On Monday, March 21st, Twitter celebrated its 5 year anniversary. After reading a recent article in the New York Times called "Teaching to the Text Messsage" by Andy Selsberg, I was contemplating how to create a writing assignment that challenges students to write both critically as well as concisely.
Selsberg claims that "learning how to write concisely, to express one key detail succinctly and eloquently, is an incredibly useful skill, and more in tune with most students’ daily chatter, as well as the world’s conversation."
So, yesterday I gave a pop quiz in my Bad Leadership class.
The question: What is the difference between bad & good leadership?
Answer must be 140 characters or less!
With his permission, here is one student's response:
"The difference between bad & good leadership is respect & results."
-Eric, First-year Student in Bad Leadership
What would your answer be in 140 characters or less?
p.s. Follow me on Twitter (jstratton22) to see more answers to this pop quiz question!
Bad leadership is leading followers without considering their viewpoints. Good leadership is leading followers toward a mutual common goal.
ReplyDeleteGood leadership successfully harnesses the desire of followers towards achieving a common goal, while bad leadership fails in the process.
ReplyDeleteGood Leadership maximizes the welfare of organizations and societies while Bad Leadership tends to do otherwise.
ReplyDeleteGood Leadership is the ability to lead effectively and legally while being respected and moving that which you lead in the right direction
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