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In the intricate dance of organizational dynamics, the question of whether leaders shape culture or are shaped by it has long been a subject of debate. This relationship is not merely a one-way street but a complex interplay where both elements influence and mold each other.
“Yes, you did it Emma!”
Eva shouts to her best friend Emma with an excited voice. Eva and Emma had been best friends since the second grade…
Many of us think that prayer and meditation are for religious people, not for those who operate in a market place, people who day and night deal with business practices.
BOOM! CRASH! Suddenly Sofi woke up and noticed that she was laying on her cold wooden bedroom floor, because she dreamt about when she was 3 years old and a bear chased Sofi. But she thought to herself “It shouldn't be so terrifying this time when I go hiking in the forest with Eva”.
Jack was so worried it was Jack's big day. It all depended on this one test, and Jack's knees were shaking and he was trembling. The test would tell Jack if he was smart enough to go to the 6th grade, but if he didn’t pass Jack would have to stay an extra year.
One of the funniest jokes about being a freelancer goes as follows: I did not want to work 9-5, so I quit my job and became a freelancer, and now, I work 24/7. While it sounds funny, it is largely true. Most freelancers work way more than people in regular jobs. But, there is a way to have a freelance job while working normal hours. The secret is staying productive. Here is how I do it.
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
--Henry Ford
You are running above the Earth,
Trying to help, to make, to feel.
New smells, new places, new wheels-
Everything inspires your heart.
Leaders may believe they steer their business ships. But “there is a long-standing controversy about the relationship between culture and leadership. Do leaders shape culture, or are they shaped by it?” as Bolman and Deal (2008) point out.
Bass (1990) defines transformational leadership in this way: “Superior leadership performance -- transformational leadership -- occurs when leaders broaden and elevate the interests of their employees, when they generate awareness and acceptance of the purpose and mission of the group, and when they stir their employees to look beyond their own self-interest for the good of the group” (p. 21). The article proposes a concept of transformational leadership as a synthesis of adaptive, authentic and inspirational leadership approaches.
