Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.\" John F. Kennedy\'s (1917 - 1963) speech prepared for delivery in Dallas the day of his assassination, November 22, 1963. Every opportunity of leadership presents you with many new life lessons. There have been several times that I have had t...

LeadershipLeadership Defined As defined by Webster, a leader is someone who has commanding authority or influence or a first or principal performer of a group. It is my position that Leadership, in essence, is the sum of these definitions. In order to have and maintain commanding authority, a lead...

Today's youth still face many attitudinal challenges to self-empowerment. Both the problem and the solution begin at home with their parents. Leadership training must start from an early childhood, as these young adults learn to take gradual responsibility for their own decisions. Only throu...

Leadership Introduction Leadership Definition What is a leader? How does one achieve true leadership status? These questions and many more pertaining to the nature of leadership have perplexed scholars and philosophers for centuries and will continue to be debated for generations to come. The si...

To be considered a leader, one must be distinguished beyond their established position, and by their actions and not orders, motivate others to willingly and eagerly follow. Although often associated by and connected with a position in an organization, it is a role that must be earned and does not ...

There are many reasons that I would like to be involved in Youth Leadership. Our county has many things to offer residents. It is one of the largest counties in Arkansas in population and size. We have some of the best schools in the state, wonderful athletic programs, and a wide variety of busin...

The idea of leadership development is often plagued by misconceptionsand myths. One of the most damaging of these myths is that leadership isan inherent quality that cannot be learned or improved upon. This isabsolutely not true: leadership skills can, in fact, be learned, and thepurpose of...

In my experience, decision making in a business, corporate or military setting is intrinsically tied to leadership. Of course, leadership comes in many forms, and the resulting decision making processes are equally numerous. Nevertheless, leaders of any organization must have followers, and these fo...

Leadership is an ability that requires the use of many other traits in a person. A leader must be patient, strong-minded, understanding, quick, and focused. The one specific example of my leadership ability that embodies all of those qualities is my role as Student Body President of my high school. ...

Leadership: Up Front and Behind the ScenesLeadership is an essential skill that one must have to succeed in life. For many, leadership is a matter of title, but leadership can also be any demonstration of responsibility and taking charge in a plethora of situations, and successfully managing activit...

Throughout my life, I have encountered the chance to experience the position of being a leader. I have to suffer democratic leaderships through playing on a high school football team, being apart of groups in college for class presentations, being a youth leader in my church, and also being apart o...

Are Leaders Born or Made? We all knew someone that from the time they were born had a knack for that certain something; the little girl who grew up and wanted to be a teacher, or the Boy who knew he was going to be a police man. As far as leaders, yes I would like to believe that leaders are bor...

LeadershipLeadership is used everyday by many different people, but mainly by the same people day after day. These people are know as Leaders, and in the stories of Beowulf and Iliad there are some great examples of good leaders and bad leaders. Beowulf is what I would call a good leader; not only d...

Leadership comes in many different forms but they all are heading toward the same goal; and that is to communicate with people. Some people are silent leaders and lead by example some are more vocal. Nevertheless, whatever type of leader you are, there are certain criteria that must be met. F...

It seems as though everyone has something to say about leadership - even if what they are saying is based on misunderstanding and misconception. Sometimes we accept ideas as facts and let them rule our behaviors without taking the time to really think about them. Therefore, when we hear people say...

Leaders in the Workplace: Are They Born or Made? What kind of person qualifies as a leader? Generally we tend to describe these types as hard working, aggressive, confident people. Leaders may be defined as competent, organized, thorough, determined, and loyal people. They possess the qualities ...

John Davis 2/3/2004 Beowulf. Translated by Seamus Heaney. New York: w.w. Norton, Ltd, 2000 Beowulf "So. The Spear_Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness. We have heard of those princes' heroic campaigns" (pg. 3). A leader's glor...

The basic concepts of leadership are found at the heart of every leader. Some people argue that leaders are born. Other people believe that leaders are chosen. Whatever the case, leaders are people who are strong in beliefs and can communicate these beliefs. Leaders also have a strong desire to ...

AN ASPECT OF A RELATIONSHIP There is controversy between whether power is an attribute of a person, or an aspect of a relationship between two or more people. In the essay there are a few main points that I have addressed and debated. The first point is whether some one is born with power, or...

Leadership Links by Rose Mercier and Penny WerthnerTAKING ACTION - ANOTHER LEADERSHIP SKILLIn the past two columns, we've discussed specific communication skills that leaders need to use effectively. These skills are valuable alone or in combination. Some situations require good judgment as well as ...

Working Successfully Through Teamwork Every human process is a key success factor. Every one has been important since people first formed organizations to accomplish tasks too big to be performed by individuals working alone and every one will continue to be a challenge as long as people work ...

Working Successfully Through Teamwork Every human process is a key success factor. Every one has been important since people first formed organizations to accomplish tasks too big to be performed by individuals working alone and every one will continue to be a challenge as long as people w...

Life is a journey with many twists and turns; ups and downs; and joys and sorrows. As such, the journey of life is one long effort to reach one goal after the other, though on many a occasion, those goals may prove to be elusive. Indeed, some goals may never be achieved, leading to disappo...

Personal Strengths and Weaknesses I believe life is a learning experience and we all have certain personal strengths and weaknesses. Knowing what we are good at and what we are weak in can help us to become better people. Recognizing weaknesses along with having the desire to improve on them ...

While there are some similarity to the atmosphere of both Work and War, there are many dissimilarity as well. We dealing with the issues of training, freedom, ethics Both work and war provides training. In a work environment training is very casual. You are allowed to discuss and argue, work traini...