Case 15.1 – The “Glass Ceiling” Lisa Weber never doubted that she would be a partner in her Wall Street firm. A graduate of a prestigious business school with a doctorate in economics, she had taught briefly at a major university. She was the first woman hired as a market analyst in her well-regarded firm. […]
According to Northouse (2016, p. 330), ethics in regards to leadership are concerned with who leaders are (their moral character) and what leaders do (their moral conduct). The choices that leaders make and their motives behind their choices are guided by their moral code and their ethics. There are multiple perspectives on how ethics influence […]
Ethical leadership implies that leaders have the knowledge to differentiate between right and wrong and also have the desire develop this moral compass within their followers (BuildingCapacity, 2013). In doing so, ethical leaders strive to promote a culture of adherence to moral codes within their organizations. For leaders to achieve this, they themselves have […]
Our minds are like a double edged sword that serves as both a blessing and a curse. It’s responsible for our most brilliant ideas, our lens in which we see the world, or the joy we get from others. But it can also drive us to feelings of despair and anguish, set us in complacency […]
For this activity, I had an insightful conversation with Jason about his personal values and his methods to track and improve the preformance of his employees, both in his roles as an IT administrator and as a senior pastor for different organizations in Jamaica. Jason stressed that his reasons for taking this program is to […]
In my role of managing and supporting tenants living in social housing buildings for the City of Vancouver, I would like to define what a service-oriented culture would look like in my workplace followed with some recommendations that could help my organization embody this culture. In my organization, a service-oriented culture would be one where […]
Knowles’ assumptions of andragogy are well thought out and I think relates to the vast majority of adult learners out there, including myself. That being said, as an adult learner, I’d like to challenge myself this time and play devil’s advocate to Knowles’ assumptions about adult learners. I think many his assumptions relate more strongly […]
As an adult learner, I can personally say that all the assumptions of adult learners in andragogy are true with me. I’ve come to love and appreciate the process of learning more so now then when I was in high school or in my early years of university. Back then, I was truly motivated to […]
As a practitioner of servant leadership reading through Northouse’s chapter on team leadership, there were three characteristics of servant leadership that I thought stood out in leading teams set with A specific tasks: Commitment to the growth of people, awareness, and persuasion. To me, commitment to the growth of people lies at the heart of […]
Team leadership capacity is a model where different members can take on leadership capacities and share influence depending on the situation which allows for faster responses for more complex issues and allows for the most competent member leading the group for the task he/she is best suited to deal with (Northouse, 2016, p. 365). Two […]