The Reflection Of The Five Practices Of Leadership

As a graduate student at Kaplan University, I am pursing my Master’s in Management. I am learning how to become an effective leader. I believe an effective leader may possess specific skills and abilities to reach an organizations and personal success. Today’s workforce is challenged with many barriers that may affect leadership roles. How do you address this as a leader; without offending employee culture? By attending this leadership course I expect to learn why leadership is essential in any organization. This will help me gain the ability to recognize and implement strategies for leading a group of individuals in any organization. However I believe leadership does not have one single definition. It exists at different levels within an organization and should be driven throughout eh entire organization. For example in high school I participated in marching band. Band practice was rehearsed with the band director. But sectionals were directed by our instrument section leader. The section leaders were looked at as leaders in each section based on their reading and

The five practices of leadership are; (1) Model the way, (2) Inspire a shared vision, (3) Challenge the focus (4) Enable others to act, (5) Encourage the Heart. I believe Ms. Ball can be categorized in the Challenge Process. I choose this category because she goes out of her way by applying the effort in taking time by coaching her team hands on. Everyone needs support and leadership when venturing through their career. Ms. Ball provides mentoring and training to help her team become successful. The class she gives is out of the kindness in her heart. She is not required to provide the step by step guidance she gives her team the best of her for better results. I admire this character in my aunt and with applying the skills I acquire through education and