reveal too much and confirmed what I mostly knew about myself already. In terms of style, I’ve always preferred to lead based on relationship because I like to give people the freedom in the way they do tasks instead of […]
Hi Georgeena, Your absolutely right when you tie in Lincoln’s quote about folks being as happy as they make their mind up to be. Like you said, many fail to realize that happiness is an intrinsic quality that comes from within rather than from external sources such as money or acknowledgement. While those things are […]
In John Burroughs story, ‘The Secret to Happiness is Something To Do,’ he practically relays the message of the story in the title itself. John argues that ‘the best thing for a man is that which keeps the currents going – the physical, the moral, the intellectual currents going… Take away the occupation of all […]
Hi Matt, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article about the corporate activism of Rose Marcario, the CEO of Patagonia. I agree that society needs to shift it’s values of being a product-consumer to product-owner as far too many resources are wasted on producing clothing items to keep up with ever-changing fashion […]
A popular approach to modern leadership theory was one coined by Robert Greenleaf as servant leadership. Greenleaf defined servant leadership as: “the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead… the difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant – first to […]
An interesting topic that’s explored amongst scholars studying leadership is the contrast between leadership and management. In many ways, the relationship between leadership and management can be compared to the social process of a person ‘emerging’ as a leader, described as emergent leadership, and a person being ‘assigned’ a leadership position which is described as […]
Throughout time, the conceptual understanding of leadership has varied where in the early 20th century for example, leadership was thought to be linked to specific behavioral or personality traits that certain people possessed (Northouse, 2016). Today we will be critically examining the modern definition of leadership, as defined by Northouse, and the components which make […]
Hello everyone, welcome to my first official week as a Master’s Student here at Trinity Western University! I’m excited to share with everyone my first assignment which involves writing about a leader we each admire and how their leadership influences us. My understanding for the purpose of this assignment is to articulate what leadership means […]
September 23, 2018 So I’ve started brainstorming ideas for how my blog’s going to look. It’s still a rough draft but if you guys have any helpful tips or suggestions definitely leave me a comment below. So my idea for this blog is to document and share my academic journey towards earning my Master’s Degree […]
