Visionary Leadership
1. Provide an example of a leadership figure from today’s modern world who, in your opinion, exemplifies the Mathews (2016) definition. a. No leader exemplifies a visionary leader quite like Mahatma Gandhi. While he may not be considered modern anymore, a lot of his beliefs and practices are what inspire and drive most of today’s visionary leaders. Gandhi is popularly referred to as ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi, meaning ‘great soul’, and is commonly called ‘bapu’ in India, meaning ‘father’. He is officially honored in India as the ‘father of the nation’, as it was under his leadership and guidance than the freedom movement in India gained momentum, ultimately leading to India’s independence in 1947. Gandhi was a national leader, a freedom fighter, a visionary, a humanist, and a socialist reformer. He has been a source of inspiration and role-model for not only the common man, but various other leaders such as Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela as well.
2. Provide reasons why this person meets this definition by showing how they meet the definitions characteristics through their actions and beliefs. a. Gandhi’s biggest quote that lives on today is “be the change, we want to see”. Gandhi’s greatest ability was to walk his talk at every level and in every way. He practiced what he preached at every possible level. Mahatma Gandhi sacrificed his thriving law practice and adopted a simple life to live among the millions who lived in poverty during his freedom struggle. A critical success for Gandhi was the support he got across the nation. A significant part of this was due to his extraordinary persistence once he had articulated his vision and his methods. His determination in following through on what he preached was often at a cost to his own well-being. There were quite several times Gandhi failed; each time he used the failure to improve his leadership skills and to improve himself and the task at hand. Mahatma shows us that even the best leaders still fail and make mistakes. He also shows that the difference between good leaders and great leaders is that the great leaders acknowledge and learn from their mistakes. Gandhi had a way of making sure that everyone in the cause is connected to the goal. He not only had self-belief, but he had the ability to inspire the Indian people to believe in themselves and their goal of freedom. Mahatma believed that challenging his selfdiscipline heightened his commitment to achieving his goals. He was a focused leader that had a “Do or Die” attitude. He ‘would free India or die in the process. Mahatma would do extraordinary things to improve his discipline and commitment.
3. Provide an example of a leadership figure from the modern world that you believe has accomplished all 3 of Mathews (2016) stages of visionary leadership through their actions and policies and outline the context of how. a. Barack Obama fits as a good example of a visionary leader. This is because he has accomplished all the visionary leadership skills for example, He could adopt to the crises and stressful situation. He had ability to think, judge, remember and solve the problems of the country. He also had a skill to relate cultural situations and work so efficiently.
Cultural Intelligence (CQ)
1. Describe CQ.
a. CQ is the ability of an individual to compare and then work effectively within different culturally diverse situation. It is also a very critical part in setting a person to be part of the globalized world which uses artificial intelligence, innovations, and machine learning. It also involves the person’s ability to compare and then work with other people from differing background.
2. Describe your own understanding of your current level of CQ, in relation to how you view other people from other cultures in your immediate surroundings.
3. In my CQ I see people from other cultures as people who are very knowledgeable, motivation and. friendly.
4.The people in my surrounding are good, caring, hardworking and intelligent people.
a. In my CQ, I see people from other cultures as people who are very knowledgeable, motivation and friendly. The people in my surrounding are good, caring, hardworking and intelligent people.
3. What element of it may you be lacking that could improve your CQ?
a. Knowledge of Languages, observation norms and communication modes
Responsible Leadership
1. Briefly describe what the various level of the Outcomes from Voegtlin et al. (2012), in relation to how a leader must encourage their employees to be successful.
a. According to the macro-level outcome of fostering the relations of stakeholders, the leader can encourage the employees to work hard and reduce the corporate scandals to prevent erosion of the corporate legitimacy. leaders will use these outcomes to build relationships with the employees which is very trustful. Other outcome level is the Meso-level, leaders can use these outcomes to propose responsible conducts of leadership which can change the disposition and practices for the organization.
2. Identify 3 of the 8 Propositions on p. 17 from Voegtlin et al. (2012) that you believe are the most important for a leader like yourself in your future career to understand and apply, and why.
a. Proposition 4: Responsible leaders can gradually change the ethical culture of an organization over time. Responsible leadership will thereby encourage a culture of discursive conflict resolution and deliberative practices.
b. This is because, a responsible leader will be fair and ethical to promote the image of the company and be fair to all workers. This will make employees want to work for a company.
c. Proposition 8: Responsible leadership will have a positive effect on followers ’attitudes and cognitions (e.g., job satisfaction, motivation, commitment or organizational citizenship behavior).
d. Proposition 7: Responsible leadership contributes directly and indirectly to the performance of an organization under the caveat of ethical or moral means. This is for the same reasons as proposition 4. The more moral and ethical a leader or company is the more employees will respect you and want to come work for you.
3. What is the main point of the arguments being made about the need for global leaders to incorporate Corporate Social Responsibility in their practices per Voegtlin et al.?
a. The main point is managers to discuss the relations with their stakeholders plus their roles in common good relation
4. Outline your personal understanding of what may limit your ability to process information now as a leader.
a. Lack of direct communication is one thing that limits the ability to process information. Without direct communication it is almost impossible to do the job the right way. Also receiving and giving ineffective feedback will limit the ability to process information.
Works Cited
en world India. (2019). Remembering Gandhiji – 5 Leadership Lessons we can adopt in our modern management. Retrieved 2022, from https://www.enworld.co.in/blog/2019/10/remembering-gandhiji-5-leadership-lesson-wecan-adobt-in-our-modern-management Feinberg, R. E. (2016, July 29). Obama Demonstrates Visionary Leadership in Refashioning U.S. Relations with Cuba. Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/upfront/2014/12/17/obama-demonstrates-visionary-leadership-in-refashioning-u-s-relationswith-cuba/

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