Leadership Journey

Damon WareORG579 – Capstone – Organizational Leadership

Colorado State University – Global CampusDr. Claudia SantinOctober 12, 2015

CSU-Global Curriculum

ORG575 Critical

Evaluation of Research and

TheoryORG579

Capstone – Organizational

Leadership

ORG502 Effective

Organizations: Theory

and Practice ORG525

Decision Theory in a

Global Marketplace

ORG530 Business

Ethics and Corporate

ResponsibilityORG536

Contemporary

Business Writing and Communica

tion

ORG555 Leading Diverse Teams

ORG560 Leadership Developme

nt

Leadership DefinedO Leadership is a process of influence over others, and

a behavior that leaders do to facilitate change in a group (Northouse, 2013).

O The process of influencing people and providing an environment for them to achieve team or organizational objectives (McShane & Van Glinow, 2003).

O Day and Antonakis (2012) suggested “leadership is purpose-driven action that brings about change or transformation based on values, ideals, vision, symbols and emotional exchanges,” (p. 5).

Leadership Styles

Directive Leadership:

Servant Leadership:

Transformational Leadership:

Ethics & TrustO Values (Organizational & Leadership)O MoralityO EthicsO Trust (Positive work outcomes)O ModelingO Influence that encourages followers

to adopt correct behavior.

Leadership Development

(Crowley-Low, 2013)

Organizational CultureO Organizational culture is set by leadership,

and influences the way subordinates behave.

O Organizational culture is gained knowledge, explanations, values, beliefs, communication, and behaviors of a collective group (Shahzed, Luqman, Khan, & Shabbir, 2012)

O Schein (1990) defined culture as a set of different values and behaviors that may be considered opportunity for success.

StakeholdersO A stakeholder is any group or individual who is affected

by or can affect the achievement of an organization’s objectives (Rawlins, 2006).

O Organizational Stakeholders:O Business OwnerO GovernmentO EmployeesO CommunityO Consumers

Stakeholder Engagement

O Smith, Ansett, and Erez (2011) offered five steps to developing stakeholder engagement:

O Stakeholder mapping to get internal engagement

O Identifying material issuesO Defining objectivesO Resolving issues collaborativelyO Embedding engagement

Learning OrganizationO Creating an organizational learning

culture begins with leadership and organizational culture.

O A learning culture has continuous learning from experience, experimentation, questioning, and communication which empowers individuals to improve organizational performance (Rijal, 2010).

ConclusionO Evaluate

O Leadership stylesO Values and ethicsO Decision makingO Past experiencesO Consistent and ongoing learning and

development

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