Leaders

& Leadership Attributes:

Week 1: 21st Century Leadership

Assignment-1 by mglobdell3

Table 1/ Leaders & Leadership Attributes:

Leader(s)

Leadership Attributes or Behaviors

Elon Reeve Musk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
(Empowerment, Accountability, Courage, and Humility)
He encouraged the staff members in meetings to freely share
developed ideas (Empowerment), and respect fellow staff
workers (Accountability). He opened pathways to allow staff
members to explore better ways to stimulate and release the
thoughts of team players and also In reaching our own
conclusions (Empowerment) and challenge respectfully in the
expo meetings to encourage them to be self motivated for their
successful ideas to be applied. (Accountability). Even thou he
pushes the efforts of those involved in projects he is Humble and In
business... companies that want to survive...are smart enough to
know that caring and cooperation are key factors." So, this is what
he is for his people/staff for the ongoing success. Note: As a
Humble, Empathic Business Leader that he has become the
More Successful he has been with his businesses and the
people he leads.

Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor

and Investor.
CEO and CTO of SpaceX,
Product architect and CEO of
Tesla Motors,Chairman of
SolarCity

Extended Ref.

(Courage) he has always continued efforts to never give up on his

people and innovation to strive for creative success.
(Humility) stepping back when necessary to allow others on the
team to continue a functioning process.

Steven Paul Jobs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
(Empowerment, Accountability, and Courage)
This man made world-renowned speeches in business conferences
and was an influential speaker of new era of electronics companion
devices with the help of his co-founders. He lead a team of creative
new idealistic people and advanced technology advocates for the
problems and challenges faced to become the worlds most used
and secure devices. The Team worked with even thou his
leadership skills were lacking he possessed great team players from
his stimulating (Empowerment) and all who were invested in this
process struggled in new innovated and successful tech. ideas of all
time. Even thou the stress environment of new and innovated ideas
was an ongoing process there was (Accountability) factors that
were very important to this leader, so caring and cooperation were
key factors also accountable for creating new and simpler tools /
devices for all to use in business, school, and consumer play.
Despite his down fall, then later returning to the company and
started a new venture was consoled by empowered professionals to
lead in (Courage) as set forward to a continued path of success.
Even thou he has not lived up to many peoples expectations in and
out of the business perspectives, it has been known that the most
success was towards the end of his life due to his illness of
(Humility) because of contribution towards his teams, boards, and
family.

Cofounder, Chairman, and CEO,

Apple Inc.
Cofounder and CEO,
Pixar
Founder and CEO,
NeXT Inc.

Table 2/ Leadership Vision & Industrial Business Association:
Leadership

Possible Actions

Your Leadership Vision

Attributes
EACH
(Empowerment,
Accountability,
Courage, and
Humility)

Smart working-
Intellectual
thinking-
Innovative-
Motivation-
Communication-
Consistency-
Virtually Stable-
Enthusiastic-
Education-
Evaluative-
Organized-
Flexible-
Respectful-
Cooperation-
Stimulate-

How Did it
Go?

Week:
I have an oath to
empower my team to
work completely and
honestly. To also be
punctual.

I will encourage my team

to be creative and think
of the company.

I will encourage my team

to give their thoughts &
ideas freely in meetings.

Now:

My Vision is to be an
honest, empathetic
and impactful project
leader and to be
recognized
internationally within
my industry. I am
committed to
growing as a leader
and delivering valueadded projects to the
end users.

To always respect each
Long-term:
other, to take advice
from each other, and
I want everyone to be
develop excellent
prosperous towards
channeled
the companys goals
communication.
and expectations. To
Month, & Year:
be smart about
Possible increase
productivity, to also
be diligent more then
productivity, ongoing
competitors. Welltraining courses.
developed training
Meetings with leader.
for open forum to
Post worker for the
cultivate creative and
month recognition.
innovative ideas of
Incentive receivable cross
the teams involved.
develop, and help solve
mistakes made in the
past.

For the most

part all involved
in the companys
behalf wanted to
see more
motivational
incentives for
them.

Intellectual
thinking-

Motivation-

Organized-

Consistency-

Flexible-

Respectful-

Enthusiastic-
Cooperation-

Further Reflections:
What other leadership attributes and behaviors do you want to strengthen as you
think about your current context?

Smart working-
Intellectual thinking-
Innovative-
Motivation-
Communication-
Consistency-
Virtually Stable-
Enthusiastic-
Education-
Evaluative-
Organized-
Flexible-
Respectful-
Cooperation-

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