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 […]
Although servant leadership seems contradictory and challenges our traditional beliefs about leadership, it is an approach that offers a unique perspective. Servant leadership focuses on the behaviors that leaders should exhibit to put followers first and to support follower’s personal development. It is concerned with how leaders treat followers. Principles of servant leadership which in […]
Everyone has to be a leader at any corner of their life to succeed in the life or to travel out of the comfort zone. As per Northouse, Some people are leaders because of their formal position in an organization, whereas others are leaders because of the way other group members respond to them. These […]
Northouse defines leadership as “a complex process having multiple dimensions” (p.1) and a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (p. 5). There are few components of leadership which actually makes a leader. They are, process, power, influence, group context and goal attainment. As mentioned above, Leadership is a […]
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful” is the inspirational words of Malala Yousafzai, an educational activist and the youngest honorary Nobel Peace Prize winner,2014 , who believes, “ One child, One teacher, One book and One pen can change the world. Education is the only solution.” And I am proud […]
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 […]