My Personal Leadership Report

In emergency, I see myself as an Autocratic leader who makes quick decisions. On the other hand, I see myself as a Democratic leader when time and situation permit. Rarely, I can see myself as a Laissez-faire leader as I usually have hands-on with any process with my subordinates.

The Marine Corps does two things: make marines and win our nation’s battles. Winning battles depend on how well we make marines. Those who have earned the title have been polished and honed by attentive mentoring. We have to remember that to sustain the transformation

The Marine Corps. Demand alertness at all times. Building the Marine’s confidence and teaching them the attitudes of group loyalty and

The Marine Corps Experience, pp. 12 – 31 The Corps today, pp 318 – 335

The author points out various examples of the Corps short-comings throughout history. With the Marine Corps already struggling to stay atop its game, it didn’t shed positive light on the situations. With that said, it’s hard to point out the flaws of the Corps without also showing its achievements and how we can overcome any obstacle we are faced with.

When I went on mobilization to Fort Lewis, Washington and left my son in the care of my parents, I thought my parental duties would be set aside until I returned home. Unfortunately, the soldiers of 351st Ordnance Company would prove me wrong with their excessive alcohol consumption, commonly term “binge drinking,” and destructive behaviors. I would then spend the next year sharing the responsibility with four other junior noncommission officers in the task of taking care of soldiers. Despite the efforts of myself and the others we were not fully prepared to handle some of the outrageous events and lack of engagement from the leadership that would challenge us during the tour. My abilities as a junior noncommission officer and the understanding of leadership were redefined and I learned exactly what it meant to ensure soldiers have proper guidance, leadership, positive morale, and well-being.

So my brother went through some marine boot camp in california and from the years he was apart of the training, he taught me some survival stuff, how to defend yourself basic stuff. When I was in high school I remember I used to see marines come during lunch time and talk to some people. They had some free bottles and keychains little trinkets. Just to come talk about what they are doing for training. Just last year I know a friend that was in Boy Scout, and he became an Eagle Scout.

In the Bible it says that the greatest act of love is to lay down one’s life for one’s friend, but most people would never have the courage to do so. “The few, the proud”, the United States Marine Corps, sacrifice themselves for their country each and every day. They give up their peace, prosperity, the people and possessions they love, so the rest of the world doesn’t have to feel the loss that they do. Because the Marine Corps is such an important part of our military, Americans should understand its inception, its integration and introduction of women, its symbolic uniforms, its perilous boot camp, its ranks, its achievements, and its terms.

Foremost, when Sergeant Colbert and the Marines of Bravo Company received the news from headquarters that their unit would be included on the frontlines for the invasion of Iraq they were ecstatic. Wright writes, “Nearly every Marine I’ve met is hoping this war with Iraq will be his chance to get some.” According to Wright every Marine is waiting for their opportunity to have the adventure that they signed up for. That is exactly how I felt when I joined the United States Marine Corps back in 2004. When my unit got deployed to Iraq in

My military service reshaped who I am. My training stripped away any sense of entitlement and I learned more about myself in four months than I’d ever known before. It not only gave me discipline and taught me to perform under pressure, but everything I did wasn’t just for me anymore. I was working hard for the marines next to me in my platoon. The time came when each of us hit a breaking point physically or mentally.

When taking the two leadership surveys, it was interesting to see my personal leadership profile. My leadership style according to the survey is the instructional type, which in another world is direct leadership. My culture, upbringing, and work environment have transformed me to be direct leaders that are looking for stability. My staff members sadly do not have the opportunity to have a job that is autonomy; working in a manufacturing occupation, one has an organize agenda that cannot be deviated from the task ahead. When team members are needing help or trying to build the familiarity to run their equipment my personal leadership profile can be helpful, since being direct is a starting point to build knowledge. The more one individual shows knowledge, familiar, and passionate for their own results, the further laissez-faire I will become when proving they

Leadership has many definitions even though these definitions are merely a change of words (Northouse, 2016). The definition that covers most examples of leadership is the ability to influence your subordinates in such a way that your subordinates follow your orders and see the vision the team (Northouse, 2016). Leaders are not born, however some of the characteristics that allow a follower to lead one day may be inherited (Storsletten, 2015). Leaders rise to power from the environment of the individual, such as when the son of the King eventually takes the throne (Northouse, 2016).

The purpose of this report is to review my leadership competencies through the theories and models explored. A leadership development plan will be created to assist myself; a young female adult who is entering the family based engineering business, taking up the role of sales manager.

In the summer of 2004, I was a Specialist, and had made up my mind that I was going to ETS from the U.S Army. My family also knew of my decision to leave the U.S. Army to begin a new chapter in our lives as civilians. The entire battalion was standing in formation being briefed by the Battalion Commander that the unit would be deploying to Iraq in early 2005, as soon as the news came from the Battalion Commander most of the Soldiers were elated. After seeing various other units coming and going to and from theater, our unit from Fort Irwin, California, would finally have that opportunity to deploy and prove to the rest of the U.S. Army that we are not just an Opposing Forces (OPFOR) unit. This would be our chance to accomplish real world missions like any other unit.

It’s interesting to sit down and write my first paper in almost 20 years. I’ve spent the last 10 years trying to be very concise in my communication, to the point and easy to skim the important facts to ensure what I need to get across will be read. I feel that having some emotional response to the stress of regularly writing papers that ‘feel long’ is just a great example of some of what I learned from my MBTI/Firo B results.