Great Leaders Research Articles

Editorial

In a world that is constantly being made, undone and remade, we are experiencing today a new tragedy, still «without visible borders” that crosses continents to affect almost the entire planet. For whom and why all these misfortunes, these daily cohorts of deaths, wounded, displaced and massive destruction. In the name of what God, what belief and what evil strategy do the initiators and disbelievers neo-inciting warriors of the present century have the monopoly to decide the gruesome fate of humanity? The history of mankind teaches us that hegemonic tendencies have been only ephemeral parenthesis over the centuries. It also tells us much about the megalomaniac, often genocidal, nature of the so-called Great Leaders and other leaders who led their peoples to the worst fates. More recently, during the past century,two wars had engaged continents on a greater or lesser scale with its contingent of human losses, destruction and horrors.

RFIC 2022 Guest Editorial

This Mini-Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT) includes six articles that have been expanded from innovative works presented at the 2022 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, which was held in June 2022 in Denver, CO, USA. After virtual and hybrid formats for the past two years, the complete in-person conference was highly expected and at the same time challenging. The conference offered panels, technical lectures, interactive workshops, and 18 engaging technical sessions to attendees and authors. The conference was very successful under the great leadership of the 2022 General Chair, Osama Shana, and the Technical Program Chair and Co-Chair, Donald Lie and Danilo Manstretta, respectively.

ÉLIE METCHNIKOFF’S LEGACY IN THE FIELD OF ORTHOBIOSIS

Elie Metchnikoff is well known for his fundamental works in the field of cellular immunity and phagocytosis for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He gained his international reputation for ground-breaking research across numerous academic disciplines: biology, embryology, zoology, bacteriology, etc. The great visionary leader of science launched evolutionary embryology, comparative immunology, gerontology, to name a few. Most of his scientific works were influenced with philosophical reflections on the meaning of life, old age, and death. This article attempts to overview his legacy in the field of orthobiosis, or active and healthy aging. It discusses Metchnikoff’s hypothesis of self-poisoning of an organism and related views on orthobiosis.

Violence, Its Roots, and How to Stop It

The Essay opens with the claim that personal Aggression, Violence and Hostility became permanent visitors in our place. This sad situation was the main reason for writing this paper. Along a short historical review, the Author explains the difference between the former well-organized 20th Century and the current Chaotic world perception of the 21st Century. The Author further reminds that the 20th Century contained two World Wars, that killed tens million people and the Cold War, that had divided the world into two large blocs. Further, the essay explains that in this regard the current century is different. No-more big world-wide armed conflicts, but many end-less small disturbing disorders, violent and terror cases. The difference referred also to the personal prominence of the leaders of the wars. The eminence Winston Churchill—the great outstanding leader of the West, Joseph Stalin—the sadist Communist Dictator who killed tenths millions, and Adolf Hitler—the mentally-ill Tyrant of the Nazi regime who was a horrendous, barbaric and murderer of millions. Comparing to these leaders the nowadays villains and terrorists are sick, confused and weak persons who seek recognition. Abstract cut. The Author assumes that criminal Violence and Terror expand at present as result of three reasons: (1) The termination of political debates due to the political parties’ deterioration, (2) A wrong understanding of today’s developments, and (3) an erroneous feeling, about equality that causes much frustrations and lead to wrong expectations. The Author supports countries’ current initiative for fighting against present terrorists by establishing special Polce and Military units, which know the job, professionally and effectively. However, for (a cut) improving the treatment of this sick phenomenon at the future, the Author emphasizes the need to collect reliable information about the relevant population and its personal weaknesses. At the end a six steps therapeutic program is proposed: (a cut), 1) Revealing and Building the Individual’s Inner-self, 2) Pursuing the “Meaning for life” as Life’s Goal, 3) Endorsing Collaboration and Togetherness, 4) Developing and Empowering the Self-esteem, 5) Recognizing and Accepting Social Heterogeneity, and 6) Sharing actively Social Rights and Commitments. Violence and Terrorism are like Malaria mosquitos, small, unseen but very dangerous. Decisiveness, Consistency and Determination are required for successfully eradicate them.

Leading by example

Samantha Salaver discusses the skills required to be a great leader.

In the Shadow of the Pyramids

Abstract This article is an attempt at presenting the Holocaust sermons of Rabbi Kalonimus Kalman Shapiro not only as a religious text, but also as a testimony of communal, and above all personal development, which the religious community of the Warsaw Ghetto gathered around the Rabbi and he himself underwent in the years 1939–1942. Therefore, in order to cut through the religious, historical, communal, and personal layers of the text, I use diverse tools, including literary analysis of motifs repeatedly used by the author, contextualizing them in his religious discourse, and treating the sermons as an EGO document, despite its formal genre being remote from a personal text. By those means I wish to present not only a great theologian and leader, whose theodicy has come to fill postwar commentators with awe, but also a deeply dedicated person, who stands up to the challenge laid before him, despite the crushing circumstances, despite the philosophically unprecedented complexity, and despite his personal fears and concerns.

Jerusalemite Passions in the Poetry of the Crusades (Victory)

The research studies Jerusalem and poets at the full sense of the word (passions): the meaning of love complaints, sadness, anger, and triumph, these are the religious, real, psychological, and emotional meanings that most poems tackled the situations/conditions that Jerusalem survived. However, the research focused only on the dimension of victory which is clearly shown in two topics: the setting on conquest plans, the process of victory and the image of the Victorians. The researcher approaches his topic in a critical analytical way based on historical events to reveal the inner feelings of poets and their emotions towards blessed Jerusalem, and to provoke and encourage rulers and governors to conquest it. They approached this gradually as every stage requires. Some looked like strategic experts who can figure out the central point of danger and its geographical dimensions to invest the appropriate opportunity to conquest new areas. But with the advent of great leaders provocation for conquest, turned to be a mechanism to defend Muslims and Islam across all countries. This, as a result, would enable Salah din Al Ayoubi to conquest Jerusalem. The poets then started singing and praising the conquerors and drawing a clear image in the heart of the crowd as well as in their minds, rich with love, and full appreciation and thanks to the Almighty for the great victory. This clearly appeared in the consciousness of poets who were fully aware of its religious and urban importance. This was clearly reflected in their poems in a monologue with oneself and the historical reality. But due to being a literary genre, it represents vision that was able to explain the self as well as the world around, which in turn created an interactive environment among poets, the feeling of the group, an its legal dreams in creating a better future. Keywords: Jerusalem, Crusades, Conquest plans, Conqueror.

여말선초 덕치 근본·형벌 보조의 정치론과 감흥적 교화

This study aims to examine the meaning of edification to implement a moral human society by accepting Neo-Confucianism.BR In the late Goryeo, Confucian scholars pursued reform policies based on Neo-Confucianism and tried to realize the ideals of the three generations of Ha, Eun, and Zhou. They viewed politics as a process of establishing ethics and morals in pursuit of the rule of ritual, and punishment was used as a tool to support this vision. This can be called Virtue Precedes Penalty.BR Confucian scholars strived to be men of virtue in the quest for the ideals of “Xiujizhiren” Confucianism. Officials, who were referred to as a “superior person”, appeared as a subject of edification. Just as the superior person is the wind and the petty person is the grass, a superior’s exemplary behavior influences juniors to lead the people. Edification is realized by the leadership of those who show the way first, regarded as the “superior person”. At that time, “gwangam (seeing and feeling, 觀感)” referred to doing good deeds after being touched and impressed. Edification by perception and emotion referred to the act of emulating, since juniors would be deeply impressed after seeing how their superiors, including a great leader or a superior person, would act.BR The Joseon Dynasty needed to mobilize the people, for example to build castles or reservoirs to defend against foreign enemies. The off-farming season was used to mobilize the people while seeking the public

Analysis of the Value of Character Education in Arleen Alexandra's Fairy Tale I am a Great Leader and Its Relevance as a Learning Support Book for Elementary School Students

This study aims to (1) analyze the intrinsic elements in Arleen Alexandra's fairy tale I am a great leader, (2) the value of character education in Arleen Alexandra's fairy tale I am a great leader, (3) the relevance of Arleen Alexandra's fairy tale I am a great leader as a learning support for elementary school students. This type of research uses descriptive qualitative research. The object used in this study was the fairy tale book I am the Great Leader by Arleen Alexandra. This research focused on the educational value of character education contained in Arleen Alexandra's fairy tale I am a great leader and its relevance as a supporting book for elementary school students' learning. The data source is a collection of fairy tales, fairy tale quotes. The research instruments used in this study are data recording cards containing narratives and conversations used in this study are Data logging cards that contain narrations and conversations that are fairy tale quotes. Data collection in this study was carried out using library techniques, reading techniques, and recording techniques. In data analysis techniques, content analysis (contect analysis) is used. The results of the analysis in this study can be concluded that (1) the intrinsic elements of the fairy tale I am the great leader of Arleen Alexandra's jarya consist of: (a) themes, (b) characters and characterizations, (c) plot, (d) setting, (e) point of view, (f) message. (2) the value of character education in Arleen Alexandra's fairy tale I am a great leader, namely: honest, tolerance, hard work, creative, independent, curiosity, respect for achievement, friendly or communicative, peace-loving, social care, responsibility. (3) The fairy tale book I am a great leader by Arleen Alexandra is relevant to be used as a learning support book for elementary school students, namely: sentence length and vocabulary in accordance with the reasoning power and reading ability of students, themed friendship, health and other themes that are relevant to the age and daily experience of students, in accordance with the interests and hobbies of students, In accordance with morals and religion that is conveyed without patronizing, the structure of written language (spelling, grammar, cohence) is correct, which is presented variously (through rhyming words, poetry and dialogue) that is easy to understand, the information in the book does not harass any particular group of people.

Editorial of the Bürgenstock Organization Committee

Helvetica Chimica ActaEarly View e202300033 EditorialFree Access Editorial of the Bürgenstock Organization Committee First published: 23 March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202300033AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract The Bürgenstock conferences started in 1965 and have taken place yearly since then with only three interruptions due to hotel reconstruction in 1990 and the COVID pandemics in 2020–2021, making it one of the oldest conferences in chemistry. Originally focusing on the concept of stereochemistry, central to both chemistry and biology, it evolved over the year to an interdisciplinary conference, where synthetic chemistry meets chemical biology, materials science, theoretical chemistry or even art, stretching everyone's boundaries and inspiring out of the box ideas. With the JSP (Junior Fellowship Program) and an increasing involvement of industry participants and speakers, the conference has become a meeting point between different generations and career paths with the support of the Swiss Chemical Society. The continuing success of the conference, which is often already overbooked in December of the preceding year, may be explained by not only scientific excellence, but also a set of unique traditions together with a drive to evolve to stay in contact with the most exciting research areas. Among these traditions, one can mention the not disclosed program and participant list, uninterrupted exchanges and discussions after the lectures, as well as the special role of the Bürgenstock president. In fact, the latter plays a central role by selecting the speakers for the conference and participating to the selection of the JSP fellows together with the organization committee. He or she will participate three times in a row to the conference, first as vice-president ‘in charge of the weather', then as the president and finally as a more relaxed past president. During the fifty-five editions of the Bürgenstock conference, many leading European, Swiss and Israeli scientists have acted as presidents and contributed to its legend.1 As the organizing committee of the Bürgenstock conference, we are now very pleased to start this collaboration with Helvetica Chimica Acta, the journal of the Swiss Chemical Society at Wiley, to publish each year a special issue as a tribute to the president of the Bürgenstock conference. Past and present participants and speakers of the conference will have the occasion to submit a scientific contribution to this special issue, with full freedom of format (research article, synthetic procedure, perspective or review). This first special issue is dedicated to Prof. Janine Cossy, president of the 55th Bürgenstock conference. It is the occasion for the organization committee to thank Prof. Cossy for her great leadership, especially in the difficult context of the COVID pandemics, which led to two cancellations of the in-person conference in 2020 and 2021. The 55th edition in 2022 was finally a full success, as the scientific community could finally meet again in the exceptional settings of the Swiss Alps in Brunnen.2, 3 In the spirit of the Bürgenstock conference, the contributed articles cover a broad range of topics, from synthetic methods to catalysis to chemical biology, and come from both academia and industry. We hope you will enjoy reading them! The Bürgenstock organizing committee Dr. Fabrice Gallou, Prof. Cristina Nevado, Prof. Francesca Paradisi, Dr. Maud Reiter, Prof. Thomas R. Ward, Prof. Jérôme Waser References 1K. Müller, ‘50 Years in the Sun of Bürgenstock – On the Success Factors of a Famous Conference', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5012– 5017. 2A. Nowak-Król, P. Dydio, ‘The 55th Bürgenstock Conference under the Banner of Sustainability', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202214722. 3A. Archambeau, M. Delbianco, ‘Highlights from the 55th Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry 2022', Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 9806– 9810. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issuee202300033 ReferencesRelatedInformation

GREAT LEADERS DELIVER GREAT RESULTS

AbstractThe authors, leaders of ROI Institute, write about the impact of leaders, how they can drive positive results in organizations of all types, and the importance of Return on Investment (ROI). They write about specific leaders and organizations, such as Starbucks and Howard Schultz; and Gail McGovern, of The American Red Cross. “Great leaders deliver great results,” the authors contend, “including the financial and non‐financial impact they have in their organizations. Without impact, leaders are largely ineffective.” They note five areas within “The Basics of Accountability.” In area one, “Inspiring others means that leaders compel those who follow to feel or do something different.” In area two, “learning means that people gain new knowledge or insight from the leader.” In area three, “Doing more means a leader drives change.” In area four, “Often, impact is reflected in the performance data of an individual or organization.” In area five, “Is the impact worth the effort?” A chart depicts the five levels of success, which in their words are: 1‐Reaction and planned action. 2‐Learning. 3‐Application and implementation. 4‐Impact. 5‐ROI. They conclude that “the dilemmas about the business connection to leadership development can easily be resolved by shifting responsibilities for the entire team to focus on impact results.”

Narrations of Amro bi Murra Al-Juhani in the nine books: An Analytic Study


 
 
 
 This research was specialized in studying the hadiths of the companion Amr ibn Murrah in the nine books, an analytical study to clarify the meanings and benefits they contain. The rhetoric, the strange, the explanation, the overall meaning, and the benefits it contains.
 The number of hadiths reached three, distributed on topics: the justice of the imam in the parish, genealogy, and the pillars of faith, and the results of their study were many benefits, the most important of which are: that the imam who hides from his flock, God will be veiled from him on the Day of Resurrection, and that genealogy knowledge is necessary. The division of inheritances, knowledge of efficacy, blood money, and the great leadership, and steadfastness in matters of faith, and death over them is a reason for attaining the rank of prophets and truthful ones on the Day of Resurrection.
 
 
 
 
 The importance of the research comes from the fact that it has shed light on one of the relatively unknown personalities of the Companions, and introduced us to his efforts and stances in the service of Islam, as we introduced him to his relatively few hadiths, and indicated their degree, benefits, and provisions.

The roles they play: change in China’s climate leadership role during the post-Paris era

ABSTRACT China’s rise has accelerated expectations for it to step up as a climate leader – a role that has thus far been expected from developed countries. This article explores how China communicates its role to the international audience: is the role of global climate leader being increasingly seen as an appropriate one for China? From a role-theoretical perspective, it studies how China’s expectations changed during the post-Paris era 2016–2021. The article shows that China adapted its climate-leader role 2016–2020. However, a more apparent change in the role in 2021 exemplifies role learning. The article concludes that China has shifted the auxiliary role of climate leader to a more central position in its role set, reinforcing its master roles of responsible great power and leader of the developing world. Understanding China’s emerging leadership is crucial for recognizing the global variability of climate leadership conceptions, particularly in non-western contexts.

Al‐Azhar and the Salafis in Egypt: Contestation of two traditions

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Perceptions of the past in the post-Soviet space

ABSTRACT Honing in on how citizens in the former Soviet Union find themselves in an information competition over their own past, this paper explores whether and why ordinary people’s perceptions of historical events and figures in their country’s past are in line with a Russian-promoted narrative that highlights World War II – known as the “Great Patriotic War” in Russia and some former Soviet states – as a glorious Soviet victory and Stalin as a great leader. We draw on comparative survey data across six states and one de facto state in 2019–2020 to examine whether geopolitical or cultural proximity to Russia is associated with a more favourable view on a Russian-promoted narrative about the past. We find that closer geopolitical proximity to Russia is associated with perceiving the past in line with the Russian-promoted narrative, though the findings are less consistent when it comes to measures for closer cultural proximity.

The Development of PS in the Current Game Market

This paper mainly discusses the current issue and future development of PlayStation of Sony. The two main competitors of Sony’s PlayStation are Nintendo and Microsoft’s Xbox. Sony previously occupied approximately a half of the whole market share, which surpassed the market share of Nintendo and Xbox respectively. In 1994, PS successfully defeated SEGA and Nintendo in Japan and became the overlord of the game industry at that time. In the following decades, Sony launched PS2, PSX, PS3, PS4 and other excellent host products and the global sales volume of PS2 hosts was 158 million, which exceeded all hosts and handheld machines. However, Sony is now in a recession and many problems occur. PS experienced a decline in game quality and Sony added many of its exclusive games to the PC side for distribution, causing dissatisfaction among many PS host players. Simultaneously, Microsoft’s XGP subscription system became a great success. At this urgent time, some great leaders of Sony decided to reform strategies of the company. There are failures and obstacles during this period but we are likely to witness the re-rising of Sony’s PlayStation. You will find more interesting details in our paper.

Exploring Subordinates' Perceptions and Experiences with Abusive Leaders in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study

Exploring Subordinates' Perceptions and Experiences with Abusive Leaders in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study

Peter Luh, the Father of Automation [In Memoriam

It was with great sadness and shock that we received the news that our dear friend and colleague, Prof. Peter Luh, had passed away on 28 November 2022, only 71 years old. His passing was completely unexpected—some of us had even received an e-mail from him the same day he left us, which, as so many times before, included constructive and encouraging feedback. We call Peter <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">The Father of Automation</i> because of his pioneering contributions to the field of automation research; among other achievements and contributions, Peter was the cofounder and first editor-in-chief of the <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering</i> ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">T-ASE</i> ), a cofounder of the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), and founding chair of the CASE Steering Committee. Peter was a great leader and an inspiring, engaged, and supportive mentor and role model.

Communicating Native American Cancer Efforts and Resources in the Great Plains.

American Indians' cancer disparities vary by region, signifying the importance of understanding community-specific levels of readiness to address cancer. Twenty-four key respondents from an urban American Indian community in the Great Plains, community leaders (n = 8), educators (n = 8), and students (n = 8), were interviewed following the Community Readiness Model. Using framework analysis, we qualitatively examined data related to efforts and resources in interview transcripts. One overarching emergent theme and three subthemes were identified. We found that communication of efforts and resources is critical to increasing community readiness to address cancer and is most successful when the community (1) prioritizes cancer as an issue in the community, (2) cultivates trusting relationships among stakeholders, and (3) practices cultural responsiveness in efforts. These findings emphasize the need for better communication of cancer efforts and resources and can inform strategic efforts to promote cancer prevention, treatment, and research among American Indians/Alaska Natives in the Great Plains.

Remembering the Herero-Nama Genocide in Namibia

Remembering the Herero-Nama Genocide in Namibia