Turning Ineffective Employees and Bosses into Performers: The New World Order

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Beverly Kearney was the women’s track coach at the University of Texas in Austin. She was fired from her employment after information had resonated disclosing an intimate relationship with a female student on the track team. The student was of age, so no criminal laws were violated; however, despite the disposition, she was released from her duty resultant of her actions. From a personal perspective, her dilemma could have been avoided if she refrained and engaged in this relationship at the appropriate time. Societal perception looks negatively on coaches dating students, while in school, as there is a conflict of interest. The university’s ethical guidelines should have been considered in her rationale concerning her relationship status.

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, loneliness can be caused by race as shown in Crooks who is the only person on the ranch of color. When all the ranch workers left for the town Lennie stayed behind so he decided to walk around the ranch and he sees a man and wants to talk to him but, the man says he does not want Lennie to come in so they talk outside of his room. Lennie does not understand the idea of racism so he is different fromt the other ranch workers. Lennie starts to talk with Crooks and he says “well, I got a right to have a light, you go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room”(Steinbeck 68).

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The behavior of a leader has a direct impact on the morale of the followers. Evans (2001) notes that leadership is a critical element of morale, job satisfaction and motivation among professionals. Leaders affect morale in a number of ways. The first is that leaders set a positive tone for the organization. The second is that leaders develop the systems that create motivation for workers on a day-to-day level and the third is that leaders create a vision and enthusiasm within the organization. The issue can also be approached from the negative bad leaders tend to remove these traits from organizations, to the detriment of morale.

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There are many examples of poor leadership behavior in today’s workplace. Inadequate leadership can be detrimental not only to a team within an organization, but also to the entire organization itself. I believe it is vital for upper management to ensure that their leaders are properly trained and aware of how to handle certain situations and employees. When a leader’s weaknesses are overlooked, large problems occur.