The Importance Of Leadership From My Parents

My parents were the first teachers that I encountered in my life, but I don’t remember the first thing that they taught me. I do know that the most significant thing that I learned from my parents was leadership. They did not teach me how to be a leader intentionally; I learned by observing them even when they were unaware of it. I inherited their strength in leadership through many years of them leading by example. My parents have been the perfect example of leaders cultivating leadership for the past eighteen years. My parents have been my biggest role models for as long as I can remember. I always wanted to emulate them in everything that I did. There was never a moment when I decided to try to learn how to be a leader from my parents,

His dedication to serving others inspired me to be a leader that put the best interest of others above myself. My father would leave whatever he was doing to help, if he was called to do so, without questioning it or complaining. Both of my parents showed me the importance of service as part of being a leader in their yearly trip to Nicaragua. They spent part of their summer every year in Nicaragua volunteering on mission trips; my mother worked in a clinic and my father helped to build churches, schools, houses, and many other things. My parents also taught me how to be a spiritual leader by encouraging me to stand up for what I believed in and to fight for what I knew was right. They taught me that as a believer, I had the responsibility of being a leader because people would look at me to set an example for how they should

The way that they discussed their jobs and their interactions with their subordinates and superiors taught me a lot about how a strong leader should interact with others. Great leaders are respectful of others and communicate that verbally and through their actions. I never saw my parents disrespect any of their employees by speaking down to them or embarrassing them. My parents also respected their superiors which inspired me to respect my superiors. My parents gained the respect of their subordinates by setting an example; they respected their superiors in the way that they wanted to be respected. They taught me that a great leader will be emulated by his or her followers, so the best way for me to get my followers to perform a desired action was to do that action myself. I also learned how to be an effective leader that could get people to want to do things rather than ‘make’ them do things. My parents were firm, but they were not controlling or micromanagers. They taught me that people would be much more willing to do things if they thought they came up with the idea to do it rather than if they were told to do it. This information was very useful in the many leadership positions that I held throughout my secondary school