Essays on Zenger

According to personal understanding, the article published by Zenger, Folkman, & Edinger (2011) focused on complementary skills required with extraordinary and natural leadership trait. The authors discussed a situation where Tom was working for a Fortune 500 organization as a sales executive. In his overall work span, Tom was appreciated by the organization and peers for his efforts, and generated results simultaneously. Besides, he was a benchmark for other executives working for the organization. Moreover, Tom possessed set of skills that was beyond excellent result generation. He had demonstrated his skills in identifying a potential problem, provided solutions, and demonstrated ...

Introduction

Oracle Corporation is one of the largest companies in the information technology sector. In the third quarter of 2015 it reported earnings of $9 billion in revenues, mostly unchanged from the previous year and a steady growth in its Cloud Services . It has corporate policies on non-discrimination in terms of race, gender and is an equal opportunity employer . Yet its board remains mostly male, with only 3 out of 13 board members comprised of women . From the list of company executives found on the company website, it is found that only 4 out 30 executives, including co-CEO Safra Catz, ...

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This formal report focuses on self-reflection and the importance of personal development planning for students and managers. This focus underlines the necessity to define the concepts of self-reflection and Personal Development Planning and critically assess the ways they benefit students and managers. The report is divided into two primary sections: Self-reflection (1) and Personal Development Planning (2) that are, in their turn, subdivided into four and, respectively, three sub-sections. The materials used for composing this formal report include peer-reviewed journal articles, a book, and web-resources that focus upon the topics of self-reflection and PDP, their benefits and best implementation ...

Book Review – The Extraordinary Leader

Book Review – The Extraordinary Leader

The first edition of the book, which was published in 2002, drew rave reviews for the ground-breaking research on leadership. Their focus had been on balancing and maximizing the strengths as opposed to just correcting the errors. The second edition is completely revised with more global outlook and new chapters regarding the core topic of strengths. Figure 1: The Leadership Tent Floor

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The book starts by listing the sixteen variables that form the significant unknowns upon which the leadership depends on. In order to demystify the leadership, they undertook an empirical research. Their empirical ...

The best way to be able to make the right decisions in life is to know the true values and goals that will lead to one’s career path (Linder 1). Making wrong decisions in life are consequences of poor judgment. In fact, even leaders make bad decisions occasionally for their failure to use the sound decision-making methodology. However, there are cases when gut instincts will help us make the best decisions in life. People who make the wrong decisions in life are brought about by oversight, impulsiveness, misunderstanding, manipulation, or other negative influences that can affect the sound ...