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6 pages in length. The person chosen as the best example of a leader maintains a strong, positive relationship with is employees, responds proactively to potential problems instead of waiting for them to occur, cultivates beneficial associations with partners, clients and shareholders, as well as encourages an open and constructive team approach with regard to communication, problem solving and decision making. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and shareholders, as well as encourages an open and constructive team approach with regard to communication, problem solving and decision making. While this individual borrows aspects of leadership from
a few theoretical approaches (Coleman, 2000), he preserves the very foundation of what it means to guide people to success as found in Kouzes and Posners Exemplary theory: 1) model
the way; 2) inspire a shared vision; 3) challenge the process; 4) enable others to act; and 5) encourage the heart (Brown, 2002, p. 2). Clearly, people will not respect
or perform for a leader who cares little about anything besides his own agenda; instead, they may ultimately sabotage the very objective this detached leader seeks to achieve. This
person illustrates how leadership is a very simple process that is all too often complicated by individual character flaws. In short, the fundamental principles of good leadership are to
think outside of the established status quo and embrace a holistic, nurturing attitude from every angle. Leaders are willing pioneers, ready to step out into the unknown to look
for opportunities to innovate, grow, and improve...they understand that innovation comes more from listening than from telling, so they listen to customers, clients, vendors, and the people doing the work
(Brown, 2002, pp. 2-3). This individual exemplifies the characteristics of what Collins dubs a Level 5 leader, inasmuch as he was single-handedly responsible for turning around an underperforming company
that had reached an apex in its operational status into the top producer in its industry. Incorporating the seemingly opposing resources of "extreme personal humility with intense professional will"
(Collins, 2005, p. 137), this leader held back nothing when it came to availing himself to his entire workforce while at the same time demanding the same level of involvement
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