A good leader is knowledgeable and open minded to additional learning possibilities. Conventionally, "leadership" is defined as "directing others". In contrast, the insightful John F. Kennedy quote, above, expresses that there is more to leadership than just its dictionary denotation-that leadership is not just commanding, but convincing others to share a common goal. In order to convince, a leader must be able to use logic to explain the rationale behind a position. Strong reasoning is drawn from a large, factual foundation of knowledge which is achieved through learning. My leadership style is to continue to learn in order to successfully lead with strong reasoning.
As a child, "Because I said so" was a popular phrase with my parents whenever I questioned orders. This phrase became a representation of everything opposite of my leadership style-it is simply commanding with an empty reason. When I was younger, I had little understanding of why I was constantly being told to clean my room, study harder, or sleep early; it was always because mom "said so." Had someone taught me that cleaning my room promoted organization and hygiene; that studying hard would hone the skills needed to succeed in the future; that sleeping early was beneficial to my health, I would have been more enthusiastic about doing these tasks. Contrary to the "Because I said so" leadership style, my style of leading is to always teach others an understanding of what they are doing, and why they are doing it-to ensure that there is never a lack of motivation or enthusiasm. Purdue will provide me with the knowledge necessary to always have solid reasons on hand.
Decision making is a large part of leadership. A school club, Friday N...
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...en minded to learning from my team members' ideas helped immensely with the procedure. Notable suggestions included nailing our support beams for stability, substituting glue for Velcro to allow easy rollercoaster "track" adjustments, and adding wheels to the bottom of the project. Leveraging a strong knowledge base, with logic from learned experiences and staying open minded to additional learning possibilities, I helped to successfully organize and accomplish the project.
My leadership is a product of my learning. With aspirations of pursuing a career in engineering and becoming a leader of tomorrow, I seek to maximize my learning capabilities by receiving a quality education-an education from Purdue University. Leadership and learning are two arts intertwined, not only indispensable to each other, but also indispensable to my life.
The topic of leadership has been explored and written about by thousands of authors who are considerably more qualified than I am to write about the subject. However, I’ve always maintained that developing, evolving and articulating one’s own leadership philosophy is an essential part of a professional’s growth. Through academics and experience, I’ve concluded that leadership is a “soft” skill, more art than science, and that leadership principles can be universally applied. As a topic of discussion, leadership can be ambiguous and seldom does everyone agree on a single definition. Organizations and the people they consist of crave leadership, even if not overtly. Undeniably, strong leadership is essential to achieving
I have had both the pleasure and discomfort of being led by good and bad leaders. The way I simply define leadership is by being able to do as you say. Lead from the front and Set the example.
In my own experience leadership is not just about one person telling others what to do; it’s about more than just giving orders. It is about getting a group of people to work together towards a common goal with more than just the goal in mind. It is also not just about setting goals for the group but also setting personal goals for the individual, guiding and supporting them all
Leadership is when strong leaders show a group of people a clear vision of the right path to go. A leader has important qualities that make them a strong independent person. A leader tends to be open minded when it comes to listening to others ideas to help solve hard times. Being a leader does not mean someone is bossing others around and controlling everything they do. It means they offer help to others and know how to to take charge when the time is needed. In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, Odysseus is an effective leader because he knows how to be adaptive to challenges he faces in life and also caring for other in his crew.
Leadership is all about having the right amount of heart and determination to help make a difference in someone’s life. It takes certain qualities to be considered a good leader. A leader should want to help inspire others to make a change and to be the best that they can be. A true leader does not need to feel powerful, instead they empower those around them. Throughout my life I have come across various leaders who have made an impact on my life. It takes a very special person to inspire and touch people’s lives. Leadership is so much deeper than having power and bossing people around.
To me, leadership is the ability to inspire the people around you in any situation and under any circumstances, to work or live for a common purpose, and to be able to handle anything that comes your way. The actual definition of leadership seems so unclear because of the many responsibilities one person has to hold and attain as part of being a leader. Leadership is essential to any group of people or organization. Some of the major characteristics of being a leader are: confidence in your self and others, able to keep calm under stress, dedication, pride, setting a Christian example, inspiring, strong willed, always honest, committed, able to communicate with others, and open minded. There are a lot of people who are smart and have good ideas but they can not lead. Having a good idea that is worth following is not enough. Someone might want to lead the world to think a certain way or another person might have ideas to make a failing ...
Leadership is being able to direct or guide other people by either your own actions or by actually guiding them into the right direction (Acumen). Inspiration to be a leader might come from many different areas like your family, friends, peers, or even teachers. My inspiration didn’t really occur to me until I started attending college in August 2013. In all actuality I never even thought of how to be a leader until I was in Mrs. Moore’s Perspectives class. I now have a desire to be a great leader, and the inspiration has come from Mrs. Moore, and my family. I am the first to attend college out of my family, so in a away I have already started leading my siblings in the right direction. Being a leader means inspiring others to pursue their dreams, and aspirations and helping throughout the journey to success. Being a leader has nothing with authority or being able to tell other what, and how to do things, it’s about having people who look up to you and want to follow your example.
Leadership is a skill that staff members, management and other individuals can obtain. How you use your skill will determine the success you will have in life. Reading “The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle” on how to become a servant leader has influence me on so many levels. The essence of leadership stated by Mr. Hunter, should be influence and built upon serving, sacrificing, and seeking the good of those being led. Whether you are a teacher, mother or father, and in the professional world anybody can lead in the right direction.
Reflecting on leadership as a graduate student touches on a couple of thoughts for me. First, I feel it’s important for me to always acknowledge that I do not have, or will I ever have all of the answers. I also do not assume
Leadership is essentially the ability to motivate. An effective leader can motivate others toward reaching a common goal. Leaders are different than managers in that leaders inspire others to do the work needed while managers generally tend to manage the tasks associated with completing the goal.
For many years, I have been told by teachers, family, and friends that I am a good leader. Until fairly recently, I had never truly thought about what it means to be a good leader and just took it as a compliment. Leadership is an intangible concept which cannot be properly outlined in a dictionary, but one which must be formed and explained only through one’s own philosophies and experiences.
There are many different things I think of when I think of what leadership means to me. My idea of leadership is to be able to inspire others, get them excited to do something, motivate them and set an example to others. I also think that showing respect to others is a key part of leadership. You don’t just need leadership qualities, but you need to be a successful leader. To me being a successful leader is being able to have people follow you and not disrespect you. If you are a great leader your followers start to respect you more. To be a leader you also need to have certain qualities like being sociable, intelligent, have patience to deal with situations. A leader needs to be motivated or they will be a failure. I think I show leader ship all the time inside and outside of school. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way (John C. Maxwell).
There are many different ideas about what it means to be a good leader and what the leadership means. In a simple explanation, leadership is a technique that an individual influence a group of people to achieve a common goal. A good leader can be a supervisor, manager or a business owner. Leaders are people who have expertise in achieving goals, no matter what their job titles are. Leadership is about coping with change. In a modern age we live, especially in the twentieth century, “more companies are looking for people with great leadership skills” because they can solve problems (2015, P. 13). In my idea a good leader has a vision and motivation to a team so that they can work together toward achieving
Leaders can have a powerful impact on the futures of many, and the way in which one approaches leadership is paramount to the type of impact one will have. Continual growth in the areas of knowledge I have and seek to acquire, as well as recognizing my leadership style and utilizing my personal strengths to the fullest, is vital to the successful implementation of my personal philosophy of leadership.
Clear and concise guidance was the meat a potatoes in my early stages of molding of who I am today as a leader or, at least I think. It was quite simple, I have A, B, C and D to do, this is how I’m told I’ll do it, and then I execute. Seems simple right? It is simple but it left me with questions and the want to ask, “why?” and I asked it a lot. At a later time in my career I noticed another type of leadership style, and the question was, “What do you guys think?” and that was asked quite often. This style had about the same success rate when completing a task then my first encounter but why?