My Leadership Philosophy

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Everyone has a different view on what they think leadership is to them. Leadership to me is being able to guide people in a certain direction to reach a common goal. That person should know how to make sure everyone is involved in a process and that things run smoothly. According to The Student Leadership Challenge, Leadership is modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart. Throughout my whole life, my mom and dad have always tried to push me to be my own person and to take control. I tried very hard to listen to them, but most times I found myself following the path made by others. I’m not the type of person to take control for fear that I may hurt someone’s feelings or make anyone upset. A person can’t be a leader if they don’t have any followers. There are some people, who are natural leaders, but not everyone is cut out to be a leader; And deciding whether you’re a leader or a follower, only you can pick.
In my leadership class we had to take a strength finder test and write a paper on what we found. My top five strengths that I received after taking it was optimism, integrity, teamwork, faith, and salesmanship. My bottom weakness that I need to work on is self-motivation. When I took this quiz I thought that it wasn’t going to be very accurate because most quizzes like that online aren’t, but it actually hit the nail on the head!
I believe that I can help everyone stay positive about things in our perspective class and that I will be able to work with anyone. I may not have the same beliefs as them, but I am willing to accept that and treat them with respect. I do have a lot of integrity and even in high school I won most dependable. When I work in gr...

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...to the future, but also to not take anything for granted.
My personal leadership philosophy would be to be all you can be. As long as you give things one hundred percent, you can’t be mad at yourself. Being a leader is a lot of responsibility, but anyone is capable of being one. As we read that leadership book in class, it really opened my eyes to all of the qualities a leader must possess in order to be a successful one. I just hope that one day, I will no longer be a follower, but a strong leader.

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Kouzes, James M., and Barry Z. Posner. The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008. Print.
"American Nurses Association." American Nurses Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.

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