My Leadership: My Top Five Strengths

Leadership is being able to guide other students into being the best they can be. I am a leader who is always positive and cheering others on to achieve their goals. At my school, I have a position as the Vice President of Academics in National Honors Society. Since I have obtained this position, I encourage other students in this group to participate in service projects which is where one volunteers to help out the community in some aspect. These volunteering opportunities are good thing to do because it builds character and it is always fun helping others out. As a leader, I bring new ideas to the table on where we should help out in the community and anything that we could do in school that would fun and helpful. Along with participating in National Honors Society at my school, I am also involved in our Student Government Association. Although I do not have a leadership position in this club, I still engage in the activities that we do. For the past two years, I have gone to an annual meeting for leadership where multiple schools attend. At this meeting there are fun activities where you learn more about leadership and how to be a good leader. As a leader, these meetings help because it is always good to learn new

Leadership refers to the act of leading a considerable number of people within an establishment or the capacity to do this. Leadership has to do with coming up with a vision that is crystal clear and the ability to spreads that idea out in a manner that makes individuals, given the information, knowledge, and methods to understand, willing to follow. Subsequently, balancing and coordinating the conflicting interests of all stakeholders and members. It is typical for any good leader to step up in the event of a contingency, with the potential to imagine and act creatively in situations that prove to be difficult. Different from management, leadership can never be taught, in as much as it may be learned and bettered employing mentoring and coaching (Servant Leadership Based on Robert Greenleaf’s Writings, 2010).

As one leads with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner, they lead by modeling those values and beliefs that belong in an educational setting. They show concern and care personally for the students, staff and communities learning, behaviors, and lives. Leaders promote a culture of openness and trust. They model appropriate behavior and skills to improve learning and engage others to share in this process through collaboration.

Leadership theories in and of themselves carry negative and positives characteristics. Within the various theories lie strengths and weaknesses that when applied to complex problems can highlight each one respectively. As I examine a few theories, I will look at the strengths and weaknesses of each and determine when and with which situation would these theories best be utilized. Collective leadership or distributive leadership, and leader-member exchange are both theories that incorporate specific team or group mentalities.

If you ask what it means to be a leader, you will likely receive a different response each time. Everyone has a unique view of defining leadership that encompasses one’s individual beliefs, values, and goals. Some think that leadership means guiding others to complete a particular task, while others believe that it means motivating individuals to be the best version of themselves. Even though definitions vary from person to person, the general idea remains the same: Leaders are people who know how to achieve goals and inspire others along the way. To me personally in the context of our chapter, leadership is the ability to take advantage of our chapter’s strengths and address our chapter’s weaknesses in the most productive and efficient way possible. It is about knowing my fellow sisters and myself, and doing the best possible job to set both up on the right path. It is about having the humility to put others first in

At twenty-three, Carly Fiorina had dropped out of UCLA Law School with no plans about what she wanted to do with her future. However, almost twenty-two years later, she became president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company - the first woman CEO of a Fortune 20 company. She was given a mandate by HP’s board of directors to “shake things up” and was later named the "Most Powerful Woman in Business" by Fortune magazine. Prior to joining HP, Fiorina spent nearly twenty years at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where she held a number of senior leadership positions (Cara Carleton Fiorina. (2014).

In my eyes, a leader is someone who displays a caring and understanding personality. Someone who takes initiative. Someone who helps others. As the president of my high school’s HOSA, a club for future health professionals, I have been able to carry out these characteristics. I have taken initiative by preparing myself for events, meeting, and any opportunities that are open to our members. As president of a high school organization, it is important to show others that you are helpful and care for their needs. I always make myself open to questions and suggestions because I want members to feel comfortable with asking questions. As president, I have learned that I am not only representing myself, but also the thousands of members and HOSA officers

As children, we are encouraged to be leaders; to be people that make a difference in the world and have the courage to be catalysts for change. Being on Howard University’s campus allows one to witness first hand this embodied virtue of leadership. Taking action both on and off campus, students exemplify leadership through their ability to organize and seek reform in order to truly embody the essence of the “Mecca” as well as serve and inspire the greater community around us.

Student leadership is an essential part of a student’s collegiate career. Two student leaders,Tiffany Martin and Victoria Huckabee, are seniors looking back on their time and shed light on what they have learned during their time in their leadership positions.

Another concept that stuck to me was Change Agent. The book, Leadership for a Better World: Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership Development by S.R. Komives and W. Wagner, defines change agent as “a person committed to a dynamic leadership process, lifelong learning, and relationships” (Komives 400). Being a change agent is very vital to me as a Residential Assistant and future leader in my community because being a leader must mean there must be a need to change. In other words, a leader must find the problem, create a thesis, and solve the problem by leading a team. In addition, it is important to me because it involves every step of the social change model. A change agent must utilize the entire social change model (Consciousness of Self, Congruence, Commitment, Collaboration etc.). Every step of the social is vital because every aspect that is include.

The purpose of this memo is to provide an overview of the work our team will perform in order to study collective leadership practices of three social change organizations. The arena of social change we are exploring is the empowerment of marginalized people through skill and capacity building and other self-sufficiency strategies. We chose this area of inquiry because, at its core, it aims to build self-efficacy, which is the foundation to true social change.

A major leadership experience that I had at my high school is in our student government: REBAR, an acronym for Reinforcing the Student Body of Academy of the Redwoods. Our primary role in the community is facilitating school events, most notably the new student orientation. At the beginning of every year, REBAR members including myself apply leadership skills to a group of new students to teach them about our school and show them around our campus. This opportunity leaves a lasting impact on all students at my high school, Academy of the Redwoods. This is largely because REBAR is responsible for creating the first impression that new students get of our school. This responsibility lasts beyond orientation day. Since we have familiarized ourselves

As suggested by Zaleznik (2004) leadership is a process in which individuals are influenced to achieve certain outcomes. Within the organization the leader’s primary function is to extract from employees the ability to perform and meet certain performance indicators. The faculty’s objective is to guide and support the mentee to achieve extra ordinary results and improve academic performance. Servant leadership may be considered a central aspect in this process.

Within the collegiate setting there are a variety of interactions among professionals and students. These professionals are often in leadership positions within higher education. Posner (2004) explains, “Leadership development is now an integral part of the education program of college students, with courses and activities scattered throughout the co-curricular experience” (p. 443). Effective leadership at the university level is imperative to higher education with its recent characterization of being “amidst an identity crisis” (Smith and Hughey, p. 161). In the following sections I will outline the five fundamental leadership

Leadership can be defined as coaching and mobilizing people and resources to achieve a goal. To be a leader one must have certain traits and skills that can be learned as well as certain attributes that can be nurtured. Leaders are in place to inspire, challenge, and encourage others. They should be able to persuade and influence, and also show flexibility and determination. Throughout this class I have read, seen, and done self –assessments that have shaped and influenced my perspectives on leadership.