What Is My Visionary Leadership Style?

I placed my headset over my head and turned down my music. Staring out into the crowded studio I began my version of a stump speech for my first group fitness class. In this moment, I was a leader and demonstrated my visionary leadership style by directing a group of students into a self-designed fitness routine to promote healthy living, utilizing a full body workout. I presented the routine with confidence, explaining the progression of the class in the next hour and weeks to come, encouraging them to join me on my fitness journey. Despite my enthusiasm, I needed to further develop my visionary leadership style by portraying an end goal to meet the needs of my participants and create a following (Goleman, 2015). In response to developing an end goal, I have capitalized on Kouzes and Posner’s (2012) practice of inspiring a shared vision among my participants by expanding

In this instance, I was following Kouzes and Posner’s (2012) practice of model the way by participating in my values and using motivational skills to rally the group. Additionally, I demonstrated my pace setter leadership style in this moment and throughout the workout routine by verbally and physically directing participates to “Do as I do, now” (Goleman, 2015). I encouraged participants to follow my lead and be aware of their body position and form. I demonstrated the proper form during each exercise and comment on the important aspects to focus on when performing each move to support my values of safety. Leading by example is one of my stronger leadership styles and supported my position as a group fitness instructor because the students attending my class were typically highly competent and well motivated to follow the class demands (Goleman,