Personal Philosophy Of Leadership

Leadership Philosophy

Leadership has naturally always been one of my traits. I am the second oldest of six children. Growing up I was responsible for caring for my younger siblings. The responsibility has shaped me into a natural leader. I believe in good energy and good vibes. During my childhood, our family attended church and participated in the community. This instilled humbleness and desire to be of help to anyone else. My priorities as a leader are always how I can help others without expecting anything in return. This is a personal law of mines. I feel that it gains trust, respect and shows people how genuine you are. Whenever you do anything for someone the natural reaction is, in return they will want to do something for you. Upon

I was put into my first real leadership position. I was an E4 working in the s2 section. There was a

SSG and 3 specialist and a major. It was time for the staff sergeant to go on his R&R leave. I was the highest ranking specialist and was in charge for the week. What a learning experience…. I am in of the section. We would have a team meeting bi-weekly to cover normal work. The bi-weekly was during our sergeant leave of course. I emailed out the calendar invite instead of verbally announcing the time and location of our meeting. We worked in a very close environment. Our desk were right next to each other. The moment I sent out the invite, one of the specialist felted that I was too good to speak to them and resented me the entire week. I did not find out what the problem was until our sergeant returned from R&R leave and through mediation between the two of us. That one email caused a non-productive work week. We both had extremely different point of views of what happened. The biggest lesson I learned was communication, if I can tell you in person than I will. Talking things out ourselves would have brought us to the true meaning of the conflict faster. We were to young an inexperience to know what was going

Not being self –aware may cause inconsistency, lack of empathy and lack of confidence. I have internalized these beliefs from my civilian and military experiences. I have found majority of the time, people that display the characteristics above are not shy, they know their strengths and weaknesses, and they will say something when they see things are wrong or right. This type of person will build weaker and strong people up. This type of person is open to candid feedback, new perspective and continuous learning.

I expect honesty, soldiers to go beyond the call of duty and adaptability from soldiers I evaluate. I will measure this on their relationships and report from their peers. A leader is positive and important to their peers and subordinates, it will show. Naturally others will praise, consign the actions of the leader in question. My people can expect me to continue to work on myself growth, spiritually, emotional. Peers and subordinates will witness me as a team player and never a dictator. A collective answer is more powerful than one person. I realized that continuing education is the key to success. I will never turn down continuing