Defining Leadership

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 involve...

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 ...