Principles Of Martin Luther King

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My upbringing in a diverse community has influenced my core principles to be centered around maintaining integrity, ensuring fairness and openness, and exemplifying persistence. Martin Luther King Jr.’s statement that “a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus”, resonates will me because of its implied weight for diverse conservations and its non-explicit focus on core principles needed in finding a consensus among all. Building integrity as a leader is something I find critical in order to lead a diverse group. However, integrity is not easy attributed to a leader nor does it come from a defined set of guidelines. Rather, it stems from the characteristics of an individual, coupled with one’s actions; this ultimately builds trust. I maintain a sense of integrity to my peers, family members and friends because I am passionate about understanding and solving issues; this genuine eagerness stems from my deep concern of the well being of others. I am mentally built on the foundation that anything in one way or another can be tweaked to enhance performance and quality, whether that is …show more content…

As a civil rights activist, Martin Luther King has shown me how progression requires a solidarity focused on fairness and openness, inclusive of personal opinions, heritage, or race. I was raised in an environment where diversity runs strong through its veins and from there, I learned the importance of each heritage and how through interacting and collaborating with one another, solutions are found to social and political problems. As a leader, I task myself to use a democratic leadership style in order to encourage people to share their ideas and then synthesize the information as a whole to make the best possible decision; this technique is my key to deciphering how to translate and transpose solutions from a group of multifarious

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