This document discusses leadership and ethical leadership. It defines leadership as influencing or guiding others towards common goals. It lists eight principles of effective law enforcement leadership including service, honesty, integrity, humility, purpose, mentoring, positive attitude, and trust. The best definition of leadership is motivating others towards common goals. Good leaders build vision, set goals, map paths forward, are empathetic, exhibit desired behaviors, take responsibility, delegate effectively, and give praise. Ethical leaders act justly, respect others, are honest, kind, focus on teambuilding, make values-driven decisions, encourage initiative, lead by example, ensure values awareness, and have no tolerance for ethical violations. Trait and process leadership theories explain how people
This document discusses leadership and ethical leadership. It defines leadership as influencing or guiding others towards common goals. It lists eight principles of effective law enforcement leadership including service, honesty, integrity, humility, purpose, mentoring, positive attitude, and trust. The best definition of leadership is motivating others towards common goals. Good leaders build vision, set goals, map paths forward, are empathetic, exhibit desired behaviors, take responsibility, delegate effectively, and give praise. Ethical leaders act justly, respect others, are honest, kind, focus on teambuilding, make values-driven decisions, encourage initiative, lead by example, ensure values awareness, and have no tolerance for ethical violations. Trait and process leadership theories explain how people
This document discusses leadership and ethical leadership. It defines leadership as influencing or guiding others towards common goals. It lists eight principles of effective law enforcement leadership including service, honesty, integrity, humility, purpose, mentoring, positive attitude, and trust. The best definition of leadership is motivating others towards common goals. Good leaders build vision, set goals, map paths forward, are empathetic, exhibit desired behaviors, take responsibility, delegate effectively, and give praise. Ethical leaders act justly, respect others, are honest, kind, focus on teambuilding, make values-driven decisions, encourage initiative, lead by example, ensure values awareness, and have no tolerance for ethical violations. Trait and process leadership theories explain how people
This document discusses leadership and ethical leadership. It defines leadership as influencing or guiding others towards common goals. It lists eight principles of effective law enforcement leadership including service, honesty, integrity, humility, purpose, mentoring, positive attitude, and trust. The best definition of leadership is motivating others towards common goals. Good leaders build vision, set goals, map paths forward, are empathetic, exhibit desired behaviors, take responsibility, delegate effectively, and give praise. Ethical leaders act justly, respect others, are honest, kind, focus on teambuilding, make values-driven decisions, encourage initiative, lead by example, ensure values awareness, and have no tolerance for ethical violations. Trait and process leadership theories explain how people
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RECITATION COVERAGE for CHARACTER FORMATION 2
Leadership a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual, group or organization to
influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. Eight principles of effective law enforcement leadership 1) Service - The act of self-giving, and selflessness giving complete attention and effort, 2) Honesty - the quality of being upright, fair, truth, and sincere 3) Integrity - This depends on consistently doing what is right 4) Humility - It means being humble, allowing others to feel comfortable, 5) Purpose - It is the basic understanding of the importance and nobility of the work. 6) Mentoring - the process of developing, guiding, teaching, training and providing member 7) Positive/Constructive Attitude - the attitude of moving forward constructively, always looking for positive improvement, 8) Trust - the ability to rely or place confidence to someone What is the best definition of leadership? The best definition of leadership is the act of motivating other people toward a common goal. Why is leadership an important skill? Leaders inspire others to follow a certain path in life. What should a leader do? Leaders help their team and organization make progress and act in the right way. Good leaders should build a vision, set clear goals and directions, and map a dynamic path forward for their team or group. What makes a good leader? Good leaders need to be empathetic, exhibit the behavior they want from their team, take responsibility for their actions, delegate effectively, and give praise when needed. The most important quality is to truly understand each team member on a personal level so that they understand the motivations that dictate their work ethic. Ethical leaders always know how to do the right thing Here are 10 ethical leadership characteristics: 1. Justice - is always fair and just. 2. Respect other - the respect that is given to followers. 3. Honesty – means convey facts transparently, no matter how unpopular they may be. 4. Humane - being kind, and act in a manner that is always beneficial to the team. 5. Focus on teambuilding - strives to achieve goals 6. Value driven decision-making - all decisions are first checked to ensure that they are in accordance with the overall organizational values. 7. Encourages initiative - taking the first step rather than waiting for somebody else to do it for them. 8. Leadership by example – means to do the right thing by leading from example. 9. Values awareness - ensure that there is consistent understanding across the organization. 10. No tolerance for ethical violations - expects employees to do the right thing at all times Process Leadership - carry out this process by applying their leadership knowledge and skills. Trait Leadership, means that leaders were born rather than made and due to this belief, those that possess the correct qualities and traits are better suited to leadership. Trait and Process Leadership Model Bass' Theory of Leadership Bass' theory of leadership states that there are three basic ways to explain how people become leaders 1. Some personality traits may lead people naturally into leadership roles. This is the Trait Theory. 2. A crisis or important event may cause a person to rise to the occasion, which brings out extraordinary leadership qualities in an ordinary person. This is the Great Events Theory. 3. People can choose to become leaders. People can learn leadership skills. This is the Transformational or Process Leadership Theory. It is the most widely accepted theory today and the premise on which this leadership guide is based.