Weaknesses And Strengths Of Leadership As A Leader

The term leadership often brings to mind people like George Washington, Ghandi, Dwight Eisenhower, or current day military or political figures. These people represent certain strengths, character, and moral behaviors that we attribute to the concept of leadership. At its core, leadership is the ability to influence others to work toward and achieve a common objective or goal. An individual can exhibit leadership at any level of society, not just high profile positions. In fact, leadership can even be witnessed among children and young adults.

Leaders can be negative influences on others if they display certain toxic behaviors, lack ethics, seek only power, or hold beliefs that are incompatible with our societies. An example of a powerful and effective leader who used his ability to accomplish evil objectives and caused great harm is Adolph Hitler. While he was an effective and powerful leader, his morals, ethics, and intentions were evil and caused great harm and sorrow on a global level. Leaders aren’t all “great” and it is important to understand and

My own personality traits and characteristics effect my ability to lead others, and acknowledgment of my own strengths and weaknesses help me to become a stronger, more effective leader. There is an extensive list of traits which contribute to the leadership process and effectiveness of the leaders, however, six are considered to be key traits: intelligence, confidence, charisma, determination, sociability, and integrity. (Northouse, 2015) Of these six traits, I consider intelligence, charisma, determination, sociability, and integrity to be my strongest, and while I am very confident, I tend to question myself occasionally. Therefore, I would consider confidence to be my weakest trait in the