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An Individual's Leadership Skills

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a) According to “The Law of the Lid,” an individual’s leadership skills puts a cap on how effective that person will be throughout life. In other words, potential success surpass the level of leadership a person expresses. Organizations can also be impacted by “The Law of the Lid;” the strength of the leader(s) limits the amount of success the whole organization will have. This law was put into play in my National Honors Society in high school. During my first year, the leaders were not the best quality. The members on the board were all involved in other sports or clubs and tended to focus more on those versus NHS. They had a low leadership level, and in turn, our club had a low effectiveness and success rate. In my senior year, the leaders all changed and were more involved in NHS. We had all talked about bettering the program and progressing the organization’s reputation again. Our leaders stepped up to the plate and increased the amount of activities we did for our community. These leaders had better qualities and therefore, our National Honor Society thrived. Leadership and effectiveness go hand in hand as “The Law of the Lid” expresses. b) Intuition is the ability to understand something immediately and comes naturally to a person. This is an important quality to have as a leader. John Maxwell addresses this in “The Law of Intuition,” which says that it is the natural strength of someone to be able to look at a situation and know exactly how to handle it

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