Leadership And Business Professionalism Course

A passion, by definition, is strong and barely controllable emotion. But in the book, Chad Foster tells us that a passion is something that one greatly likes or desires. He tells us to never underestimate the power of our passion and that life is boring and dull without one. This can help us in the real world because we can turn our passions into jobs, like Elton John and his music, and it gives us something to do in our free time that

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." Dwight D. Eisenhower This quote from Eisenhower rings true on many levels. During my career in the military and the private sector, I have been subjected to many different styles of leadership, good or bad. In my leadership roles I have attained, I tried to model leadership abilities by taking bits and pieces of previous leader’s styles and forming them into my own model. This has proven to work well as dealing with people from all different walks of life there is no one size fits all approach. In writing this paper, I will detail my own leadership platform drawing from the course material and various other sources. The goal of this paper is to show a solid understanding of the course teachings and perhaps give the reader a new found perspective on leadership.

Performed duties of an SGL assigned to the Basic Leader Course (BLC) for the Fires Center of Excellence (FCOE). Served as the subject matter expert for all Course Management Plan (CMP) and Programs of Instruction (POI,) training and maintaining instructor certification. Responsible for the wellbeing, safety, professional development, and training of 16 Soldiers on a 22-day recurring cycle, performing nine cycles a year. During my tenure as a BLC SGL, I achieved numerous accomplishments and achievements. Received enormous praise from the United States Sergeants Major Academy (USAMA) for renovation of a Training Support Package (TSP) that was implemented across BLCs for the entire Army. Hand-picked as NCO of the Month for September 2015, selected

Passion is defined by the life and death of Jesus Christ. Because He laid down his life for me, I find it my duty to live for Him and through Him. All of my values are rooted in Christ and our relationship. I believe that the community service, leadership, and character of those found in the National Honors

What is Passion? Passion is “an intense desire or enthusiasm for something” (Oxford English Dictionary). This implies that passion motivates you in do something (such as activities) that you will enjoy and feel confidence about it. For instance, in “The Mother of All Questions”, by Rebecca Solnit, she says “I set out to write books, to be surrounded by generous, brilliant people, and to have great adventures” (6). Solnit is trying to show that passion is love for what you do. Consequently, each individual has its own view of passion -- that include Rebecca Solnit’s essay “The Mother of all Questions”, Malcolm Gladwell’s, Outliers, an interviewee and myself. In this essay we will look to find how passion plays in our thoughts about work.

Passion is a very powerful emotion that numerous individuals have experienced throughout life and depending on their situation; some may use this emotion as a motivation to move forward in life. In the tragedy, Macbeth, William Shakespeare suggests that when strong rulings passions begin to transform into obsessions, they may lead to destructive results. These rulings passions can lead to deteriorating relationships due to extreme measures one takes in order to reach their desired success; self-destruction caused by one’s absence of mind while taking unperceptive decisions; and one’s passion causing one to lose the sense of reality. One’s ruling passion can cause one to make irrational decisions leading one to cause damage to ones relationships.

I am sure you will agree when I say, Passion drives our actions. Someone said, “Passion is energy. The more passionate you are about yourself, your work, your life, or whatever it is you are doing…the more positive energy you give off. True happiness comes when you do what you are most passionate about. Passion shapes our existence, fuels the fires of inspiration and opens us up to opportunities and changes around us. Passion is enthusiasm and excitement for life.

The battle between passion and responsibility has been an ongoing. It has been something that incessantly conflicts each other, but also something that could create something amazing when a balance is created between the two. Passion is where you have this strong and barely controlled emotion towards something, whereas responsibility is where you have a duty to do a particular task without fail. In comparison, passion and responsibility exhibit the relationship similarly to black and white or to a straight line and a wiggly line. The two are big factors that play a great role in our lives and should have equal importance or healthy relationship to both factors. Responsibility will always be a must and firm with regards to the need of passion for us to continue on with purpose.

The initial belief that there were some super-secret cure-alls for leadership problems was a thought, the thought when starting my degree. Even though I have been to specific leadership schools in the military, I have always been in an Autocratic directed career and often have to use this style of leadership. These CSU courses have given me additional understandings that build on to existing leadership knowledge. This has evolved to understand the myriad of skills, from communication to problem-solving, that should be used to gather, analyze, and formulate strategic decisions (CSU-Global, 2015; CSU-Global, 2016a; CSU-Global, 2016b). To say it opened my eyes to what good and great leaders are charged to do for the betterment of their organization

What does it mean to succeed in life? To succeed is to look backward, forward, and inward without regret. Success is a dynamic state, which consists of constantly taking agency over one’s life and making decisions about which he or she is proud. It is accepting one’s circumstances and becoming, through one’s actions, a person of whom he or she is proud. The various philosophers, political activists, authors, and business people, whose works I explored in my Professional Responsibility and Leadership course in college, aided me in my discovery of these truths.

What is the meaning of passion? For many, it has it’s own unique definition, a definition that has revolutionized over time. When asked, most people would define their sense of passion as an “intense or uncontrollable emotion towards someone or something” . However, the original meaning of the word “passion,” especially in regards to the passion of Jesus Christ, takes on a different definition. When exploring the biblical interpretation of the word “passion,” it is important to note the incredible role Jesus Christ played in truly defining the word. Exploring what the old meaning of the word “passion” is, examining Jesus Christ’s source and direction of passion, and how we portray and define his passion today will all contribute to understanding

Passion is a complex emotion which can affect an individual in a multitude of ways. When confronted with a strong passion, some are prone to act deliberately act on it, where others are overwhelmed with the emotion and are in turn, turmoiled by their impulsivity. In Hamlet, passion is a burning drive to accomplish an agenda, which takes its toll on characters who do not subordinate their passion with reason. Through Hamlet, William Shakespeare suggests that an individual of noble character with a passion may be able to satisfy it, although not without consequence.

My personal goals for this class is to learn as much as I can, try to apply it at work, and to try to do my best in this class. I have taken other management and leadership classes at Brandman, and it seems that I learned a lot them. When I read through the books I find a lot of things that will help me become a better leader at work. I do not feel that this class will be any different than the other classes that I took, I will be able to learn a lot by doing the assignments and hopefully be able to apply it at work. I would like to try my best in this class. I was not happy with my effort in the class I just finished. I had a things come up during the class that I put before the class, and I was disappointed when I finished and got my grade.

A wise man once said “Man is only great when he acts from passion.” When you hear the word passion, the first thing that might come to your mind is something related to love, and you’re not entirely wrong. According to Merriam- Webster’s dictionary, passion is defined as a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something or a strong feeling (such as anger) that causes you to act in a dangerous way. All in all, it is a strong feeling, be it happiness, sadness, anger or liberality. You can be passionate about many things such as love, sports, food, or intimacy. However, it can also mean having a strong yearning for something.

Today’s organizations can be classified into either “green” or “orange”, the transition from orange to green and finally teal can be attributed to passion. In teal approach organizations are self-managed i.e the power resides within the employees to manage, track progress and suggest changes to their groups. In this type of scenario passion plays a pivotal role of being a motivating factor as they are responsible for their success and establishes strong trust between management and employees, than by manager as a threat to their productivity. In contrast in hierarchal structure manager forces employees to perform their job correctly and manage the responsibilities efficiently.