Business Leaders
Coaching for Commitment: Managerial Strategies for Obtaining Superior Performance, Dennis C. Kinlaw, Pfeiffer & Co.

Coaching for Commitment is an organized seminar style work written to teach management professionals the art of coaching employees. Specifically it outlines ways in which managers can employ the technique of coaching to build employee commitment.. Kinlaw also explains that through fifteen years of experience, teaching and managing that he has developed a system that will help organizations to thrive in today's rapidly moving and highly competitive business environment.

Kinlaw contends that the role of a manager is to a large degree associated with the concept of indirect motivation rather than direct product involvement. Yet, he makes clear that the greatest challenge of management lies in the fact that although they are expected to get results through indirect ways that they cannot simply directly control the employees who's competence they are responsible for. Kinlaw believes that…...

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Works Cited

Kinlaw, Dennis C. Coaching for Commitment: Managerial Strategies for Obtaining

Superior Performance, San Diego, CA: Pfeiffer & Co.

Accounting

Accounting professionals are not often thought of as leadership material, at least until they build a strong background in finance or another discipline. They possess valuable skills, but those skills are viewed more as a staff function, nice to have but not essential to developing competitive advantage and building shareholder value.

The accounting skill sets include the ability to monitor and manage costs; in-depth knowledge of the regulatory environment; and the ability to deconstruct the firm's operations down in order to better identify areas of weakness.

Cost control is critical because profit depends on margins, and keeping fixed costs low. ithout adequate cost control, sales gains are eroded, and can even be damaging. The accounting function is vital to maintaining profitability.

The accountants are able to deconstruct the firm's operations in order to not only control costs, but to increase efficiency. Each firm has areas where their performance is relatively weak. Proper accounting…...

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Works Cited

Taub, Stephen. (2003). Now Playing: CFO as CEO. CFO.com. Retrieved July 17, 2008 at  http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/3007934 

Moffat, David. (2008). Visionaries and Enablers:

CEO and CFO Leadership Styles. CEO Forum. Retrieved July 17, 2008 at  http://www.ceoforum.com.au/article-detail.cfm?cid=6350 

Cooper, Tim. (2008). CFO to CEO? I Don't Think So. CIMA Insight. Retrieved July 17, 2008 at http://www1.cimaglobal.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0AE7C4D1-9C10C71C/live/root.xsl/Insight054220_4303.htm

business leaders have to carry more than just the responsibility of delivering shareholder value. They must also ensure excellent corporate governance, if they are to leave a valuable legacy of honest and responsible business ethics for future generations. The last is key, since it is 'the organization,' which impacts hundreds of thousands of lives, offering as it does, the prospect of achieving economic security. After all, both office politics as well as many a petty and big crime has its roots in economic motivation! Thus, organizations play virtually a central role in molding business and human values, which is why it is vital for successful business leaders to also lead the way to increasing community involvement, especially in securing the welfare of the weaker segments of society.
In practice, however, for business leaders to deliver on the corporate governance and community involvement fronts, it is vital that they possess the…...

Bill Gates: A Successful Business Leader
A Successful Business Leader

The business world has changed into an uncertain and competitive environment where business entities compete with each other on the basis of their distinctive competencies and strategies (Basefsky, Maxwell, Post, & Turner, 2004). Globalization, intensity of competition, and technological advancements has completely changed the way businesses operate and compete in their industries (Goldsmith & Hesselbein, 2006). The biggest role is played by the business leaders in the organizations who truly brought significant changes to the entire business landscape. The World has seen just a few business leaders who can be recognized as revolutionary for their organizations due to ground-breaking performances in their fields. In the supreme supervision of these business leaders, organizations flourished in such an astonishing way that they became examples for the next generation (Hannah, Woolfolk, & Lord, 2009).

This paper presents an analysis of the leadership styles and contributions of…...

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References

Basefsky, M., Maxwell, J.L., Post, A., & Turner, B.G. (2004). Manager to Manager - What Are the Five Most Important Qualities of an Effective Leader? Journal American Water Works Association, 96 (7): 34-36.

Bernthal, P., & Wellins, R. (2006). Trends in Leader Development and Succession, Academic journal article from Human Resource Planning, 29 (2): 5-9.

Dearlove, D. (1999). Business the Bill Gates Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Richest Business Leader, 1st Edition. U.S.: AMACOM

Goldsmith, M., & Hesselbein, F. (2006). The Leader of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Practices for the New Era, 1st Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Business Leadership in Relation to Rhetoric
Leadership and Rhetoric

Leadership is a trait that is neither completely naturally inherited, nor completely learned. But it is actually a blend of inherited characteristics/traits and the skills cultured from individuals throughout their lifetimes. This is exactly what Pericles had. He possessed an inherent set of leadership traits as well as a voice that persuaded and converted an entire empire to great heights of success and prosperity.

Leadership is a trait that is somewhat naturally inherited within individuals while strategically polished afterwards. Leaders rise not merely through the blessings of natural inheritance but require equal attention towards flourish and sequential development. hile searching for a definition, one's mind comes up with a usual set of traits that constitute to leadership, but in cases when one experiences leadership the definition becomes compliant to the characteristics observed in the meantime. Leadership is often confused with management although both are…...

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Works Cited

Bertocc, David., Leadership in Organizations. USA. University Press of America. 2009. Print

Yukl, Leadership in Organizations. Sixth Edition. India. Pearson Education India. 2006. Print

Prafka. Leadership as Established by a Public Sector Learning Executive. USA. ProQuest LLC. 2009. Print

Storey, John. Leadership in Organizations: Current Issues and Key Trends. London. Routledge. 2004. Print

business leader would be an individual who, well trained and equipped with the knowledge and skills required to run a team of persons, would take the organization that has employed them from where it stands to a state of profit. A good manager must be able to run the company effectively and efficiently with all the tools at his disposal, including the team of innovative people. He must be able to use his communication skills and his charisma to influence and encourage his team into giving their best performance, which would in turn bring in more ideas and therefore more profits for the company.
Business Leadership and Management Skills

The word 'manage' in English means the basic idea of being able to control events and things as they are meant to be controlled or manipulated, even if the system itself has not been designed and decided upon by the 'manager' of…...

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Bono, Edward de. "The Art of Management, How can you learn to manage and acquire the skills that the art of management requires?" Retrieved From

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Leader
Business Leadership: A Literature Review

Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. Carly Fiorina. hat do these names have in common? An easy one - they are all CEO's of major global corporations. They are businessmen, and women, at the tops of their professions, leaders of the international business community. But how did they get there? How did they achieve so much? How did they build organizations that are at once creative, competitive, and most important of all...profitable?

Business leadership is both a science and an art. Yes, there are successful executives who just seem to be born with the knack, just as there are painters who seem to have been born with a brush in their hand, and great musicians who were composing before they could walk. But, we can't all be Mozarts, most of us must observe, study, and practice the techniques of success. Business is a skill, and like any other…...

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Gerald J., et al., eds. Emerging Trends in Sales Thought and Practice. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1998. Ciulla, Joanne B., ed. Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. Fredrick, Candice, and Camille Atkinson. Women, Ethics and the Workplace. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997. Gilley, Jerry W., and Ann May Cunich. Beyond the Learning Organization: Creating a Culture of Continuous Growth and Development Through State-Of-The-Art Human Resource Practices. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2000. Gratton, Lynda. Strategic Human Resource Management: Corporate Rhetoric and Human Reality. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Guion, Robert M. Assessment, Measurement, and Prediction for Personnel Decisions / . Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998. Hare, Sharon E., and A. Paul Hare, eds. SYMLOG Field Theory: Organizational Consultation, Value Differences, Personality and Social Perception. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1996. Hargrove, Robert. E-Leader: Reinventing Leadership in a Connected Economy. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Pub., 2001. Henderson, George. Human Relations Issues in Management. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1996. London, Manuel. Career Barriers: How People Experience, Overcome, and Avoid Failure. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998. Maddock, Richard C., and Richard L. Fulton. Motivation, Emotions, and Leadership: The Silent Side of Management. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1998. Miller, William C. Flash of Brilliance: Inspiring Creativity Where You Work. Reading, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1998. Murrell, Audrey J., Faye J. Crosby, and Robin J. Ely, eds. Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships within Multicultural Organizations. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999. Parks, Craig D., and Lawrence J. Sanna. Group Performance and Interaction. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999. Pfeffer, Jeffrey. New Directions for Organization Theory: Problems and Prospects. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Sims, Ronald R. Ethics and Organizational Decision Making: A Call for Renewal. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1994.http://www.questia.com/PageManagerHTMLMediator.qst?action=openPageViewer&docId=25598162"Bauer,

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CQ in your chosen vocational area and analyze the extent to which the development of CQ might help the progression of your future career.
Vocational Area: usiness Leader

Interest in cross cultural management research has increased drastically as a result of global business. It has become vital to learn to deal effectively with people from a variety of cultures as diversity is now seen as a business advantage. The concepts of internationalization, multinationality, multiculturalism, as well as globalization are now commonly understood. The collaboration of all people across various business sectors is leading to increased revenue and business for corporations. The international service sector has seen an incredible increase in diversity and therefore a special need to learn to work together properly. The various cultural beliefs and traditions of different groups can easily lead to conflict since they are different for every people and nationality (Arora & Rohmetra, 2010).

The relationship between…...

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Alon, I. & Higgins, J., 2005. Global Leadership Success through Emotional and Cultural Intelligences. Elsevier, pp. 501-512.

Arora, P. & Rohmetra, N., 2010. Cultural Intelligence: Leveraging Differences to Bridge the Gap in the International Hospitality Industry. International Review of Business Research Papers, Volume 6, p. 216.

Where there is change there will be questions. Workers may question the skill of the manager, and there may be questions about how the change will affect the outlook of the company. A good leader can calm many of those problems by remaining positive throughout the change process. When the leader stands behind the change idea and offers nothing but positive words about it, that confidence helps to bring together workers around the change as well. Change can cause many workers to become worried. A leader that shuts himself up in his office while change is being put into practice is sending the wrong message to the whole organization. Communication before, during and after the change course is vital to making sure that change causes as little commotion as possible (the Five Top Qualities Needed for an Effective Leader to Facilitate Change in an Organization, 2012).

To go along with confidence,…...

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Business
How forces in and outside of business firms are changing the management task, altering business operations, and modifying stakeholder expectations?

Business, particularly those heavily emphasizing technology, are constantly changing. In many instances these changes are occurring due to a combination of internal and external factors. These factors often modify stakeholder expectation because the fundamental business itself has shifted. A very dynamic force that is changing the management task is that of globalization. Globalization is particularly contentious because it has no geographic limits. Competition can now come from anywhere at anytime. As such, management must be cognizant of the changing dynamics prevailing in their respective industries. The auto industry, for example, has directly felt the impact on globalization and stakeholder expectations. The auto industry prior to foreign competition was characterized by large fixed asset costs, hefty legacy and pension obligations, and slow innovation. However, through globalization the Japanese's were able to enter…...

Stakeholders may also exercise political power indirectly, for example, during protests by environmentalist on a government move.
Lastly, the stakeholders have legal power. Legal power means they can sue the business firm if they feel they unfairly treated by the business firm. This happens when they sue a corporation for damages due to harm caused by the firm on the stakeholder. An example is a lawsuit by customers for damages caused by consuming, or using unsafe goods or services, brought by employees damage caused by injury at work, or brought by environmentalists for damages on the environment either by water polluting, air pollution, or by harm to habitats and species of animals and plants (Weber & Lawrence, 2011).

In order to start a coalition with the stakeholders, the CEO needs to hold a first meeting with them. The meeting should have some characteristics, which include optimism, have energy, and signal a…...

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References

Weber, J. & Lawrence, T.A. (2011). Business and Society. Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy,

3rd ed. Unites States, USA: McGraw-Hill Company.

Kokemuller, N. (2013). How Do Stakeholders Influence Business Activities? Chron. Retrieved from  http://smallbusiness.chron.com/stakeholders-influence-business-activities-18754.html 

Loewenstein, M., Holt, C. & Rabinowitz, P. (2013). Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and Their Interest. Community Toolbox. Retrieved from   of contents/chapter7_section8_main.aspxhttp://ctb.ku.edu/en/table 

Business Entities, Laws, And egulations
This paper will focus on the challenges faced by one start-up businesses and an established company with labor issues. For the start-up, a birth clinic, a case needs to be made for the type of business entity they should each use. The established company is a construction company whose business entity must be identified and employment law pertaining to the scenario will be discussed. For each business, identification of the best business entity for the given situation needs to be accomplished first. The decision of the type of business entity will take into consideration control, taxation, and liability issues. eview of the laws and regulations that each ownership group must consider and identification of risks that the businesses should protect against will be discussed. eview of the construction company's business structure and how it affects control, taxation, and liability issues along with how employment law impacts…...

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References

Cheeseman, H.R. (2010). The legal environment of business and online commerce: Business ethics, e-commerce, regulatory, and international issues. (6th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

University of Phoenix. (2010). Course syllabus. Retrieved from University of Phoenix, BUS415 - Business Law website.

In addition, we might ask ourselves if the richer nations have or not a greater responsibility as far as the research and development in the area of sustainable energy are concerned. (Reid, environmentalleader.com)
elieving that there are such energy sources or consumption policies which would allow the planet's resources to be maintained for a longer period, while making sure that all the nations are provided with a comfortable living is rather naive. Under these circumstances, it has been argued that doing the moral thing means choosing the least terrible solution. The problem is that this implies a relativistic evaluation of the matter which impacts the manner in which the moral principles are conceived.

efore stepping into a debate regarding the character of the moral principles, we may state that we agree with the opinions which state that there is no such thing as objective moral principles."Ethics can be seen as a…...

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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Ross, W.D. Translator). Retrieved from September 30, 2010http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/aristotle/Ethics.pdf

Hartman Laura P. & Joe DesJardins. Business Ethics Decision Making for Personal integrity & Social Responsibility, Second Edition

Governmental CS policies do not only assist consumers or organizations, they assist both the consumer and the organization (The Impact of Government egulations on Corporate Social esponsibility - How Government Policies Shape CS, 2009).
It is often said that international environmental laws do not differ from one another. European environmental regulations are very similar to the U.S. environmental laws. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has set up a database that contains all of the contaminated lands in the U.S. This database includes existing and formerly contaminated lands. The European Union, especially France has also put into place databases to track existing and formerly contaminated lands within France. These efforts are there to protect the public from coming into contact with contaminated lands. International governmental environmental policies do not differ from one another in the fact that they all seek to protect the public and the organizations (The Impact of…...

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Business Ethics
ecent high profile bankruptcies in the U.S. corporate sector such as the ones filed by Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing in 2001 have highlighted the importance of financial ethics in business since lack of ethical practices were identified as the main cause of their failures. The business scandals underlined the importance of stricter regulation of the corporate sector and forced the U.S. legislature to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that contains a number of important provisions relating to business ethics. This paper about business ethics focuses on the impact of financial ethics in business.

Greed and an over-riding focus on increasing the profits and "share-holder value" usually leads managers and business leaders to disregard financial ethics in business. Although the impact of such "over sight" may be beneficial in the short run, it is invariably disastrous in the long run -- both at the individual as well as the…...

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Hackworth, Michael. (1999). "Only the Ethical Survive." Issues in Ethics - V. 10, N. 2, Fall 1999. Retrieved on July 1, 2005 from  http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v10n2/ethical-surv.html 

'Summary of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002." (2005). AICPA Web site. Retrieved on July 1, 2005 from  http://www.aicpa.org/info/sarbanes_oxley_summary.htm 

Thomas, C.W. (2002). "The Rise and Fall of Enron; When a Company Looks Too Good to Be True, It Usually Is." Journal of Accountancy. 193(4), 41+.

Title IX of the White Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement (WCCPA) Act, which is part of Sarbanes-Oxley provides for penalties of $5,000,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 20 years for willful and knowing violations. ("Summary of ... " 2005)

I. Introduction
A. Hook: Leadership plays a crucial role in achieving success and driving change.
B. Background: Define leadership and its significance in various fields, such as business, politics, and education.
C. Thesis statement: A strong leader possesses certain qualities and skills, and their ability to inspire and guide others towards a common goal is essential for success.

II. Body Paragraph 1: Qualities of a Strong Leader
A. Topic sentence: Strong leaders demonstrate excellent communication skills.
1. Supporting detail: Effective communication promotes clarity and helps leaders convey their vision.
2. Supporting detail: Active listening skills enable leaders to understand and address....

Key Recommendations for Organizational Change in Informational Systems (IS)
Effective organizational change in IS is crucial for leveraging technology to improve business outcomes. Here are key recommendations to navigate this transformation successfully:
1. Establish a Clear Vision and Communication Plan
Define the desired future state of the IS function, articulating its role in supporting business objectives.
Develop a comprehensive communication plan to engage stakeholders throughout the change process.
Provide regular updates and feedback to maintain buy-in and address concerns.
2. Empower Change Agents and Leaders
Identify and cultivate a team of change agents within the IS function and the organization.
Provide....

Effective Leadership Strategies for Guiding Teams in the Age of AI
The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the workplace, and leaders need to adapt their strategies to effectively guide their teams through this technological revolution. Here are some effective leadership strategies for navigating the age of AI:
1. Embrace AI Technology:
Leaders must acknowledge the transformative potential of AI and actively seek ways to integrate it into their teams' workflows. This involves understanding the capabilities and limitations of AI, exploring its applications, and providing training and support to team members.
2. Focus on Human Value:
While AI can automate tasks and enhance....

Steve Jobs: Visionary, Innovator, and Cultural Icon

The Legacy of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs' impact on the tech industry: How his vision and leadership revolutionized computing, mobile communication, and digital technology.
Jobs' influence on design and user experience: The transformative role he played in shaping the way we interact with technology as consumers.
Jobs' entrepreneurial genius: Analyzing the key factors behind his success as a founder, CEO, and innovator.

The Visionary and Creative Genius

Steve Jobs as a visionary leader: How he inspired his employees, motivated innovation, and created a culture of creativity at Apple.
Jobs' obsession with perfection: Examining his relentless....