AGED 260 Blog Prompt #4

As we’ve been talking about Leader Member Exchange Theory in class, this week’s blog is related to understanding others.  Check out this TED Talk by Chimamanda Adichie on The Danger of a Single Story.

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes
is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.
They make one story become the only story.”
– Chimamanda Adichie

How is your perception influenced by the world around you? (ie. What stories are you told in books, movies, pictures, music, the news, or by friends and family?) 

In what ways do our family background, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, age, socio-economic status and other group and cultural influences contribute to the development of our perceptions?

Thinking about the core tenets of Leader-Member Exchange and other leadership approaches that we’ve discuss in class, how do our perceptions influence our leadership or followership in groups and whether we find ourselves in the in-group or out-group?  

Reminder:

One member of your group should post a response to your team's blog page.  You can write a narrative, post a video or other media, share links to other sources, etc. but your response must include text to show CLEAR connections between your response and class materials.

AGED 260 Blog Prompt #3 - Leadership in Action

As we talk about the style approach and situational leadership approach, think of a leader you have observed and connect his/her behaviors to either of these approaches.  You may choose to write about a leader you have personal experience working with (you can change names if you need to) or a politician or community leader you admire (or don’t admire).  

How would you characterize his/her leadership based on concepts we have discussed in class?  Do you consider this person to be an effective leader and why/why not? Do you consider these approaches to be valuable approaches to leadership? How so?  Use specific examples/observations to support your viewpoint.

Reminder:

One member of your group should post a response to your team's blog page.  You can write a narrative, post a video or other media, share links to other sources, etc. but your response must include text to show CLEAR connections between your response and class materials.