Defining Leadership

About Uber Uber Utopia? Their Ethics, Culture, and Diversity From nothing more than an idea in 2008 because two gentlemen, Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, could not get a ride on a December evening, and with the thought of being stranded, spawned a driving company that is like how hailing a cab used to be, except now you press a button on your phone and the app is hailing a driver who is driving their own vehicle. UberCab began as “everyone’s private driver” and quickly grew into a global logistics layer, transforming an entire industry in the process (newsroom, 2019). It was October 2010 that management dropped the “cab” name as they no longer wanted to be familiarized with the taxicab industry. But is Uber becoming the company they want to be? The drivers’ behavior, The CEO of Uber (Kalanick) videotaped arguing with a driver and poor reputation has created loses in market share and possible more issues in the future. So is it the company’s ethical beliefs in question? Is

Effective Team Meetings      Sometimes meetings with colleagues can be quite effective but it takes more effort to hold an effective meeting than just calling one together. As we do call them though we want to be sure ahead of time that the results of the meeting(s) are to reach goals that do one thing and one thing only, they are to help the organization. So how can you make sure that every meeting that you will hold will be effective and goal-oriented?      First here is a couple statistics from a survey by Clarizen ,  a enterprise-class work collaboration and project management solutions company. The results showed that three in five employed adults reported that preparing for a status meeting "takes longer than the meeting itself," while more than one-third of those who attend status meetings called them a waste of their time (Howard, J., 2015). The survey continues that there are 4.6 hours spent preparing for status meetings per week while 4.5 hours are s

Week 3 Blog Leader - Follower Theories      To become an effective follower it is important to acquire the skills necessary to combine two opposing follower rules - to execute decisions made by a leader, and yet to be able to raise issues about those decisions when they are deemed misguided or unethical (Achua, C. & Lussier, R., 2016). Moral integrity and a willingness to take stands based on principle are distinguishing characteristics of the effective follower (2016).       Followership theory argues that leadership cannot be fully understood without a meaningful consideration of the followers' impact on the leadership process (Cerne, M., & Bunjak, A., 2018).       I believe a leader can maintain a personal relationship with some, if not all, members of the work group or team without creating the perception of in-groups and out-groups. This can be a fine line relationship between leaders and followers as could also be dependent on each group that the

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12245929/       According to Achua, C. & Lussier, R. in our 6th edition Leadership book, the word contingency is described as "it depends" (2016). Seems as a fitting definition as a leader is to hold an appropriate fit between their behavior and style and the followers and the situation (2016). Every situation deserves its own praise, style, and learning curve.       Key components of contingency theory (Subramaniam, N., n.d.): There is no such thing as a universal way to manage others. Organization of employees and tasks needs to fit with the given environment. Effective businesses have a good fit between systems of all levels. Both tasks and the design of completing them need to fit with the overall needs of the business.      When I hold a process improvement workshop I try to involve a cross functional team with those in salaried and direct positions especially with those involved in the focus area of improvement. Usu

Defining Leadership      The person I would like to explain as a leader is our current President of the United States. President Trump continues to address the nation from his platform that he created in 2018. His time in office has only covered half the time of his first term and he has worked through the border and immigration issues, abortion, and other current issues this country needs answers for.       I pick President Trump as a leader I can look up to because he constantly is being pursued as the bad guy even though he has proven his abilities to help this nation recover from some of the toughest financial times of our history. His administration has improved the financial status of this country and continues to show his global prowess with China and North Korea. Prior to his election he was still a global entrepreneur and was well known in many countries as a great businessman. He has taken much criticism but all Presidents have come under some scrutiny about their st