Exercise 1: Understanding The Roots Of Our Leadership Skills

Exercise 1.1 dealt with understanding the roots of our leadership skills. Filling out the exercise I learned that the personal experience I had with work and school have been the most influencing agents in my life. Here I have learned from examples and models skills such as positive attitude, establishing a vision and effective communication. In addition, I believe I possess, to varying degrees, the qualities people want in a leader. For instance, integrity and honor are my top most priority. I prefer to answer honestly and expose my faults than hide them and stop learning. In terms of job knowledge, I believe I am on the road to competence through the pursuing of a bachelor’s degree. I would like to work on my people-building skills and strengthen them. I attempt to identify areas of motivation for people however; I

Considering that it was called the leadership report card, its length is justified. The best thing I liked about this assessment was the rationale listed below the questions, not only did they serve to clarify the question, but they also reminded us of all the learning we have done so far in the semester. My score for this assessment suggested that I am on solid footing as a leader although I do have room for improvement.

Considering that the dynamic of student life places student in a highly individualistic environment, it is a difficult feat to draw focus towards forming teams and investing in a vision. Personally, I attempt my best to exhibit the core leadership principles. Occasionally, I do fall short because we do not all have our best days every day.

Exercise 10.2 was a complimentary exercise to the one prior. I believe I am usually very concerned regarding the morale of my teams. Fortunately, the leaders for whom I currently work for would also like to view themselves in a similar light. The resulting dynamic has ensured that my morale at work is high as is suggested by the