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1. To answer this question, you need to Read CH 14 in the textbook and view the posted leadership videos (particularly Simon Sinek, Marshall Goldsmith, Bernard Banks, Robert Cialdani, Rosebeth Moss Kanter and Invictus).
Please choose a leader you admire – this person can be living or dead, a famous individual from history, politics, military or business or not famous at all, it could be a leader in your family, a friend, your own boss, or even you, or it could be a mythical person (think Zeus from Greek Mythology) or even a comic book character – you get to choose whichever leader you admire.
Based on this person/character, review the various leadership theories/models in CH 14 as well as the posted leadership videos, and Provide at least one fairly detailed example of how your leader has applied at least one of these theories or models to lead others. (Some of the models or theories discussed in your text include the classical people/task model, Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership, LMX Theory, House Path-Goal, Vroom-Jago Leadership-Participation Model, Transformational Leadership, Emotional Intelligence.).
2. Please read pages 444-445 in your textbook, Case 4, “Timberland – From Bootmaker to Earthkeeper.”
A. What do you believe CEO, Jeffrey Swarz has done to make him an effective leader? What advice can you offer him to make him even more successful as a leader?
B. Please discuss if you would like to work for a leader like Swarz or an organization like Timberland, Why or Why not?