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How does culture impact leadership and can culture be seen as a constraint on leadership?

  How does culture impact leadership and can culture be seen as a constraint on leadership?           Culture affects almost every aspect of leadership. Leadership behavior, objectives and strategies of organizations are affected by the values, beliefs, norms and ideals embedded in a culture. North Americans, for instance, emphasize individual capacity and effort as a foundation for promotions. Progress is attributed in India to externalities such as marriage, friends, family and corruption. Some years ago, while conducting a workshop for ninety men in Canada, I was duly informed that there would be ten men from a local native tribe at the workshop and that two of them were' elders.' Many of the workshop's leadership protocols were thrown out or significantly modified to accommodate the cultural requirement for elderly respect and an increase in overall modesty. I mastered the leadership tool known as tossing away the rule book, when conducting a works...

FUEL YOUR MIND

 FUEL YOUR MIND what to say   Some vs. Any We were taught, from the very first years of studying English, that 'any' and 'some' can be used in similar sentences. However, conversation analysts have come to the conclusion that 'any' usually meets with resistance. WHAT NOT TO SAY Avoid using 'Just' When writing emails or even in speaking, individuals, tend to use quite a lot the word 'just'; while it is a polite term, 'just' suggests also insecurity and the need to ask for permission. Therefore, whenever you are try to show some authority, go for another word. It is safer . Avoid asking 'How are you?' Even though most of us perceive the usual 'How are you?' question as being very polite and necessary, recent research has shown that, on the contrary, this irritates the other person. As it is only a formal and, therefore, cold way to establish a first connection, better just drop it and get straight to the point, instead...

The Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid

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 The Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid Leadership Self Assessment Questionnaire Below is a list of statements about leadership behavior. Read each one carefully, then, using the following scale, decide the extent to which it actually applies to you. For best results, answer as truthfully as possible. never                     sometimes                always      0           1           2           3           4           5 1. ___4____ I encourage my team to participate when it comes decision-making time and I try to implement their ideas and suggestions. 2. ___5____ Nothing is more important than accomplishing a goal or task. 3. ___3____ I closely monitor the schedule to ensure a task or project will be completed in t...

Building Blocks Business and IT Relationship

 Building blocks for growth mean the different market changes that help to build further partnerships and improve the overall synergy of industry. Collaborative climate: - This suggests a stable working climate, where a shared network is built from varied sources from various functions, ethnicity and job experience. The environment can solve much of the challenges by collaborating, thinking as a team, respect and innovative input etc. The environment of cooperation can find solution. It further eliminates workplace tension and provides a less working atmosphere for positive and stressable jobs. Milestones; - This demonstrates the biggest successes in an organization or in any tasks in project management. These milestones should include realistic goals, consumer loyalty, substantial improvement, etc. The milestones should be carried on to company values or profits. Events help us work together as a target team and break all projects into main achievement measures. Celebrations: All ...

Organizational Leader and Decision Making

In the same argument, a main term is used in two or three senses and the apparent success of the argument relies on the relevance change. The correct legislative authority may abolish any statute. A law is the law of gravity. The rule of gravity may, however, be overturned by the appropriate legal authority. It is clear that the first assumption is irrelevant, thus a fallacious statement, as the two senses of 'regulation' (laws governing human actions vs. uniformities of nature) are made explicit. And we see John Stuart Mill arguing that pleasure is desirable, revealing that famed thinkers are not exempt again: "The only evidence that an entity is apparent is that people really see it. The only proof that a sound is audible is that people hear it ... In the same sense, I understand, the only proof that something is beneficial can be created is that people really seek it ... [T]he truth is that we have not only all the facts that the case accepts, but all that it is conceiv...