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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Leadership Style, and Barack Obama is The US President

What style are you?
Of note about travel and adventure, we turn briefly to the theme of leadership, yes, leadership is an important subject in any event a success of many people. Leadership has always been interesting in an organization of any kind. This time, I'll share a little about the leadership style of President of USA exceptional; Barack Obama ...

Kreiner stated that leadership is the process of influencing others, in which a leader encouraging their men, are involved and participate willingly in order to achieve organizational goals. While Hersey added that leadership is an attempt to influence another individual or group. A leader must combine the elements of self power, authority-owned, personality traits and social skills to be able to influence the behavior of others.

Leadership style is a habit that is applied by a leader in running the authority as leader. Leadership style is usually born out of the background and the environment in which leaders are born and grow as a leader, the characteristics and traits that follow charismatic strength and intensity that exist in that leader.

Leadership Style
Basically, in every style of leadership there are 2 main elements: the element of directives (directive behavior) and the element of support (supporting behavior) and of two elements, the style of leadership can be grouped into 4 groups: autocracy (directing), coaching (coaching), democracy (supporting), and control-free (delegating).

1.      In the autocratic leadership style, leaders control all aspects of activities.
2.      Coaching leadership style, similar to the autocracy, where a leader is still indicate targets to be achieved and how to achieve those goals. However, at this leadership members were invited to participate in solving the problem at hand.
3.      On the democratic leadership, a leader shows only targets to be achieved only, on how to achieve these goals, members who decide. In addition, members are also given the flexibility to solve his problems.
4.      Control-free leadership style, a leader shows only the main target to be achieved alone. Each division or section be given full trust to determine the minor goals, how to achieve goals, and to solve its problems on its own. Therefore, leaders only act as observers only.


Barack Obama's leadership style that stands out, since the presidential campaign, until he is inaugurated.

Barack Obama US President
Offer Change
One of the things that stand out along the Barrack Obama campaign are: the slogans that had been buzzed by him;
"Change We belive In"...."Change We Need"....and "Yes We Can!".

The slogans that indicated, that he will be ready to lead America in the face of change. This slogan seemed to be positioning the powerful; because it is 'change' is what coveted U.S. society is today. Further 'green economy' that echoed Obama, also one of hope 'change' that can make the world better. In essence, the U.S. public wants change in various aspects of life, and Obama is the proper representation of the 'change' issue.

Listening Feedback
After a positive win the U.S. election, a few days later Obama trantition Government published a web: change.gov, where through the site he was trying to gather the voices of the people. Through these sites, the U.S. public can submit feedback in the form of suggestions or criticism, to the U.S. they desire in the future.

Communication Skill
Obama is a brilliant orator, charismatic and have ability to convince the masses to believe it. In addition to communicating directly, Obama is also superior in the use of Web 2.0 communication. Mastery of Web 2.0 is an important key to Obama's campaign victory, which increased its popularity online. Facebook and Twitter are two tools that are exploited during the campaign and its relationship with the supporters.


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Monday, May 2, 2011

Unique Puppet Playing Cards




Recently I unintentionally browsing and found playing cards, bearing the puppet, funny and interesting, very creative.  There is a Bali puppet picture,  there Sundanese puppet picture, and there are also Joyja puppet picture.

Indeed, the creative industries in recent years become an issue that often campaigned and held by the government, almost every year, there's always an exhibition of handicrafts at the Jakarta Convention Center, Indonesia, where assembled various handicrafts, very interesting and not too expensive. But unfortunately, the creative industries were poorly equipped knowledge of import export.  In fact, the interests of tourists to Indonesia’s creative industries are very big, so, really creative industries have export potential.

Fortunately, many online media is now a place where the industry is to present the results of his work, so that enthusiasts can directly contact them, to ask directly about bookings and so on, although online media at risk of theft and plagiarism generate creative ideas, so far can be understood, the important world of on line to know the authenticity and quality of the first makers.  This is a business, must always be lucky to lose.  That's fair.



Would be exciting and unique as well, if it were in Texas casino or gambling sites in Penang Malaysia using playing cards set in "traditional puppet" of Indonesia.  Puppet indeed became the ancestral heritage since the 6th century in the region - Indonesian Archipelago, and the puppet has been a hallmark of Javanese society, ranging from puppet of golek, puppet of shadow and puppet of people. 

Well, for those friends who want to collect the puppet playing card, maybe for personal collection or for culture collections?  Please come to Yogyakarta - Indonesia, but too far away huh?  If so, please tell me!  I will help you have it.


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