When I am asked about my academic interest at the beginning of the year, as a "tradition" of the teachers in my school, the immediate thing that came to my mind was science. I am intrigued by the vast and orphic world of science and drawn in by the numbers behind it. I can sit and watch science shows and read astronomical news all day. I always wonder what is behind the mechanism of the universe. I want to research and learn about science. But when I consider the question again, I realized that I also like literature. I read with my heart and love to write. But then I also like sport, math, and art. I like to listen and play music. I enjoy learning a new language. In the end, I wrote on my paper: "I am not really sure that know what my academical interest is or what I want to be in the future." That bugged me, and that day I sat, pondering over the meaning of life and such. I came to a conclusion: No matter what I will become in the future; it doesn't matter if I turn out to be an athlete or an architect, there is one thing that I know I want and need. That is a skill I thought I had but lacked all along: The ability to lead, to solve conflict - Leadership.
First of all, joining this course will help me a lot, when I go out into the world. When I grow up, I will have to learn to cope with people who I like and dislike. It's a competitive world out there, and I need to pick up on how to take "the lead" and help to drive my partners along. There will be conflicts because no one will have the exact same opinion. Learning how to overcome the barrier of difference will help collaborators to come up with much better ideas. A single idea does not "contribute," many ideas do, and the instrument used to put all ideas and opinion together ...
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... prepare myself in this field of study, I am planning to go to a tech or natural science school, and is looking at projects made by researcher to keep myself up-to-date. Science interest me because there are many mysteries and undiscovered knowledge out there, and I will try to find the answer to some of the secrets of the universe.
This year, I apply to Brown's University Leadership of Institute in search of a new type of knowledge, the type of knowledge that can help me put what I learned in my interested field of study to a whole new level. I believe that anyone has at least a thing they’re good as, but what makes a person more successful than others is their leadership skills. Anyone can be a good leader, some just need a chance to bring out their inner leadership skills. And I believe than Brown’s Leadership of Institute is just the right chance for me to start.
In the Leadership Challenge, 4th edition, it is Kouzes & Posner (2007) intention to present a road map for individuals to follow on their leadership journey. The authors stress that “leadership is not a gene and it’s not an inheritance.” Leadership they assert is “an identifiable set of skills and abilities that are available to all of us” (p. 23). They make clear that the “great person” theory of leadership is “plain wrong.” Leaders are our everyday heroes who do extraordinary things on a regular basis (p. 23).
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B., (2007). The leadership challenge, (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-
The way a leader is defined and remembered is not only through his actions and accolades, his followers and the leaders he developed also go into a leader’s legacy. Much like a legendary football coach, whose coaching tree goes on to do great things, I desire to join an organization that not only assist in my development as a leader, but also facilitate in the development of others as well. How could I contribute to the development of leaders? My largest contribution will come from my experience of being the United States military, where I was not only trained how to become an efficient leader, I was also taught on how to facilitate the growth and development of others leaders as well. I am able to accurately assess and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of an individual and assist in the development of a plan of action to address these areas. One of my personal beliefs is that vast knowledge is useless unless it is passed down to someone. With that being said I take every opportunity possible to share any knowledge that has helped me along the way.
The first concept that we covered in the Master’s program at Baker University was to identify what type of leader you would like to be. At the time we did not have the knowledge but it was setting up the path of deliverables that would be achieved 2 years later. By analyzing the past leadership habits, applying new leadership concepts, thought process and real examples. We not have the tools to understand the individual’s leadership concepts and also organizational leadership concepts.
Leadership at times can be a complex topic to delve into and may appear to be a simple and graspable concept for a certain few. Leadership skills are not simply acquired through position, seniority, pay scale, or the amount of titles an individual holds but is a characteristic acquired or is an innate trait for the fortunate few who possess it. Leadership can be misconstrued with management; a manager “manages” the daily operations of a company’s work while a leader envisions, influences, and empowers the individuals around them.
As I have developed in my job, school, and as a person, I found that I enjoyed helping others and want to become a leader. This paper will further describe how my experiences and background have shaped the leader I am today.
I have always been fascinated with science-oriented interests. I remember being young and intrigued by the complexity of the human body. As I grew, puzzles and critical thinking became essential to my learning process.
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2007). The Leadership Challenge (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA 94103-1741: Jossey-Bass.
Great leadership is not achieved over night, and it is not something that one achieves and stops. Great leaders spend entire lives building and growing their leadership skills. It is not likely that a leader will one day wake up with all of the vision, influence, knowledge, respect, and momentum necessary to be great; these take time to develop. “It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from their followers.”
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.
We all can become effective leaders by becoming experts in our field, by working on our leadership skills such self- confidence, determination, ability to understand other people’s needs, emotions and goals, ability to motivate other people to achieve their full potential and more. The journey to great leadership is appearing more straightforward than ever before, and there is no deficiency of resources showing what is need to be improved to become a great leader. Leaders today have much more opportunity to learn than leaders before us. It starts by transforming ourselves, and cultivating the habits true leader should
Leadership is not a position or a title it is action and example. In this Reflection, I will write about course topic, Leadership examples and me as a leadership. In course topic, I turn to what was the most interesting topic to me, which topic I find it difficult and which topic I find it useful for the future. In the Leadership examples, I turn to the most interesting thing I learned about a famous leader. The most important thing that great leaders all have in common, and I describe one famous leader’s approach to leading. In me as a leadership, I turn to what did I learn about being a leader from doing the classroom activities. What I will do is I was given a job as an office manager after graduating and if I would like
Lussier, R.N. & Achua, C.F. (2010). Leadership: Theory, application, skill development (5th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.
Successful leaders exhibit a series of qualities and characteristics, which drive their success. Whether these qualities are innate, natural, learned or trained is the premise of this work. There is overwhelming research that may be provided to support various schools of thought regarding leadership development. This work will discuss my personal perspective regarding leadership development, examine leadership theory and characteristics in order to evaluate the origin of strong leadership and reflect on the importance of leadership in higher education administration.