My Life And Building Leadership Qualities

When you enter a room and walk in to a group of people you may not know it but you are demonstrating group leadership skills. These leadership skills have a large range of things you may have to master. Some of these skills well be strengths and some well be weaknesses showing what type of leader you could be in a group. Because of this I am going to go over three of my strengths that I have identified with over time, and three weaknesses that I have identified with over time. My strengths that I want to talk about are becoming aware of your own culture/self-awareness, goodwill and caring, active listening and encouragers. My weaknesses that I’m listing are constancy, openness, and sense of humor. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. With having weaknesses and strengths it shows us how we can grow by fixing problems with in the weakness and where we are at the time.

Effective leaders need to evaluate themselves in order to uncover their points of strength and areas of weakness on a regular basis. Self-evaluation helps leaders to see how far they are from achieving goals. It also provides a guidance to plan for what needs to be improved on personal and professional aspects. Clawson stated that before trying to understand other people’s behavior and personality, a leader has to be able to understand the own behavior and the reason behind it in order to maximize one’s leadership potential (Clawson, 2006). In this paper I will attempt to highlight my personal strengths and weaknesses as leader, I will also identify any areas needed for improvement and will develop a plan with the leadership skills and practices that I will use or that I need to develop to become an effective leader.

Leadership represents an essential element for the success of an organization, it has a profound impact on the achievement of the goals. The leadership unites an organization efforts and directs toward the behavior of individuals in line with the achievement of objectives and deliverables. Organizations composed of members from different cultures, mentalities, and personalities representing groups of people work together in a specific regulatory framework and in accordance with certain operating procedures. These groups or work teams need to coordinate among them in order to reach the specific objectives. In this context, it always highlights the role of leadership in influencing an organization. The Strategic Leadership Instructor is doing his best to develop our leadership, and exploiting his innate cleverness and natural sensation to support his fellows to succeed. He helps us in enabling of taking advantage of the actual innate sixth sense that God gave it, and exploiting the energy and the ability to distinguish. I learned a lot from readings and during the sessions, I learned from my colleagues some of the basic functions of leadership through their experiences. I learned how to develop my skills that will support my style of leadership. During the discussions I have changed some of principles and ideas that already I have, and the others make me to work on developing them. It became clear to me, when I read the

"Where there is no community, trust, respect, ethical behavior, it is difficult for the young to learn and from the old to maintain" (Sendjaya and Sarros, 2002, p. 68). The founder of servant leadership, Robert K Greenleaf; believes that every person ought to own values that could support and guide others. Greenleaf 's theory "the servant leader is a servant first; it begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve" (Dierendonck & Patterson, 2010). In order to serve, people must comprehend values, which are a person 's ethics of behavior shaping his or her vision. In addition, values could be distinct from taking the survey created by Milton Rokeach; which consists of the most important morals and beliefs and how it influences people, organizations, and society (Johnston, 1995). Furthermore, servant leaders have personal models of leadership; which are the advancement of personal growth and values. My personal model of leadership reflects and creates a purpose on my values and belief, which are trust, responsibility, equality and loving; demonstrating how it impacts an individual, interpersonal, organizational and societal. In conclusion, once people comprehend their value and decide their personal model it will define them as a servant leader because it does not matter if it is today or tomorrow, the values will then have the same principles (Lee, Fabish & McGaw, 2005).

I am applying to your master’s program in Educational Leadership for the fall of 2015. I am particularly excited about starting this venture in my life. Becoming part of an administrative team has been a dream of mine for a few years. I have decided that this will be the year that I will make those dreams a reality. I currently hold a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Nova Southeastern University. As I embark on this new endeavor, I cannot help but to reminisce about my days in college when I was deciding what career I would pursue.

Through identification and ongoing assessment of her leadership style and ability this leader is able to develop and understand her own strengths and limitations in order to grow and develop into a more effective leader. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of servant leadership, contingency, path-goal styles leadership to gain an understanding of current leadership models, identify this author’s style of leadership and explore why leadership is important to organizations, society and this author.

My definition of leadership is being someone who represents a group of people, or team. This person takes charge of situations where a person is needed to represent the group or team. This person also sets goals, a common vision, and represents the team in both good and bad situations. The person is not afraid to own up to mistakes that the team has made, even if the leader may not have personally made the mistake. Furthermore, the leader sets the example for the team to follow. Additionally, this person shares their knowledge and experience and sets the example for others to follow. The final point and one that I think ultimately creates a good working climate, is that the person genuinely cares for the team and always has the best interest both personally and professionally.

For the duration of this Intermediate Leadership Experience (ILE) the five concepts that stood out to me most are the dehumanized climate from Interpersonal Communication, the Contemporary Motivation Model from Leader Influence, Ethical Dilemmas used in Military Ethics from Leadership and Followership, Discipline Model (DM) Arena 1- Prevention from Leader Influence on Subordinate Behavior, and from Effective Negotiations the Who, Stakes, and Situation concept. These concepts standing out lets me know that I am still developing as a leader. To define myself as specific leader or with a specific style, I would say that I’m adaptable. These concepts also let me know that regardless of what I already know there is always something to learn

“Where there is no community, trust, respect, ethical behavior is difficult for the young to learn and from the old to maintain” (Robert K Greenleaf). The founder of servant leadership, Robert K Greenleaf; believes that every person ought to own values that could support and guide others. According to Greenleaf, “The servant leader is servant first; it begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve”(…………….). In order to serve people must comprehend values; which are a person’s ethics of behavior shaping his or her vision. In addition, values could be distinct from taking the survey created by Milton Rokeach; which consist of the most important morals and beliefs and how it influences people, organizations, and society (Johnston, 1995). Furthermore, servant leaders have a purpose; which can be determined with the personal models of leadership; which are the advancement of personal growth and values. My personal model of leadership reflects and creates a purpose on my values and beliefs; which are trust, responsibility, equality and loving demonstrating how it impacts an individual, interpersonal, organizational and societal. In conclusion, once people comprehend their value and decide their personal model it will define them as a servant leader because it does not matter if it is today or tomorrow, the values will then have the same principles (Lee, Fabish & McGaw, 2005).

My leadership has been evident in my ability to create and organize volunteer opportunities and in spearheading many local initiatives dealing with social equality. I have run a tutoring center for academically struggling middle school students, organized a winter clothing and baby item drive for domestic abuse, and created a debate club for high school and middle school students looking to improve their talents. Through all these endeavors, I had to take charge and use my leadership skills in organizing and planning events, donations, and volunteers. My ingenuity, enthusiasm, and commitment to these causes gave me the inspiration to lead these projects and to help my community. However, I do not use my leadership skills only for philanthropic

March 16th, 1968 South Vietnam. Members of Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment descended upon the hamlet of Son My in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam on a search and destroy mission against the 48th NLF Battalion. Second Lieutenant William Calley led first platoon Company C into the hamlet of Mai Lai while his Company commander, Captain Ernest Medina, waited outside in his command post. Investigators would later determine that 2LT Calley would systematically round up members of the village and then execute them, burning the village and destroying food stocks and livestock. At one point the platoon would take a lunch break before continuing with the operation throughout the afternoon. Calley would be convicted of war crimes but only served 3 ½ years of house arrest of his sentence before being pardoned.

Describe a specific example(s) of your personal growth and development through your leadership experiences in college. See the help text for additional direction.

Before starting NCOA, I came to the course thinking that what I’ve been doing as a leader and mentor has been successful. Within my self-assessments, I’ve discovered that I have been a contingent style of leader, measuring success by the amount of awards my work center or I win. I also displayed the individual transformational behavior trait, where I recognize and support individual talents, needs, and desires of my subordinates. I had no idea how much I didn’t know or the specific areas that I needed to improve my leadership style.

The purpose of this personal assessment is to devalue an incident in which I believe I performed my very best, within my leadership capability, according to organizational policies, and lawful regulatory compliance while protecting cultural competence and our organization from any legal repercussions. Business environment will continue evolve and it is pivotal to the success of the organization that all potential leaders acquire the fundamentals of understanding human behaviors within a multicultural atmosphere. Different situations will arise in which leadership will need to focus on the many aspects of one’s personal beliefs, culture as a whole, and productivity at the least. What is evident is the diversity within

At 18 years old, when most other girls were graduating high school and deciding what college to go to, I was pregnant, alone, and scared out of my mind. I was able to work hard and make a successful life for myself, but many other women aren’t as lucky. Hundreds of women and children in our community are homeless and scared right now. But simply providing shelter is not enough to help these families become successful. Temporary housing combined with life management and leadership skills is an effective method for helping homeless women and children regain their independence and become contributing members of society. That is precisely what an agency called M.I.S.S. Inc is doing.