We often hear successful leaders offering the opinion that the development of their leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities are influenced as much by their interactions and experiences with those they viewed as “bad” or “weak” leaders as much their interactions and experience with those they viewed as “good” or “strong” leaders.
Using this resources, along with your own professional experiences, do you agree with that assessment and why or why not? With that in mind, what do you see as the role of organizational leaders in creating a professional environment for the men and women they are tasked with leading? Tell us a few traits you see as exemplifying “good” leaders and “bad” leaders.
References.
It’s Always the Leader! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZON65K2zOBo
Don Clark, The Art and Science of Leadership, Concepts of Leadership
Don Clark, The Art and Science of Leadership, The Four Pillars: Leadership, Management, Command, & Control
Don Clark, The Art and Science of Leadership, Leadership & Human Behavior, Part 1
Don Clark, The Art and Science of Leadership, Leadership & Human Behavior, Part 2
Reference Link 1.1 The Development of Leadership Thought and Practice in the United States http://www.sagepub.com/northouse6e/study/materials/reference/reference1.1.pdf
Reference Link 1.2 Role of Leadership http://www.sagepub.com/northouse6e/study/materials/reference/reference1.2.pdf
Reference Link 1.4 Bases of Power http://www.sagepub.com/northouse6e/study/materials/reference/reference1.4.pdf
Leadership and Power Leadership and Power and the Generation Gap: http://www.ccl.org/leadership/podcast/LeadershipGenerationGap.mp3
Working Across Generations http://www.ccl.org/leadership/podcast/10PrinciplesGenerations.mp3
Darden Executive Education – Power and Leadership http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYxY31z7o-c
A Definition of Leadership http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N-hZyjqE1I&feature=related
