{"id":27,"date":"2018-09-29T08:32:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/walkinginmywhy\/?p=27"},"modified":"2018-09-29T17:47:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T00:47:31","slug":"learning-activity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/walkinginmywhy\/2018\/09\/29\/learning-activity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Activity 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Northouse (p. 8), assigned leadership refers to individuals who are leaders by virtue of their position or status. The types of power that these leaders possess can be further categorized as legitimate, reward, coercive or information power<\/em>.\u00a0 In contrast,\u00a0 emergent leaders do not hold official positions of leadership, but are able to influence their peers. Their peers ascribe leadership to them because they are held in high esteem in their eyes. Such individuals possess personal power<\/em>. It seems reasonable that an individual may become an emergent leader for a number of reasons: they are very knowledgeable, have a likable personality, a certain amount of charisma, are good public speakers, etc. One incident when I ’emerged’ as a leader occurred when I was in the sixth grade. My two younger siblings and most of the primary-aged children would surround me outside on the playground each recess. I would organize the play activities and play with them. They came to see me as their collective older sister and they followed me everywhere I went. Looking back, I see how the gift of teaching was manifesting itself before I had any notion of what I wanted to be when I grew up. According to Northouse, leadership is a process which can be learned, but it appears that\u00a0 some aspects of leadership can occur innately. I am left wondering if certain personality types tend to become emergent leaders more so than others……..?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Northouse (p. 8), assigned leadership refers to individuals who are leaders by virtue of their position or status. The types of power that these leaders possess can be further categorized as legitimate, reward, coercive or information power.\u00a0 In contrast,\u00a0 emergent leaders do not hold official positions of leadership, but are able to influence … <\/p>\n

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