1 Be an effective leader and follower

• Leadership occurs when two or more people work together, in an influence relationship, to attain goals. In this relationship someone leads and someone follows.
• Shared leadership is a dynamic, interactive influence process in which individuals lead together to achieve group and organizational goals.
• Distributed leadership helps us to see that leadership is not just the purview of formal managers; rather, it is distributed throughout the organization as informal leaders work in conjunction with formal leaders to drive positive outcomes.

2 Understand and Manage the Power and Politics

• Power is the potential to influence others or the capacity to change the behavior or attitude of another in a desired fashion.
• Although power has a negative connotation, power itself is neutral. Whether it is perceived as positive or negative depends on how it is used.
• Power is an asymmetrical influence relation in which some people have more power than others. Those without it are at a disadvantage not only in leading change, but also in being able to influence what happens to them in their jobs.

3 Build strong relationships and networks

• The workplace is full of relationships, one of the most important of which is the LMX relationship, or the relationship you have with your boss. The LMX relationship can be high quality, based on trust and partnership, or low quality, based on the requirements of the job.
• The relationships among coworkers or TMX are also important, as they contribute to how much an individual feels like part of a team.
• A relational violation is a behavior or action that crosses the boundary of what is acceptable in a relationship. When a violation occurs we must take steps to repair it or it will deteriorate.

4 Develop Communication Skills

• The framing effect occurs when the choice between two alternatives reverses depending on whether the scenario focuses on the potential gain or the potential loss associated with each alternative.
• Charismatic communication is especially persuasive in that it uses specific tactics to arouse excitement and anchor essential ideas into the minds of an audience

5 Handle conflict, Negotiation, and Decision-making

• Conflict appears as a disagreement over issues of substance or emotional antagonisms that create friction between individuals or teams.
• Conflict management strategies differ depending on whether the situation involves functional or dysfunctional conflict. Dysfunctional conflict should be eliminated through conflict resolution; functional conflict should be stimulated to generate creative solutions.
• Two broad conflict management strategies are reducing differences and tolerating differences. Reducing differences works for dysfunctional conflict; tolerating conflict works for both functional and dysfunctional conflict.

For each textbook chapter (. the ones that are listed before ), select the insight that you believe is the most important for your future self (e.g., yourself when you start your first big job after college). Stated differently, what are the core insights you believe will be the most important for you to remember as you launch your career?

• Describe the insight (e.g., describe the core construct or theoretical framework)
• Why it is important (e.g., how you will apply it and the impact that you anticipate it will have)

This paper should have 5 sections (one for each chapter 1 - 5) each roughly 150 woords. Although simple truths can yield profound insights, be sure to include sufficient explanation to demonstrate mastery of these complex topics.