Philosophy Of A Commander

In Col J. William DeMarco’s essay, Leadership Philosophy 101: Who Are You?, he states that every leader must have a direction and a personal vision. Col DeMarco calls this concept “Leadership Philosophy,” a concept which resonates through many of the assigned readings. My personal philosophy focuses on servant leadership at its core. Servant leadership is defined as “serving subordinates as much, or more, than they serve their bosses.” Servant leaders don’t stay behind desks, they address the needs of their Airmen, and take care of them like family. The commander interview highlights the critical nature of this leadership method. This paper will compare my personal philosophy with those of my commander and his past leadership crisis

A leadership philosophy is unique and individual to every leader. The philosophy is developed through experience and personal development and will change as an officer grows. Deployments and combat operations provide unique opportunities to shape a leader’s development and philosophy. The ops tempo, frequent turnover, and separation from certain distractions provide a unique incubator to help a leader develop and test their philosophy to steer them through the deployment. While their philosophy will ultimately serve to inspire a leader’s actions, it also helps the follower understand how decisions are being made, what the leader expects of the team, and how to make a better team. During my own command under arms, I have developed a leadership philosophy of growing Airmen by encouraging transparency and fostering relationships.

My potential as a leader comes from my drive, my belief in myself, and my ability to inspire others to believe in themselves. From my experience as a competitive figure skater and a performer in a professional choir, I know how important it is to be tenacious and have faith in one's own abilities. I have lost track of the number of times I have heard people call themselves stupid because they did poorly on a test and or have given up on a goal because they lose faith in themselves. I find this heartbreaking and I strive to fix it. I have potential as a leader because I can help people build faith in their abilities and teach them new things, leading them to be successful. My own belief in myself and my tenacity allow me to achieve my goals

I feel like my persona was sculptured and formed by my family. Everything they have taught me, I have kept with me for any obstacle that may come my way. My mom and my sister are the ones that are there for me the most and have taught me everything from respect to responsibility. I have learned to be a leader ever since I was young. An important person in my life that really enforced my leadership skills is my sister. Taking care of my older sister who has down syndrome did not only portray me as a leader, but I acquired a very useful trait that is patience.

As a leader, it's important to know yourself. In fact, I believe you can't lead if you don't have some basic knowledge of who you are as a person; like beliefs or strengths and weakness. My leadership must incorporate not only my positive attributes but must be willing to make changes with aspects of my personality that don’t work. Admittedly, I am sensitive and also passive. I tend to avoid conflict as much as I can. These characteristics might lead to issues of weakening my leadership. Being a leader to me shows having to show a strong front to most people. That doesn't mean a person should compromise who they are. I have to have a certain image when I enter a classroom. I can learn to be more assertive and have a firm voice in a classroom. I looked at the Johari Window website, to see what results I would get on their quiz.

Leadership is many things. It is humble, playing to your strengths and knowing your weaknesses, giving people the tools they need to succeed, and influencing others to achieve a common goal. My personal favorite is: being a coach with a passion for developing your players.

In my next sit down with Mr. James, I decided to focus more on his interest and his leadership abilities. Although we spoke on who inspires him and what motivates him to stay in the music education field, I still felt the need to dig deeper into why he chose to be a music educator. After greeting him and taking a seat I got started with my first question “What are some of your interest?” After taking a minute to think about the question Mr. James took a deep breath and responded “I am interested in many different. Primarily, what I am most concerned with is music, community, and politics. Music again because I feel like it connects most of my other interest. It’s a form of communication, whether your happy or sad it gives you emotion and an

With regards to leadership, my strength lies in my desire to help everyone. A leader has to put the group first and make every decision with that principle in mind. When freshman approach me in the hallway, eyes wide with terror and uncertainty, I stop and ask them what they need. If the track team needs and extra runner for a race, even if I despise that race, I’ll step up. My philosophy is to lead by example, not by command. I’ve found that simply telling people what to do is the most ineffective way to actually get them to do it. For example, I am very passionate about track and want the track team to do extremely well at state this year. Instead of giving a rousing speech about courage and strength, I started training months in advance. By making myself better, I encourage others to be better too. I’m not the best on the team by a longshot, but by working hard I inspire others to be better than me. My goal by the end of track season is not to be the best on the team, but for the rest of the team to be better because of me. By doing that extra lap I hope to inspire others to do the same.

People view the role as a leader as something that someone has to have a lot of experience in, but in reality it is not about the past experience itself. As Robin S. Sharma says, “Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.” Being a true leader is based on how you develop as a person based on past experiences and based on the people around you who influence you. Being a leader to me is being someone who inspires everyone to push forward whether they are struggling or soaring.

Many people are leaders but some are not. It take a lot to be a leader. What does it take to be a good leader? Am I a leader or a follower? How do I know I’m a leader or a follower? Who follows me and when do they follow? When and where do I follow and can leaders cause difficulties for Christians? All of these questions will be addressed in this paper. I hope these questions make you think about yourself and help you become a better leader.

A leader is someone who has an inspiring vision and motivates people to engage in the vision. He imparts other people by laying down a pattern to follow. As a leader, there are certain qualities that I must exhibit for people to accept me as a good leader, a few of these qualities include; intelligence, confidence, integrity, patience, determination and persistence. Meanwhile, I will need to work on a few of my leadership qualities to effective in leadership positions.

I’ve always considered myself to be a leader. Looking back over the years I’ve learned that my style of leadership has changed over time. Through conversation with myself I have discovered my leadership style and characteristics. I became a leader at a very young age. Leadership to me has always been guiding an individual or group of people in an organization. I’ve always had a desire for interacting with my peers and influencing them in a positive way. In reference to leadership what I have learned is my style of leadership and what leadership really is.

When you send out several request’s to complete a survey and you receive only one back it shows what type of leader you possibly are. The lack of Leadership Influence I‘ve had on others is significantly different than the survey. Leadership role models differ. There are several leaders out there that I truly admire but no individual figure, from my first Command to my last, the first Chief’s Mess to the current. Leadership is someone to whom we look up to; someone who follows the rules, leads by example and forms the path to which others will follow. My own leadership philosophy is simple: Lead in the direction you want to follow. .

Leadership. Like all ideas leadership can be defined in a variety of different ways, and so it become challenge to choose just one way to word such a definition. To me a strong leader is one who can effectively develop an idea which they can they can then achieve by conveying this idea to others and motivating them to reach the goal with themselves. I have no doubt that I possess some of these qualities but certainly not all of them. I believe that I am quite strong at developing a process to reach to reach this said goal, and also at directing people to reach the goal by following my plan. At the same time I am aware of certain leadership skills that I lack. The most predominant one for me would most definitely be my difficulty in establishing

1. Leadership is not a skill that you are born with. It is created by one’s life experiences and influences from others around them. We learn from both the good and bad examples that are presented to us in our lives from the earliest of our years. When I was a three year non-rate reporting to my new duty station the USCGC Hatchet in Galveston Texas, my expectations were that it was going to be a hard job. What I did not expect was that I was about to learn how not to be a leader from my Boatswains Mate Senior Chief OIC. One day while completing an almost 30 hour non-stop building project of a range on the Houston ship channel, I was aloft the 60 plus foot tower hooking up the lights and batteries. Since my head was down all I heard was a train coming my way. I looked up and a water spout was less than 50 yards away. I immediately started my way down the ladder. My OIC got on the loud speaker and shouted expletives at me and said if I came down that light that I would be booked. I proceeded down the ladder and the light assembly that I had just installed was damaged by the near miss from the water spout just seconds after I made it to safety. This is just one example of the many lessons that I learned from a leader whom makes poor decision by not thinking about the welfare of his members and it made me re-think the responsibilities of a person in charge of other people’s lives and destinies.