Watch the video “How Great Leaders Inspire Action (Links to an external site.),” a classic Ted Talk, of the leadership philosophy of Simon Sinek, a consultant and author of the book “Start with Why.” Sinek contends that inspirational leadership addresses the question of why (i.e., what’s your purpose?). In this video, Sinek explores how leaders can inspire cooperation, trust, and change. Address each bullet point below in a minimum 225 word count post:
- Discuss examples of the transformational leadership behaviors discussed in the video. Discuss the importance of vision when using transformational leadership.
- Describe people who you consider to be transformational leaders—either people you know from your own work experiences or people you have learned about through the business press. What aspects of their leadership style would classify them as transformational leaders?
- Search for the mission statement of two or three companies for which you might want to work someday. Is this an organizational vision that you would find motivating? If so, why? If not, how should the mission statement be re-written?
Please discuss in relation to this week‘s chapter readings. Support your discussion with at least one additional credible scholarly resource in addition to the textbook and the videos (and include as references at the bottom). To be clear: Cite you text, the video and at least one outside credible business source (Forbes, Wall Street Journal, etc) and include as references at the bottom of your post.
Note: To ensure assignment requirements are adequately addressed, review the grading rubric.
- Post your initial response by Sunday at 11:59 pm.
- Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
- Respond by the following Tuesday at 11:59 pm to at least one of your colleagues’ postings. In your responses, be sure to do the following:
- Address the content of each colleague’s analysis and evaluation of the topic and of the integration of the relevant resources.
- Link each colleague’s posting to other colleagues’ postings or to other course materials and concepts, where appropriate and relevant
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