Essays Tagged: "leadership skills"

Aeneas: the Man, the Myth, the Legend

Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and many others. To Romans, many of these leaders were great because their leadership spurred from their willingness to submit to the gods. Aeneas, unlike some of the other ch ... e some of the other characters in The Aeneid, gives in to the will of the gods to gain unimaginable leadership skills through Aeneas' excursion through the Mediterranean Sea, his contact/relationship ...

(5 pages) 115 2 3.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Observation of Early Childhood

rom physical and motor to social and cognitive development. Specifically I mean that whether it was leadership skills or lack of, running, climbing and jumping, drawing and writing, or anything that c ... e development. This section includes sociodramatic play, drawing pictures, counting and identifying leadership skills or the lack of. The first half of this section takes place in the kindergarten's r ...

(6 pages) 391 2 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Schwarzkopf

oldier. Having served twotours in Vietnam, which he volunteered for both, his combat experience and leadershipskills proved essential not only to winning Operation Desert Storm, but maintaining themul ... ica Command), 1988-1991.While Norman Schwarzkopf attended West Point, he received his first taste ofleadership. He was promoted to a cadet Captain and served as a company commander.Through the use of ...

(6 pages) 81 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Symbolism of the Conch in Lord of the Flies, by Golding

thing' ' this excerpt from pg 22 shows how everybody seems to think that power, responsibility and leadership skills comes from the Conch. Another Example of the Conch's Power is the fact that throug ...

(2 pages) 78 0 5.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Compare and contrast 2 pieces of early american lit. (Plymouth Plantion and The General History of Virginia)

self. There are many times when he refers to his greatness. In the following quote he boasts of his leadership skills and compassion for his fellow men while belittling his superiors: "The new Preside ...

(2 pages) 62 0 4.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Why we should have unlimited freedom of speech

ks, 23-year-old reporter Tom Gutting wrote a particularly harsh criticism of President Bush and his leadership skills. Shortly afterward, Gutting was fired, and the editor and publisher of the paper r ... g claimed that the country was being blindly led into war by a man who has "shown poor judgment and leadership, " but Mr. Gutting neglected to follow up this statement with actual examples.Gutting als ...

(2 pages) 84 0 3.9 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell. States how the animals contributed to animal farm

re no animals who would listen to Napoleon, he would cease to be ruler. Napoleon showed some strong leadership skills at the beginning of his career, but when power overcame him, he became a weak lead ... looked up to him for advice and saw him as a good friend .His personality contributed to Napoleons leadership because of his obedience to the laws and rules . Boxer's actions reflected on the rest of ...

(2 pages) 226 1 3.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Philisophy of Science Admissions Essay

icipate in several activities. I am a Girl Scouts Cadet, which has taught me great independence and leadership skills. I am an altar server at my church. I also attend the weekly Youth Group there. In ...

(2 pages) 71 0 2.2 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Leadership concepts.

What is leadership?The questions of leadership skills evoked people interests since the ancient times. Howev ... ked people interests since the ancient times. However, the systematic, purposeful and wide study of leadership had started only in the times of F. Taylor, who carried out many researches. Nevertheless ... ylor, who carried out many researches. Nevertheless there are still no strict definition about what leadership is and how it should be studied. The ancient wise man once told: "The art of manipulating ...

(7 pages) 1095 1 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Account For the Success of the Bolsheviks in October 1917.

on-cooperation, weakness of the Provisional Government, division of alternative opposition, Lenin's leadership skills, the power of the Petrograd Soviet and Trotsky as its leader, failure on deliver o ... e died in vain.) However, with the weak government, the war effort lacked an effective, coordinated leadership and Russia fared badly under the Provisional Government. Kerensky, one of the few formida ...

(9 pages) 132 0 3.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.

lible in some way. Lewin writes, "Ultimately, while we can regard Oedipus as both admirable for his leadership skills and noble intentions and imperfect for his overconfidence and harsh treatment of o ...

(7 pages) 145 0 4.4 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

The Value of a College Education.

d maintained by taking time to reflect and contemplate the surrounding environment, develop and use leadership skills, become comfortable in a vast array of social contexts, develop and/or polish basi ...

(5 pages) 646 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Future of Management.

economy, the best companies require managers with strong management skills, as well as outstanding leadership abilities. According to the current wisdom, managers are principally administrators--they ... ge. That i's true, as far as it goes, but there is a more useful distinction between management and leadership: Management is a function that must be exercised in any business, whereas leadership is a ...

(3 pages) 423 4 4.4 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Alexander the Great.

great amount of territory and one of the largest empires that has ever existed. He had unbelievable leadership skills and charisma. No one in history could have done what he accomplished.A great man, ... uld have done what he accomplished.A great man, Theodore M. Hesburgh once said "The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet." Alexander had exac ...

(7 pages) 170 2 4.5 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Essay comparing the leadership styles of Nez Perces Chief Joseph and General Howard.

ed their tribe. General Howard was relentless in his autocratic, authoritative, directive manner of leadership which allowed him never to accomplishment his task of removing the Indians to the reserva ... people, they had to surrender and proceed to the reservation.Chief Joseph: Saving Indian ValuesThe leadership styles and lack of leadership skills shown by General Howard made a difficult situation e ...

(6 pages) 115 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Monarchs, Alexander the Great and Charles the Great.

tential of their nations. Alexander the Great and Charles the Great were monarchs who through their leadership changed history in a positive way.Alexander III was born in 356 BC, son of the king of Ma ... achine" (Perry, 70) and the conquests of the Greek city-states, taught Alexander great military and leadership skills.Alexander was given a "classical (Alexander the Great: Youth and Kingship) educati ...

(7 pages) 43 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Cheerleader (What activity or program is most meaningful to you and explain your reasons sor involvemnet.)

cheerleading is not a sport. However, contrary to what many perceive it to be, cheerleading aids in leadership skills, in following through commitments, and in character building.So exactly what does ... are far from perfect, but are reliable enough to pick the other up when one falls.Besides teaching leadership and commitment, cheerleading strongest impact is on the cheerleader's character. When she ...

(2 pages) 26 0 3.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Book reprt on the novel, "A Seperate Peace"

. Gene was jealous of Finny's confidency, openness, modesty, superb athletic abilities, his natural leadership skills, his ability to deal with stress easily, his care free attitude, his people skills ...

(2 pages) 24 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Heinrich Himmler

estion of if the nazi state was a weak system.Source 2 is a subjective speech that shows tremendous leadership skills by making the S.S. and S.A. agree with each other and compromise with their differ ...

(2 pages) 16 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Beowulf

nters hideous monsters and the most ferocious of beasts but he never fears the threat of death. His leadership skills are superb and he is even able to boast about all his achievements. Beowulf is the ...

(2 pages) 72 5 1.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature