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Lecture 10

Leadership Dr. Bahareh Assadi

• (^) Is there one way to lead?
• (^) What is the true definition of leadership in your opinion?
• (^) What is one trait/quality that is essential for effective leadership and why?
• (^) What aspects of leadership and management are similar and what aspects are different?
• (^) Whose leadership style are you most fascinated with and why?

• (^) She also did much of this while

earning an hon-ours degrees in

biomedical science and in

business administration from

Western University.

• (^) Lovell focuses on helping

corporations develop effective

youth marketing programs and

guides them in how best to

engage youth with their products

and services.

• (^) As well, she helps organizations develop employee retention strategies for Millennials and Generation Z.
• (^) She also provides mentoring, skill development, and entrepreneurship coaching to young people. Lovell is making a difference in the business community and the youth community, and she has travelled to a variety of places around the world to lend people her expertise.
• (^) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hL8Oo wh7Ao

• (^) Lovell’s volunteer experience led her to develop an app to help other young people track their volunteer opportunities, and also the leadership skills that they learn from these activities.
• (^) Lovell won the Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2016, an award given to 60 youth from Commonwealth countries who are “taking the lead to transform the lives of others.”
• (^) “To make it to Buckingham Palace strengthens my message of what is possible with passion and drive, and how far a person can go if they take their own future into their hands.”

• (^) Kelly Lovell said this of leadership, “If you want to make a change there is

no better way to do so than doing it yourself. And with time, the attraction

will all be organic. Stop listening to no; society is full of negativity. Your

focus should be to use the doubts as a pivot. Hence, motivating yourself to

make your plans work.”

• (^) Lovell recently wrote a book, The Power of Youth, to help inspire young

people to take action using stories of 200 young people who have taken

action and made a difference.

• (^) She hopes the book will help young people see their potential. “It is my

hope that after reading a story, a youth can think, ‘If they can overcome

these challenges to make a difference, then I can, too,’ ” Lovell says.

• (^) She has received the:
  • (^) January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award in 2018
  • CommunityONE Foundation’s Commemorative Steinert and Ferreiro award in 2020
  • (^) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjuG-tJoBn
• (^) There are a growing number of refuges from

Africa in Canada, and some have difficulty

navigating the processs and instutions involved

in legal settlements here.

• (^) Nkambwe is a role model to others in her

community!

Unique Leadership Styles

• (^) Some critics argue that the following leaders have questionable leadership styles: - Steve Jobs - Steve Jobs’s dismissive, arrogant and condescending behavi or , due in part to his attitude of not caring what other people thought. He would ask flabbergasting personal questions in interviews to intentionally put prospective employees under stress, he would fire people without warning and had a zero-tolerance policy for mistakes and failure. - (^) Jeff Bezoz - has created at Amazon has been described by a human resource director there as “purposeful Darwinism,” a ruthless policy that demands high performance, lest you face serious consequences. Long hours are expected, mistakes aren’t especially well-tolerated, and anything that interferes with your productivity — including personal issues — will put you in a “performance improvement plan,” a euphemism indicating you’re in danger of being fired.

• (^) Michael Jeffries (Former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch) saying his clothes are only for attractive people.
• Dov Charney (American Apparel) let’s say… gratifying himself in front of an interviewer, employees and those who worked for him (considered one of the worst CEOs of all time).
• Marcus Schrenker (Financial adviser) faking his own death – plane crash (now in jail).
• (^) Steve Easterbrook (Former CEO of McDonalds) was let go for violating company policy by engaging in an intimate relationships with employees, he also committed fraud and destroyed evidence.
• (^) Richard Smith (Former CEO of Equifax) accused of failing to properly secure customer data, leading to a breach of 143 million people's personal and financial data.
• (^) Scott Thompson (Fomer CEO of Yahoo) - Accused of adding a fake computer science degree to his resume as well as other notable training and education he didn’t have.

Leadership

• (^) Leadership - The ability to influence a group toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals.
• But not all leaders are managers, nor are all managers leaders.
• (^) Just because an organization provides its managers with certain formal rights is no assurance they will lead effectively.
• (^) Leaders can emerge from within a group as well as by formal appointment.

• (^) Leadership has long intrigued

humankind and has been the topic of

extensive literature for centuries.

• (^) The earliest writings include

philosophies of leadership such as

Machiavelli’s ”The Prince”

• (^) Niccolò Machiavelli , (born May 3,

1469, Florence, Italy—died June 21,

1527, Florence), was an Italian

Renaissance political philosopher and

statesman.

• (^) His primary argument is that a leader is there to make the difficult decisions for his subjects.
• (^) It is not his responsibility to be liked or loved, but instead to be feared and respected.
• (^) This is isn’t to say that he should be cruel, however, he may have to demonstrate his power by making decision to punish those who don’t obey.
• (^) His role is stability and governance.

• (^) Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India’s independence movement achieved remarkable feats through a form of non-violent civil disobedience that would inspire millions around the world, Including many of the people on this list.
• (^) Martin L. King had such a profound impact on American race relations that his efforts resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which authorized the federal government to desegregate public accommodations. - (^) The same year, MLK received the Nobel Peace Prize.
• (^) Nelson Mandela was one of the great transformative civil rights leaders of the 20TH century. - He not only directed peaceful demonstrations against the deeply racist South African government, he went on to claim the Nobel Prize in 1993 for helping to end apartheid.
• (^) Mother Teresa managed to broker a temporary cease-fire between the Israeli army and Palestinian guerrillas to rescue 37 children trapped in a front-line hospital. - (^) Teresa then travelled through the war zone alongside Red Cross workers to evacuate the young patients.