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Leadership Styles: What Style Do You Follow?

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This is a guest post by Alice Morey. She is a professor majoring in finance field. She teaches finance and economics courses at University of East London, UK. She also writes, blogs and is a regular contributor to youth and leadership programs. In addition to her teaching and writing, she is a seasonal writer at “Courseworkhome” to assist students in their academic coursework.

Leadership can be reflected as a method whereby one influences the others. In the course of business, leaders show multiple leadership styles depending on the situation they are experiencing.

Leadership Styles

It is argued that leaders have both authority (the right to influence) and power (the ability to work). One without the other is never suitable.

Leadership Styles: What Style Do You Follow?

Authority develops from an individual’s position in an organizational structure, authority limits and the operation of the law. While, power can arise from the following sources;

  • Rational-legal: the manager may exercise his/her power because of the title “senior manager” and individuals below him are supposed to carry out his instructions.
  • Charismatic: where the person has great charm and force or personality.
  • Reward power: where the promise of pay increases or promotions are used.
  • Knowledge: where withholding and releasing knowledge selectively utilizes power.
  • Coercion: through physical power, this is seldom to be seen in modern organizations.

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3 Social Media Perks Every Leader Should Know

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This is a guest post by Catriona Cerys. She is a Master in English and also has a high experience of social media marketing that helps the business well. At present, she is providing professional dissertation help and guidance to students.

Three Social Media Perks Every Leader Should Know

We all know that social media tools have become a fundamental part of every successful business today. But it’s observed that many leaders don’t have enough time to learn the usage of this booming technology tool. Social media platforms are 24/7 highlighting the talent of business leaders who are busy in expanding their business operation. However, if you are also struggling for the growth of your company then, you need to adopt the tools of innovative technology. Have a look at the information written below to realize the strong role of social media in business growth.

Social media improves relation with customers

Yes, social media tools are enabling the leader to improve their business customer services. They provide opportunities to their customers to complain about their issues over Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms. In addition, businesses take immediate action to resolve any issues with the help of innovative technology platforms. Whenever any business engages with customers in this way it successfully adds the value of the business in the eyes of the customer and built a strong relationship. [Read more…] about 3 Social Media Perks Every Leader Should Know

What Titanic Disasters Teach About Leadership?

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Ali JafraThis is a guest post by Ali Jafra. Throughout his professional career Ali has been associated with globally recognized consulting firms, including  PriceWaterHouse Coopers & Mercer consulting where he has undertaken a number of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) assignments, which has given him a diverse and unique perspective on Change Management.  He has successfully managed relationships for blue chip companies, such as, Pepsi International, Microsoft, General Motors, Standard Chartered Bank, Polycom, Du Pont & Al Ghurair Group.

He has also worked as a Lead Project Manager for United Nations (UNDP) project to build capacity of Ministry of Economic Affairs Team in Pakistan to strengthen their online presence and virtual coordination for technology cooperation among developing countries.

In his passion to facilitate dissemination of knowledge with ease, he has moderated more than 100 Live Webinars on MILE’s platform by successfully engaging speakers from Top Academic Schools in the world and Global Consulting firms, such as Harvard, Columbia, Oxford, INSEAD, London Business School, Wharton, Babson, Yale, Standford, Carnegie, IESE, Cranfield, Oliver Wyman, Strategy&, United Nations Chief of E-government and many more.

Ali is a Certified Practitioner of Personality & Preference Inventory program (PAPI) which is  a Psychometric tool developed by Cubiks an entity of PA Consulting U.K.

Ali holds a BSc. Degree from Elon University, North Carolina, USA.

What Titanic Disasters Teaches About Leadership?

Sinking of the Titanic in a cold night on April 14, 1912 will go down as one of the greatest tragedies in the history of mankind. The incident instantly became the epitaph for the lives of more than a thousand people who died. The ship was definitely doomed and slowly but surely sinking into its boundless water grave. Have you ever thought what caused the most advanced and largest ship of its time to sink.

Anyone who has seen the movie or read stories about the disaster would know that the Titanic did not sink because of the iceberg, but it was actually the failed leadership that sent the unsinkable ship to the depths of water. The ship now rests in the bottom of the ocean, but the calamity can certainly teach everyone a lesson about how to become a good leader.

A Leader Has to Take the Responsibility:

You cannot become a leader by acquiring a senior position in an organization, job title or by becoming a figurehead. A leader should be motivating, involved, engaging, training others, removing obstacles and always ready to explore new opportunities.

Captain James Smith was heading to an easy life as it was his retirement trip. One wonders why he ignored 7 warnings about icebergs both from his crew and other ships. A leader should be held responsible for everything an organization does and its success and failure. [Read more…] about What Titanic Disasters Teach About Leadership?

Student Leadership

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This is a guest post by Austin Hong. He was raised in Los Angeles, California before attending Boston College, where he studies Finance. Currently he is working for a legal management consulting firm in the Beacon Hill area of Boston, MA.

According to Warren Bennis, widely considered the pioneer of Leadership Studies, “The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.” This notion and thought that there exists a “leadership gene” is the cause of widespread stunted confidence and leadership potential of an already self-conscience, often, confused demographic of students and young adults.

Student Leadership

Many students are afraid of taking the risk to become a leader, because they are afraid that they don’t have the right personality or skill set to be an effective leader. After serving on student governments at both the secondary and university levels of education, on an executive board that served and represented 15 non-profit student chapters, in a Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps company, and a number of other organizations and roles ranging from sports teams to businesses, I have learned a few things about what it means to be a student leader. I personally believe that becoming an experienced student leader sets up the foundation to becoming a more diversified and qualified leader in the workplace, amongst peers, or in any other scenario, where one might be required to lead others. Student leadership is possible!

1. Leaders are not born

If you haven’t already picked up on the fact that I am a firm believer in the statement that leaders are not born with the inherent knack for leading others, then I am here to make clear that I am. With this in mind, it is critical, especially as students and young adults, to have a student leadership mentor or model, because it is from him or her that we learn to become leaders ourselves. This chain can act in one of two ways.

The first and more common way is looking up to a leader and sharing common values with him or her, so much so that you begin to emulate their style.

The second is by serving under a leader only to learn that you disagree with their style of leadership in major or minor ways, causing you to alter your perception of a proper leader and not repeating his or her faults. A person will not shape his entire values and thoughts on leadership based on one individual, one leader, rather it is the culmination of every mentor, model, and significant figure that he or she has ever encountered that will shape him or her. [Read more…] about Student Leadership

Leadership And The Social Media Technology: A Perfect Combination

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This is a guest post by Sara Jones. She has been actively taking her part in the teaching and educational reforms. Moreover, with her affiliation with UK Education Council, she has been providing assignment help by the platform of Done Assignment to graduate and post graduate level students.

It is known by most of the organisations that the leadership context has dramatically changed during the last two decades, putting terrific pressure on conventional managerial and organisational models. Now, the leaders are confronted with highly volatile and unforeseen situations that challenge long-term strategies. Today’s organisations are caught in a new interconnected world of complex global networks that pursue innovative approaches of co-evolution, with their diverse stakeholders. For these organisations, there are also some disruptive factors in terms of intensifying political issues, economic and environmental challenges that require incessant business model innovation.

Leadership And The Social Media Technology- A Perfect Combination

Turn Challenges into Opportunities

In order to confront with and turn these challenging issues into opportunities, it has been realised by the leaders that they have to establish an extremely creative, active, and supple organisations. Organisations, to effectively accomplish real-time strategic responsiveness, also have to force responsibilities “down and out” to the periphery, to people who are nearer to the market dynamics. Responsibility is interconnected with accountability. Thus, almost every employee in this volatile world must become an authorised leader who can act effectively within the network relationships, which have become a trend for the process of value creation. A horizontal” leadership style is its basic need that furthers global discussion, contribution, and cooperation among stakeholders. In fact, the conventional management model based on linear processes and vertical command and control is ill suited to deal with these challenging issues. [Read more…] about Leadership And The Social Media Technology: A Perfect Combination

How to Relish Your Job (When You Don’t Love It At All)

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This is a guest post from Vanessa Collister. She is a well-known academic writer, who has been in the field of education for over 3 years now. She has been providing one-to-one assistance to learners who ask her for assignment writing help when they are stuck with their topics or research.

You probably entered the job market thinking you will get your dream job and live happily forever, but you ended up in a dead-end job that you loathe. You hate everything about your job. You hate your boss who keeps criticizing you, you hate your small desk and you hate Mondays of all things.

How To Relish Your Job

Just because your job seems to be going nowhere, i.e., you are denied promotion or you no longer have the same passion with which you started sometime ago, does not mean that you must quit. Before taking any rash decision, think about you future and most importantly the job market, which is very tough these days. Frankly speaking, you are very lucky that you at least have a source of income.

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

You do not have to worry because there are lots of people out there who go through the same phase at least once in a lifetime. Whether you want to quit because you are bullied, or because you have a horrible boss, or you are simply bored of routine life, you can still change everything and enjoy the job with the following tips. [Read more…] about How to Relish Your Job (When You Don’t Love It At All)