After reading the Article titled " Building A leadership brand", I think the authors agree with the characteristics of leadership that's stated in the text. The authors in this article "asked the representives from each organization to send us their leadership competency model which, listed the "unique" characteristics that they sought in their leaders (has a strong vision," "fosters teamwork," demonstrates emotional intelligence," and the like."(Ulrich 95) They found that these company leaders concentrate on having a focus of where the company is going to go. They make sure that everyone with in the organization has a common vision based off their customers needs. These representitives have also stated (as in the quote above) the attributes of emotional intelligence which makes up an effective leader.
My idea of a leader has changed after watching the DVD of Jack Welch. He has a very strong personality and you can tell he really understands what it takes to be an effective leader. He said that you have to have more passion than the others. I've always thought that if you have more passion in a subject than someone else, you will be that much more successful. You get what you see when it comes to Jack Welch. He states having the edge, which is apart of the 4 E's, is a big part of leadership. Having the edge means saying yes or no and not maybe. I'm the type of person that would probably say maybe and after seeing the DVD, it made me want to strive to change that. I think that's something that has definitely changed my vision of leadership. When you say "maybe" your trying to put something off till later and when it comes to business there seems to be no later. It's now or never.
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