Plato and Modern Leadership Models

2021 ◽  
pp. 164-183
Author(s):  
Dominic Scott ◽  
R. Edward Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Family Resemblances ◽  
Leadership Approaches ◽  
Thought Leadership

This chapter looks at the relation between Plato’s models and modern leadership approaches. Unlike many recent theorists, Plato avoids trying to find a single definition, but seeks to isolate the different strands in the complex phenomenon of leadership. In this way, his approach anticipates Wittgenstein’s idea of ‘family resemblances’: leadership is not treated as a simple ‘universal’, but a complex with several overlapping strands. Another feature of Plato’s approach is the importance of ethics to leadership. To compare Platonic and modern approaches to leadership more specifically, this chapter looks at four recent theories, and shows that each one has close affinities with one or more of Plato’s models: Burns’ ‘transformational’ leadership resembles the artist and the navigator; Collins’ ‘Level 5’ leadership the weaver; Greenleaf’s ‘servant’ leadership the doctor and teacher; Gardner’s ‘thought’ leadership (in his book, Leading Minds) the sower.

scholarly journals Optimistic Leadership for the 21st Century and Beyond

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Techo
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Visionary Leadership ◽  
Leadership Theory ◽  
Distance Decay ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Global Organizations ◽  
Differentiated Leadership ◽  
Leadership Approaches

This paper proposes a future-driven leadership theory — the optimistic leadership theory — suitable for leading global organizations in the 21st century and beyond. The author argues that a new leadership approach is needed for these organizations due to the complexities that come with globalization, including the high need for knowledge and experience, distance decay, and cultural amalgamation. Five leadership approaches (Visionary Leadership, Differentiated Leadership, Servant Leadership, Flexible Leadership, and Reflective Leadership) are identified as the components of optimistic leadership. Following a review of the rare literature on these five leadership approaches, they are found to constitute the best determinants of successful future-driven leadership. There is an overlap of some approaches and some are within other leadership theories such as transformational leadership. A model of optimistic leadership is suggested, and a test based on the variables is proposed.

Leadership approaches for modern nursing practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Peter Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Contingency Theory ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Core ◽  
Leadership Approaches ◽  
Cardiovascular Care

This article identifies leadership as a key responsibility of all nurses, including those working in cardiovascular care—whether they are in a leadership role or whether they have to exercise it in their practice. It identifies that, contrary to early theories, leadership knowledge and skills may be taught and learned. It identifies the core definitions of leadership as being influenced by the person, result, position, purpose or process. It goes on to discuss two key approaches to leadership that suit modern nursing practice: contingency theory and transformational leadership. These approaches are demonstrated as pertinent to modern nursing practice because they focus on the development of people and the team, and require emotional intelligence.

Teaching Leadership: Using Wonder Woman to Highlight the Importance of Gender Diversity

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Urick ◽  
Therese A. Sprinkle
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Bases Of Power ◽  
Wonder Woman ◽  
Teaching Leadership

We review the film Wonder Woman as a teaching tool for leadership. The film illustrates transformational leadership, bases of power, and servant leadership while considering how gender plays into leadership. The approach we suggest is through a “movie club” activity in which the entire film is viewed, students are given prompts on what to look for, and an in-depth discussion is facilitated following viewing the movie. Wonder Woman is a useful teaching tool that engages students in ways that more traditional examples might not.

scholarly journals Organizational Leadership Styles and Employees’ Performance in Nigerian Deposit Money Banks

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Saidi Adedeji Adelekan ◽  
Patience Erigbe
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Organizational Leadership ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The concept of organizational leadership has engendered a lot of arguments. This is because the effect of leadership on every human endeavor cannot be over emphasized. This study examines the effect of organizational leadership styles, particularly transformational and servant leadership styles on deposit money banks (DMBs) employees’ performance in Nigeria. The study employs survey research design, through the administration of structured questionnaire on some selected employees of Guaranty Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa and First Bank. The research instrument was validated through content validity index, while test-retest method was employed in ascertaining the reliability of the research instrument. The findings revealed that transformational leadership and servant leadership styles have positive and significant combined effect on deposit money banks employees’ performance (F-stat= 58.02 *0.000). The adjusted coefficient of determination (adjusted R2) suggested that, 39.4% variation in employees’ performance is accounted for by transformational leadership and servant leadership styles. The t-value revealed that when the two variables (transformational leadership and servant leadership styles) are combined, they both have positive and significant effect on deposit money banks employees’ performance. Therefore, it can be concluded that transformational leadership and servant leadership styles both have individual as well as combined positive and significant effect on deposit money banks employees’ performance.

scholarly journals The Role of Servant Leadership and Transformational Leadership in Academic Pharmacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Allen ◽  
W. Mark Moore ◽  
Lynette R. Moser ◽  
Kathryn K. Neill ◽  
Usha Sambamoorthi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Servant Leadership

Ethics and Leadership

2014 ◽  
pp. 182-200
Author(s):  
Nathan S. Hartman ◽  
Thomas A. Conklin
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Employee Behaviors ◽  
Prevention Orientation ◽  
Leadership Approaches ◽  
Promotion Orientation

Leadership and ethics continue to be important areas of research. The devastating results of failed leadership in numerous Enron-like situations have ensured that this is the case. This chapter suggests how various leadership approaches and behaviors lead to or develop different types of employee behaviors that impact organizational outcomes. The framework reviews ethical, transformational, and servant leadership, and their relationship to self-regulatory focus. Specifically, promotion-oriented leaders tend to reflect transformational and servant-leadership behaviors and resulting organization cultures, while prevention-oriented leaders match the ethical leadership style and related organization culture. The prevention orientation is a conservative mindset guiding consistent leader and employee behavior, while the promotion orientation provides more opportunity for unique and innovative behaviors.

scholarly journals The role of transformational leadership, servant leadership, digital transformation on organizational performance and work innovation capabilities in digital era

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Bestadrian Prawiro Theng ◽  
Elyzabeth Wijaya ◽  
Juliana Juliana ◽  
Eddy Eddy ◽  
Ali Syah Putra
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Digital Era

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between Transformational Leadership, Servant Leadership, Digital Transformation on Organizational Performance and Work Innovation Capabilities. In this study using quantitative methods and data analysis techniques Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS 3.0 software. This research was conducted in the population in this study were all SMEs in Tangerang City as many as 41,155 SMEs and based on the method of determining the number of samples according to Morgan, the sample units were 380 SMEs. Based on the results of data analysis transformational leadership has a significant effect on Organizational Performance, transformational leadership has no significant effect on Work Innovation Capabilities, servant leadership has a significant effect on Organizational Performance, servant leadership has no significant effect on work innovation capabilities, digital transformation has no significant effect on organizational performance, digital Transformation has no significant effect on Work Innovation Capabilities, organizational performance has no significant effect on work innovation capabilities, transformational Leadership has no significant effect on Organizational Performance through Work Innovation Capabilities, Servant Leadership has no significant effect on Organizational Performance through Work Innovation Capabilities, digital transformation has no significant effect significant to the Organizational Performance through Work Innovation Capabilities.

The Servant Leadership Movement

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-98
Author(s):  
Maria Pressentin
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Organizational Success ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Younger Generation

Uncommon to other well-known leadership models, servant leadership explicitly states that the leader serves as steward by focusing the needs of the follower, whilst growing the followers' autonomy. Consequentially, followers increase in capabilities and collaboration, strengthen the leader-follower relationships through partnership, generating decisions that can withstand challenges and sustain organizational success. The purpose of this chapter is to convey the applicability of this universal leadership model, illustrating how it would support culturally diverse case studies. Research has already stated that servant leadership is beneficial to Millennials. Little literature has focused on how to operationalize it for the younger generation. Barbuto Jr. and Gottfredson mentioned the vital necessity to train Millennials in servant leadership behaviors. This chapter highlights how servant leadership might be applied based on Van Dierendonck's and Van Dierendonck and Nuijten's research on Millennials in Asia.

From Followers to Leaders

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-203
Author(s):  
Leodis Scott ◽  
Joanne E. Howard ◽  
Diane M. Howard ◽  
Angela C. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
Traditional Leadership ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
First Time ◽  
Leadership Approaches

The aim of this chapter is to respond to the emerging scholarship regarding first-time leaders and their situational and potential lifelong learning environment. While transformational leadership may be the long-term goal, this chapter explains how the process of other traditional leadership theories can help assess and build upon its effectiveness. In this regard, this chapter argues that transformational leadership can be conceptually understood through five other supporting leadership theories, namely behavioral, psychodynamic, situational, path-goal, and leader-member exchange. Thus, there are essential characteristics from traditional leadership theories and others that can help aspiring transformational first-time leaders. Through lifelong learning and development of these leadership approaches, culminating characteristics for aspiring transformational first-time leaders must include not only motivation and morality, but also care and concern for others.

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