Leaders keep their eyes on high goals. They strive to make the efforts of their followers and themselves contribute to the enrichment of personality and the improvement of the community around them.
Leaders are flexible rather than dogmatic. They believe in the unity rather than conformity. And they strive to achieve consensus out of conflict.
Leaders demand much of others, but also give much of themselves.
Leaders use their heart as well as theur head. They must strike an appropriate balance between the individual needs of group members and the productivity of the group.
Leaders are self-starters. They create plans and set them in motion. They are both people of thought and action.
Leaders assume no one set of ideas and values is better than another.
Leaders provide answers as well as direction, offer strength as well as dedication, and speak from experience as well as understanding the problems they face and the people they work with.
Leaders are open to new ideas, but they explore their ramifications thoroughly.
Leaders who have the respect for other people at all levels of an organization, for the work they do, and for their abilities, aspirations and needs, will find that respect is returned.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Communicating via Blog
I have never used a blog and was not pleased about having to create and maintain one as part of this course requirement. However being able to post your thoughts, stuff you might have been afraid to say in class while being brutually honest was great. I was also fun looking at other blogs and learning about people even though i'm still not sure who some of them are in class as
without the blog i very honestly would have know even less.
For blog activities, depending on the structure of the blog question we were responding to, each person basically said the same thing at times making it impossibility hard to respond more than four sentences to that person…..example of this is when we had blog 4, the power of vision. As a responder to my blog pointed out we all basically want the same thing and therefore have similar visions.
The professor’s blog however were very interesting reading material. I would have never though of wizard the Oz in any other way than creepy (seriously it creeped me out as a kid watching it). I also had never heard of Attila the Hun and even though I did not agree 100% with the hypothetical advice that he would have possibly given to his men I was nonetheless intrigued to read it.
After my second blog I relaxed a bit more about having to do it. I was bubbling with all the fun I had in class and would have been very contented to just write a million exclamation points and feet contented that my feelings on Eggs-cellent way to plan were well communicated. It wasn’t hard in the least to just write my thoughts and secure 20% of my grades. As I wrote I did not keep in mind that this was actually me having my grade amount in my hand, I just viewed it as assignments that needed to be done. The best part for me was finishing mines and reading others, not others in general who I could clearly see through but those that sincerely told a tale.
Further blogging for me would depend on my time availability which is almost none existence through poor time management and procrastination. But blogs should remain a part of this course. One of the benefits of coming to America to go to school is the wealth of things you learn outside of the traditional textbook. For me blogging was one and even though I may not be a typical American in not knowing how to do it already, it’s nice to be a well rounded individual and as I would have never initiated this on my own it’s nice to be able to say I have one....I did it.
without the blog i very honestly would have know even less.
For blog activities, depending on the structure of the blog question we were responding to, each person basically said the same thing at times making it impossibility hard to respond more than four sentences to that person…..example of this is when we had blog 4, the power of vision. As a responder to my blog pointed out we all basically want the same thing and therefore have similar visions.
The professor’s blog however were very interesting reading material. I would have never though of wizard the Oz in any other way than creepy (seriously it creeped me out as a kid watching it). I also had never heard of Attila the Hun and even though I did not agree 100% with the hypothetical advice that he would have possibly given to his men I was nonetheless intrigued to read it.
After my second blog I relaxed a bit more about having to do it. I was bubbling with all the fun I had in class and would have been very contented to just write a million exclamation points and feet contented that my feelings on Eggs-cellent way to plan were well communicated. It wasn’t hard in the least to just write my thoughts and secure 20% of my grades. As I wrote I did not keep in mind that this was actually me having my grade amount in my hand, I just viewed it as assignments that needed to be done. The best part for me was finishing mines and reading others, not others in general who I could clearly see through but those that sincerely told a tale.
Further blogging for me would depend on my time availability which is almost none existence through poor time management and procrastination. But blogs should remain a part of this course. One of the benefits of coming to America to go to school is the wealth of things you learn outside of the traditional textbook. For me blogging was one and even though I may not be a typical American in not knowing how to do it already, it’s nice to be a well rounded individual and as I would have never initiated this on my own it’s nice to be able to say I have one....I did it.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Creativity....my Poem
New boss, first day, what am I going to do, what am I going to say?
Productivity is low, inter-office communication is slow
The board wants to see changes, they don’t care who, how or what wages....instantaneous CHANGES!!!
I placed a call to motivation, can you pay a visit to my organization?
I need to create more than a monotonous 9-5 atmosphere, I’ll show these people that I care.
I’ll use money but that’s not all, I’ll listen to and involve my workers, personally giving each a call.
Tell me your ideas, my good lady/ man, let’s rebuild this company, ground up, working together hand in hand.
Good Management calls for planning, leading, organizing, control,
each helping the other creating the whole.
My workers now feel valued and as such commit, their time, effort, suggestions and even wits!
It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t fast but because of knowledge gained from Management 3120 I know my changes are going to last.
Productivity is low, inter-office communication is slow
The board wants to see changes, they don’t care who, how or what wages....instantaneous CHANGES!!!
I placed a call to motivation, can you pay a visit to my organization?
I need to create more than a monotonous 9-5 atmosphere, I’ll show these people that I care.
I’ll use money but that’s not all, I’ll listen to and involve my workers, personally giving each a call.
Tell me your ideas, my good lady/ man, let’s rebuild this company, ground up, working together hand in hand.
Good Management calls for planning, leading, organizing, control,
each helping the other creating the whole.
My workers now feel valued and as such commit, their time, effort, suggestions and even wits!
It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t fast but because of knowledge gained from Management 3120 I know my changes are going to last.
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