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Class 2, Week 8, Peer Response 1
Class 2, Week 8, Peer Response 1
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Strategic leaders put the strategic leadership framework and the four responsibilities of strategic leaders into consideration as they take on leadership. I agree with the author in this regard and more so when it comes to the identification of Barrack Obama as both a strategic and transformational leader. To add onto the fact that Barack was a transformational leader, it is important to note that this transformational leadership takes more of the form of ‘rational persuasion than inspirational appeals’ (Engbers & Fucilla, 2012). Obama possessed skills and competencies in the line of strategic leadership. 90
Looking at the strategic leadership framework, Obama richly possessed various competencies. I agree with the author regarding the former president’s possession of knowledge and understanding from a rich background, thus making up his frame of reference development as a conceptual competency. Future envisioning is yet another conceptual competency for the former president reflecting through the dimension of strategic planning following a good understanding of his surroundings and the needs in line with these (Gupta, 2013 & Starr, 2018). The last conceptual competency he possessed was problem management involving the various skills and sound judgment leading to effective solutions.
As for the interpersonal competencies, these could be seen in his impeccable ability to communicate, value-share through building of consensus, and conducting negotiation effectively. In line with this, I further agree with the author. On top of these interpersonal competencies, as a strategic and transformational leader, the people could easily listen to him on various issues made public owing to his personality attributes (Smith, n.d. & Starr, 2018). The former president was able to foster good relationships with his cabinet, the government, and the American people in their entirety, as well as easily network on the social and political fronts (Jones, 2009). These fall within the technical competencies, those of which Obama thrived at as a strategic and transformational leader. This, as the author suggests, made it possible for Obama to make progress in the lives of his people and n his leadership.
When looking at the four strategic leadership qualities of strategic leaders, Obama was the epitome of such leadership in this light. I completely agree with the author in this sense. Obama, on getting into office after the elections, possessed these important qualities. One of these was the looking at the problems that the people faced through a new set of eyes and in new ways, which details strategic awareness especially when looking at the adoption of the Affordable Care Act which made health care accessible to all Americans (Engbers & Fucilla, 2012). His symbolic communication also came in handy in making true his strategic leadership capabilities. This was true since it was a way of bringing to life objectives and goals of his leadership to his people, and in a manner through which the American people would believe (Smith, n.d.). There were believable promises made through his strong communication.
At the same time, Obama had a good understanding of himself as well as his competition. The author identifies Hillary in this case since she was running against Obama for presidency. The then president ensured that his communication worked for his various audiences, something that was used to get ahead f his competition at the time (Calhoun, 2015). He was tech savvy and this helped him get ahead of traditional approaches applied by Hillary. Lastly, Obama managed to get the right team onboard his running for presidency so that he had good and effective cabinet officers and advisers onboard, including his rivals, such as Hillary to move his presidential agenda forward while ensuring that the Americans’ future was cared for (Jones, 2009). I agree with the author regarding Obama being aware of his strengths and weaknesses, as well as his skills, failures, and successes and using them to his advantage.
References
Calhoun, L. (2015, Jun 30). 5 Leadership Lessons from Obama. Inc. https://www.inc.com/lisa-calhoun/5-leadership-lessons-from-obama.htmlEngbers, T., & Fucilla, L. (2012). Transforming Leadership and the O bama Presidency. Social Science Quarterly, 93(5), 1127-1145.
Gupta, V. (2013). A five-dimensional integrated framework of strategic leadership: application to the emerging markets and implications for the industrial markets. In The Oxford Handbook of Leadership.Jones, J.M. (2009, Sept 21). Obama’s Leadership Qualities Stand Out to Americans. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/123104/obama-leadership-qualities-stand-out-americans.aspxSmith, R. (N.D.). Strategic Leadership: The 10 Characteristics of a Good Leader. Clear Point Strategy. https://www.clearpointstrategy.com/strategic-leadership-characteristics/Starr, L. M. (2018). Frameworks for Strategic Leadership.
My Reflection on writing the research paper
My Reflection on writing the research paper
The research paper has been quite a challenge as well as a motivator in the field of medicine. It has been a challenge because I had to look for information from several books and internet and try to relate with whatever happens in real life in a short period of time. On the other hand, it has really expounded my knowledge in the field of medicine in that I have come to know that communication is very important when it comes to the client who is the patient and the medical practitioner. As I was doing the research I have been acquired a lot of knowledge that I will be able to apply in the field of medicine. I have learnt that it is very important for nurses to have open channels of communication so that once the clients have confidence with them, they can be in a position to open up and tell them of their problems which will even make it easier for the nurses to come up with the solutions or best cure. This is because they are in a position to obtain the history of the patient which they later use to analyse the main problem.
My feeling towards the entire research is that I have tried my best because as it was an extensive research and I had not done such a paper earlier on. I am very delighted to have completed it with the short period of time allocated and am quite sure that given enough time to do research I could do better as I would even engage the medical practitioners to be able to gain more information that is on the ground.
I therefore would take this opportunity to compliment my Lecuters who have been very much supportive in guiding me through the entire process of schooling. You have been of graet importance to me as I could not have reached this far. I finally would want to kindly request the person marking this essay to kindly accept the fact that I have done my level best given the challenges faced while doing the research as time was limited and therefore relied only on secondary data and that am still learning on how to conduct research . I therefore request that you kindly consider awarding me better marks which will enable me achieve a better grade and move ahead.
My Reading and Writing Experiences
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When I first learned to read the excitement was overwhelming as I tried to read out aloud all words that I came across. However, it proved difficult to read out complex words and words that did not have vowels. When I was young I enjoyed reading to me it was an adventure reading short stories and learning new words. Learning to read was not as challenging as learning the meaning of the new words that I came across. The most memorable stories that I read were short stories they were full of adventure and new discoveries. The stories were able to capture my mind and put me in a state of adventure to find out the discoveries made by the writer. My imagination developed from reading these short stories. The fact that the stories were short made the interesting to me at my young age.
Today I engage my mind in the research literature and history because it is my area of interest. I also read magazines like writer’s digest because I am able to develop writing skills by reading the magazine. Recently I read an article on American history that I did not like. The writer presented an article that was not well researched; the names of the early explorers were not well researched. It is the writer’s responsibility to research on a topic before writing about it. The work of a writer is to pass on ideas and facts to readers not confuse them. Over the summer, I read online journals on a writer’s forum blog. The journals gave me insight in writing and developing ideas for publishing.
Recently I wrote a research article on life before American civilization. The article was a success since fellow American history writers approved it. I took the time to research on the internet and local library. I also looked in a local museum for artifacts’ that I could write about. I enjoyed the writing because American history is my field of interest. I also enjoyed the writing because I had taken my time to research on facts.
I enjoy writing about American history. I enjoy writing in a relaxed environment where I am not under any form of pressure. When writing a piece of work with a set time deadline, I enjoy writing it before the deadline so that I avoid rushing on the deadline. This way I am able to provide quality content that has been well researched.
I enjoy story writing because it is engaging. I have to present the ideas in limited words; I have to manage my content so that I am objective. Story writing presents an opportunity for me as a writer to improve my skills since the reviews from readers are forwarded to me, and improvements are made based.
When writing I am held back by lack of information. Since my writing is based on research, I have to search for information before I start writing. When the information I am looking for is not available, I experience hard time writing. This is because I aim at providing only facts and providing content that can be used by young scholars to do their academic research. As a writer concentrating on research and American history, I try my best to write history without changing the facts.