True Leader Research Articles

Introducing a New Editorial Board Member from Italy: Olindo Massarelli, MD, PhD, FEBOMFS

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. —John C. Maxwell American author, speaker, and pastor What a happy and honored month in a life of the Journal of Diagnostics and Treatment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology! What’s a reason? In February 2020 a true leader, Olindo Massarelli (Fig 1), MD, PhD, FEBOMFS, joined the Editorial Board`s family. His famous name, surgical skills, and a kind scientific support has started permanently to make us stronger, wiser, and even more specialized in the field of head neck reconstructive surgery. His recent publication focused on IGTV chimeric flap case and reconstruction of Cordeiro type IIIA total maxillectomy defect1 inspired us for new goals and gave us a new vision of things. One of which is to expand the journal`s share of articles in the direction of microvascular operations. Dr. Oleksii O. Tymofieiev: After Dr. Massarelli`s kind support of our humble ideas, the number of EB members, who deeply involved into moving the jaw reconstructive surgery`s science, increased to 5 opinion leaders: Drs. Rui P. Fernandes (USA), Oleh M. Antonyshyn (Canada), Todd C. Hanna (USA), Anthony M. Bunnell (USA), and Olindo Massarelli (Italy). Dr. Ievgen I. Fesenko: Thanks to Dr. Hanna, our journal`s connection and collaboration with Dr. Massarelli became possible and made a huge contribution to the journal`s evolution. Every last decade`s masterpiece by Dr. Massarelli (Fig 2) and his Italian colleagues2-8 is more than impressive and makes a tremendous impact on different specialties, especially oral and maxillofacial, head neck surgeries. For me personally, a study dedicated to a chimeric lateral supramalleolar artery perforator fibula free flap9 became a most readied/analyzed article in my Apple Books application (Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA). Dr. Evangelos G. Kilipiris: As our journal continues to grow steadily, is a privilege for our expanding team and for me personally to announce a new Editorial Board Member, Dr. Massarelli, a pioneer in microvascular surgery. A warm welcome. I think we will grow together and also we will raise important results. –Dr. Olindo Massarelli (personal communication, February 13, 2020) Editorial Board Member, DTJournal.org The future of microvascular surgery is bright and clear.10 –Dr. Vijay Kumar King George Medical University, India

Impact of Leadership Style on Organization Performance: A Critical Literature Review

The emphasis is on how organizations, agencies, parastatals, industries, and countries can get effective leadership style to achieve set goals. There are vacuum of true conscious leaders, whether in politics, religion, organization, business, education, sports or institutions. There is desperate need of competent, principle, sensitive, compassionate and conscious leaders. In this the research emphasis will be placed on the need to know what makes a leader and what makes a follower. Qualities that distinguish leaders from followers. The various styles of leadership and how goals can be set and achieved. This research is about the missing link in leadership styles, with impact on the performance of the follower or employee of an organization with focus on Nigeria organization.

The Relationship Between Motivation and Performance of Teachers in Increasing the Quality of Education

Due to the diversification of the problems faced by teachers, especially in the relationship with students and in the relationship with the education system, maintaining the professional motivation of teachers has become increasingly difficult. The quality of education is the result of the interdependent relationship between motivation and the success of the teaching-learning-assessment process. The issue of performance is at the center of debate today as a result of new changes in education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Educational performance is dependent on a multitude of factors, among which we mention: the teacher (professional training, motivation), leadership and school management that can contribute to increasing performance by supporting motivation and recognizing the teacher's effort. In this context, the education system must demonstrate its ability to provide quality pedagogical facts and processes capable of meeting the requirements of productivity, innovation and technological development imposed by current changes. That said, a new approach is needed in terms of managing school institutions and organizations, namely a new type of manager, a true leader who will focus on achieving the highest organizational performance that will automatically reflect on the quality of education. Motivation can be the essence of high performance because decreased motivation leads to less and less involvement and reduced performance in the workplace.

ВПЛИВ ЕМОЦІЙ НА ПРОЦЕС МИСЛЕННЯ ЛІДЕРА

The essence of leadership is that leaders find common ground with their subordi-nates, create conditions for productive activities, increase the motivation of col-leagues so that they need change. A true leader can only be a person who enjoys the trust of his team, demonstrates the ability to adapt quickly to change, has stra-tegic and adaptive thinking, faith in himself and the team, has charismatic abilities and willpower. At the same time, he is an honest and open person. But to be truly successful, a leader needs freedom, independence and autonomy. Emotions play an important role in leadership. Using emotions wisely can be helpful for managers to succeed. In fact, the proper use of emotions was seen as a prerequisite for effective leadership. Leaders with high emotional competencies are perceived by their followers as more effective. In addition, it has been found that the use of emotional intelligence is associated with transformational leadership. It was found that the emotions of leaders affect followers and organizational results. Thus, a sample review of the relationship between emotions and leadership was conducted. The findings showed that emotional intelligence is essential for successful leadership because it provides many benefits to leaders. With the help of emotional intelligence, leaders could manage the team wisely, handle difficult situations correctly and effectively reduce their stress. The ability to understand emotional information and its impact on the organization and the individual, this is exactly what indicates the development of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a unique combination of human abilities to adequately perceive one's own emotions, use one's own emotions to achieve the desired goals, understand other people's emotions and manage other people's emotions. A high level of emotional intelligence allows a leader to control his followers not through commands and instructions, but through inspiration and psychological encouragement, which significantly improves the performance of any team. Therefore, it has been determined that researchers need to further explore the links between emotional intelligence and leadership to get the most out of it. Theoretical and practical implications are also considered, as well as some recommendations for further research with the promising use of emotional intelligence in the development of leadership qualities.

Let Me Hear Thy Voice

Let Me Hear Thy Voice Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt (bio) When I chose to pursue journalism as an Orthodox Jewish woman, I don't think I realized what an odd path it was to take. While other reporters may choose to write about whomever they want, however they want to, I have to reckon with the fact that if I write something critical about a Jewish organization, I may have to sit next to the president of that very organization that week in shul or at a wedding. It's complicated, and it has caused its own degree of paranoia. Case by case, I have to determine what is important, what my motives are as a journalist, and whether my hesitation to write about a certain subject is tied to social relationships or to a fear of ruffling the wrong feathers. But I find the interplay of community and writing essential, because it challenges me to remember constantly the power of words. Whether it's exposing the reality of abortions in the Orthodox community, commenting on the fetishization of Orthodox women in film, or investigating a rabbi accused of sexual abuse—the stakes are always high. Writing on the Orthodox and wider Jewish communities has toughened me. This happens when you're the recipient of hate mail and public shaming on social media for your beliefs. Perhaps it's more painful because my readers are so close to me. I can't tell you how many times I've been the target of ad hominem attacks for even daring to state a political opinion. (I can't help but wonder if it would be as bad if I were a man.) As much as I try my best to look poised and flippant, it's not easy to ignore. Long ago, I adopted a policy of never reading the comments on my articles. And funnily enough, this has been a sort of extreme training for the life of a rebbetzin. "Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide," Eleanor Roosevelt once said. It's an endless sequence of social faux pas; sometimes you wonder if you've become a character in a comedy film, and sometimes you become the [End Page 273] object of tireless personal comments. And the comments are further compounded when you're someone who has the occasional public opinion. It's not just my shoes people will comment on—it's also my stances, my ideas, my op-eds. But you have to swallow it all and smile through it. My husband often reminds me of the verse in Esther, "And Mordechai the Jew was held in high esteem by most of his brethren." By most of his brethren—not all. Because a true leader will never please everyone. As an Orthodox Jewish woman, I get plenty of frowns for working at a liberal newspaper. (Not that this is new for me—previously, I wrote for Haaretz.) But every time someone gave me trouble for it, I looked back at them and asked: Where do you want me to go? Who will publish free-thinking ideas, and by a woman no less? While I respect the work that some Orthodox publications do within their niche communities, I couldn't work for one. My parents are from the Soviet Union; I know how Pravda works. And I couldn't work for a publication that would refuse to print a photograph of my female subjects. So I have found alternative platforms. And I've been happy working at The Forward, truly able to write unencumbered by ideologies and agendas. Here, I have always been treated with respect and given freedom to write as I please. I wish the Jewish community wasn't so afraid of the media (though, granted, it has its flaws). Part of it is the political climate we live in now. It doesn't help that both the American president and the Israeli prime minister have chosen journalists as their number one enemies, in total ignorance of the role of free media as a watchdog, a founding principle of both countries. Isaiah Berlin once wrote, citing Chekhov, "A writer's...

«Демократ по недоразумению»: политическая деятельность А.В. Карташева в годы Гражданской войны

The article focuses on the analysis of political activity of the outstanding theologian Anton Kartashev during the Russian Civil War. Being a member of the Central Committee of the Constitutional Democratic Party and an active member of the All-Russian National Center, he played a significant role in the organization of the White movement in Northwestern Russia. The article covers in detail his activities in the Political Conference under General Nikolai Yudenich and reveals his role in the recognition of independence of Finland and Estonia. The author considers A. Kartashev’s personal qualities which prevented him from becoming a true leader of the antiBolshevik movement. Defending the principle of military dictatorship, during the Civil War Anton Kartashev evolved from Christian liberalism into Orthodox conservative beliefs.

When the successor becomes the true leader of a family business?

Objective: The aim of presented paper is to try to answer to the questions: what are the factors that facilitate or inhibit the process of becoming the leader for international family business, and what are the major successor’s characteristics enabling successor to be a true leader of international family business? Research Design & Methods: The in-depth interview method was used. Findings: Successor’s characteristics such as: integrity, commitment to the family and family business, ability to command the respect of the personnel, decisiveness and interpersonal skills, proved to be relevant. Contribution & Value Added: With the study, author aim to contribute to a better understanding of factors connected with successor’s passage from manager to leader in international family business. the successors need to feel responsibility for the family. Secondly, he/she should has the deciding power in some part of the business. As case study shows, conflicts and interactions between family members, when well-managed, might be source of new ideas and solutions. Next to qualifications and constant learning and improving skills, there is also a need for being open minded and ready to change.

FORMATION OF A MANAGEMENT CULTURE (POLITICAL STYLE) OF HEADS OF SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The paper considers the issues of Russian Federation governor political style development. There is few research on the political style of federal subject heads, which makes it necessary to consider this issue. The governor political role and governors\' participation changed due to the transformation of democratic model of power of the 90\'s into a vertical one. In this regard, the modern style of Russian governors\' political leadership was developing under the influence of some basic elements of the political system. The article highlights the main characteristic elements under the influence of which the political style of governorship is developed, such as institutionalization, professionalization, and others. The influence of these features is significant: in fact, the heads of the federal subjects are very limited in their political activities. The author examines the characteristic features within which the political style of the heads of the subjects of the federation is forced to form. These are rather difficult conditions that largely limit the emergence of true leaders, leaders in personal qualities and vocation

LEARNING AND LEADING: A SEARCH FOR CORRELATION

In the modern era all over the world options in higher education depend upon accepting certain premises: (i) leadership is essential in every profession and career field; (ii) everyone contributes to a healthy culture of leadership; (iii) all essential personal and social goals are achieved in the context of community; (iv) the principles and values advocated by servant leaders are vitally important; and (v) universities are the essential nurturing communities for authentic leaders.
 Seconding the opinion of Larry Spears and Robert K. Greenleaf that leaders as a whole, and servant-leaders especially, are as essential to society as oxygen is to individuals, it is of vital importance to point out ten required qualities of a servant leader. The first of them is Listening as an intentional act that involves respect for others, being beneficial both to the leader and the speaker. Empathy is the second quality, that is a learned skill, needed to understand, recognize, and accept others. The next one – Healing, is required for leader to practice forgiveness in order to preserve relationships. Self-awareness is based on the servant leader knowing self, especially one’s core values, which is important for understanding situations from a holistic perspective. The fifth required quality is Persuasion – ability to convince rather than to coerce members of a team. The sixth – Conceptual Thinking – empowers servant leaders think conceptually, putting people and relationship at the top of their priorities. The seventh, closely related to the previous, is Foresight – a characteristic that enables the servant-leader to understand the lessons from the past, the realities of the present, and the likely consequences of a decision for the future. The next one – Stewardship, is sharply different from the greedy, power-oriented, controlling leader; its mission and its existence is linked with fulfilling the needs of others, and doing so in an ethical way. The ninth quality – the Growth of People – is based on the ability of the true servant leader to empower others, to seek and find people with a potential to lead even greater than his or her own, nurture their potential and then get out of the way. And the last one – Building Community – is connected with the people finding meaning in life, their purpose, and their calling in community. The role of the servant leader, therefore, is that of a creator of community.
 Inasmuch as effective leadership is vital to societal progress and personal well-being for people in every culture, educators must find new ways to help their students prepare for the future. If such tradition prevails in higher education, new degree programs in leadership, to our mind, should be added at trend-setting universities. The potential impact of higher education on future leaders is revolutionary.

Формирование римского общественного мнения Октавианом (от Иллирийской кампании до битвы при Акции)

The article discusses the means and methods that Octavian used to form the public opinion of the Romans in the period 34–32 BC. The author notes their diversity and intensive use in political propaganda, but their effectiveness should not be exaggerated. Only patriotic slogans made Octavian the true leader of the Roman Republic. Octavian`s political talent was that he managed to capture and use Romans moods in his interests.

Paradigm warriors: Advancing a radical ecosystems view of collective leadership from an Indigenous Māori perspective

Collective leadership is cast as a new and emerging paradigm. However, for many Indigenous communities, collective leadership has been a way of life through the millennia. Where mainstream models of collective leadership focus on what people do, think, and feel in the here and now, we argue such an approach ignores contributions of other generations. The Māori ecosystems view set out in this article positions a revolutionary departure from previous work on collective leadership because of the extraordinary set of relationships it encompasses, including those across generations and across living and non-living entities. Meeting this special issue’s call for innovative research methodologies, our work is informed by the ancient practice of wānanga, which challenges secular, reductionist, quantitative research. Wānanga traverses time and space and involves a quality of consciousness that brings forth an integrated collective intelligence. Inquiring into three watershed leadership moments, we show that collective Māori leadership is an ecosystem held together by activating a knowledge code, cultivating ties of affection, and working the tensions. Unlike the ‘new broom sweeps clean’ approach where incoming leaders tend to discard the work of predecessors, true collective leadership is an integrated ecosystem sustained from one generation of leadership to the next.

The Effect of Leadership Style on Companies Survival: A Comparison Study Between Chrysler Auto Maker and Jordanian Potash Company

This research paper aims at investigating the effect of transformational leadership on a company’s survival when such company at the verge of collapse. Leadership style assessment analyses are used with application on a Jordanian leading company" The Arab Potash"(APC), and the American auto maker giant Chrysler. It is unusual practice for researchers to conduct studies on companies which are completely different in every aspect. However, this study found a common ground between a giant and a little tiny company which enable researcher to conduct an effective comparison between the two for the purpose of revealing the impact of good leadership on the company’s survival. The history of these two companies is very interesting because of the similarity between the two. In 1970s and 1980s Chrysler and Arab Potash were facing very serious problems, in a degree that they were on their way to bankruptcy and death. Fortunately, two exemplary leaders came for rescue, Lee. Iacocca took over Chrysler, and a distinguished Jordanian took over The Arab Potash. Both leaders did miracles and turned the companies around from failing to profitable corporations. The achievement of those two leaders have manifested the effectiveness of true leadership in creating success and flourishing of hopeless situation. Lee Iacocca and Hamor make this study to be unique because it is the first study of its kind in Jordan to the best of this researcher’s knowledge. Keywords: Chrysler, Arab Potash, Lee Iacocca, M.Hamor transformational leadership DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-35-11 Publication date: December 31 st 2019

The Principles of Honor, Virtue, Leadership, and Ethics: Medieval Epics Speak Out against the Political Malaise in the Twenty-First Century

Abstract One of our central challenges as medievalists consists of how to respond to the question regarding the relevance of medieval literature and other documents. This article suggests that we can easily draw from medieval heroic literature where ideal and also negative examples of successful/failed leadership are provided. The MHG Nibelungenlied, at least in the first part, illustrates dramatically the consequences of a weak, indecisive, impulsive, and manipulable ruler, whose actions ultimately trigger a whole sequence of hatred, violence, and slaughter. The Old Spanish El Poema de Mío Cid sets out almost at the same point, with the protagonist being exiled because of malignment, but in the course of events, he demonstrates convincingly what makes a true, honorable, admirable, and worthy leader. These two epic poems can serve powerfully as illustrations of failed and successful leadership, and can thus offer significant instructions for modern concerns in politics, business, administration, the church, schools, and universities.

Ustav, populizam i kraj liberalne demokracije - "referendumanija" ugrožava temelje ustavnog poretka

Democracies are at risk to be strangled by the populist demagogues, posturing as the only and true leaders of 'the people', while disregarding constitutional "structure of liberty", meaning that, the parliamentary supremacy, judicial review and, above all, the constitutional limits to the very direct decision making by the voters' constituencies. Referenda are being used ever more, often to push certain decision, which could not pass the parliament. The claim is that there must not be any limits to the power of the people. That phenomenon the most esteemed liberal magazine "The Economist" nicknamed coining the word "referendumania", apparently combining 'a mania' with 'referenda'. It has been received with a lot of sympathy by the general public, in circumstances when the television and the Internet shows all the misery of the numerous assemblies, not only in a new but also in the mature democracies. After the referendum on the Brexit has been used as an instrument of the political struggle in the mother of parliaments, Great Britain, which lead to the ongoing "melting down" of the highly valued British political system, it seems that the worst of prophecies are realized by advancing populist forces in a number of Euroepan states. Republic of Croatia has been for a long time exposed to such treats, by the political groups extremely opposed to governmental policies, first by the Catholic conservatives and most recently by the trade unionists. Due to the very inadequate regulation of the referenda on civil initiatives, whereas the decision is to be made by a majority of those who vote, without any quorum being provided, the posibilites of manipulation are enormous. In the lasting confusion, a number of politicians has already proclaimed their intention, if elected the president of the Republic, to use such a referendum in order to remove all the checks and balances between the chief of state and "the people". Taking such treats very seriously in the existing crisis of democracy, the author emphasizes hi plead for an interparty agreement which would enable the referendum to be properly regulated and thus incorporated into the system of a democratic constitutional democracy.

Spiritualitas Kepemimpinan dalam Pengelolaan Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran

Spirituality in leadership is a leadership that leads the worldly dimension to the spiritual dimension. God is a true leader who inspires all deeds, influences and moves the conscience of His servants. Spirituality in leadership is leadership that forms values, attitude, behavior needed for intrinsic motivation to achieve a sense of spiritual survival. Spirituality-based leadership is not only about intelligence and skills in leadership, but also about the values of truth, honesty, integrity, creativity, wisdom, compassion. Spirituality in leadership is the way of a leader to pays attention to how other people can grow, develop and achieve the vision. There are three dimensions of spirituality in leadership they are first, the activities carried out by a manager (leader, head, chairman and others) with other people or groups. Second, the activities have purposes and third, management is carried out in the organization, so that so that becomes organization oriented. Therefore, the spirituality in leadership in the management of learning and education has significant impact on teachers, students, stakeholders, etc.

Learning through listening: a lesson in true leadership

Learning through listening: a lesson in true leadership

Innovative Lessons in Leadership

Innovative Lessons in Leadership

Outdoor Localization of Robot with RSSI for Iot Connected Smart Devices

Wireless sensor Technology has evolved as a true leader in the current era, surpassing the conventional wired technology.It gains over the conventional wired technology in respect of being more efficient and robust.In order to confine and transmit the data to the specified destination, Wireless sensor technology has shown its mettle to do things at great ease.Thus the door to the area of all future research realted to localization sytem and various technologies have opened. So to identify the location of the data is of prime importance as the essence lies in the fact that from where the data has been collected.Spotting the sensor nodes using suitable algorithm is commmonly termed as localization, which is a fascinating area of interest in the field of research and many reaserchers have carried out their exhaustive work in this area.In order to match up with the pace of the fast evolving technologies,it is the utmost need to develop and design a low-cost ,highly efficient localization technique for wireless sensor technologies.

Placing the Community at the Heart of Island Governance: The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018

The adoption of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (the Act)2 in July 2018 marked a historical moment for island communities in Scotland. The provisions therein, and their implementation, provide a unique opportunity for island communities to influence the agenda of the Scottish Government in relation to island governance. The Act has the potential to position Scotland at the forefront of island law and policy on an international scale. This paper expands on this opportunity by providing a snapshot of the journey that has led to the Act. It will then discuss the National Islands Plan and the provision requiring island communities impact assessment to be undertaken, both of which are key elements present in the Act. The paper concludes by drawing attention to the Act’s emphasis on island communities. When it comes to island law and policy, Scotland will only be able to claim true leadership if it carries through its commitments towards island communities in the implementation of the Act.

Eating supper on a sinking ship: Acts 27:27–38

The sea-journey adventure of Paul in Acts 27:27–38 serves as the focus of this sermon. The author of Luke–Acts illustrates that, during the storm crisis, prisoner Paul is the true leader of this ship, even above the captain and centurion. Paul’s leadership and faith are demonstrated in the celebration of a meal with all those on board. Using key language, such as “giving thanks,” “bread,” and “breaking,” the meal scene echoes the Lord’s Supper. Amid crises, participating in the Lord’s Supper provides a sense of hope, community, and encouragement.