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When is it possible to consider someone a leader? |
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Thinking of your description in the previous question, answer: are you a leader? (options: Completely; Partially) |
Please clarify the reasons for selecting this option. |
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According to your experience as a leader, what are school (at any level), books, and courses not able to teach about leadership? |
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Please describe a typical situation or challenge that you experience as a leader. |
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Thinking about the recent past, could you tell us a little bit about a challenging experience you experienced as a leader? |
a. situation or challenge; b. how did you act (and/or what did you decide); c. result achieved; d. your opinion on the outcome; e. what other alternatives did you have in this situation that you did not choose? |
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Please describe a challenging situation or experience about which you have heard and that was experienced by another leader. |
a. situation or challenge; b. how did the leader act (and/or what did he decide); c. result achieved; d. your opinion on the outcome; e. what other alternatives did the leader have in this situation that he did not choose? |
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Thinking about your daily life and the most varied experiences you live, what are the most frequent criteria you usually evaluate in decision-making situations as a leader? |
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What criteria in decision-making do you know other leaders use, but you have not yet adopted? |
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Please give examples of frequent challenges faced throughout your experience as a leader regarding the following aspects: |
a. Financial; b. relationship with clients (internal and external); c. Processes (operational, business, regulatory, etc.); d. people in the organization (employees, collaborators, partners, etc.). |
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Please read the excerpt below and give your opinion on it, addressing any aspect that it has led you to consider (agree, disagree, question, raise doubts, etc. Describe what the text made you think). |
The definition of AL was presented in a similar way to what is present in the introduction section of this article, according to Walumbwa et al. (2008Walumbwa, F. O., Avolio, B. J., Gardner, W. L., Wernsing, T. S., & Peterson, S. J. (2008). Authentic leadership: Development and validation of a theory-based measure. Journal of Management, 34(1), 89-126. doi:10.1177/0149206307308913 https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206307308913...
): “The authentic leader bases himself on and promotes positive psychological capacities and a positive ethical climate, to promote greater self-awareness, an internalized moral perspective, a balanced information processing and relationship transparency on the part of the leaders who work with the followers, stimulating positive self-development. The positive ethical climate is one of the points that can distinguish the authentic leader from the transformational leader, since the latter can possibly exert manipulative actions on his followers, aiming to achieving the goals desired by him or by the organization”. |