My Strengths And Weaknesses Of A Business

Reflecting on the leadership & entrepreneurship class, I will always keep in mind the personality exercise we completed in class since it allowed me to understand my strengths and weaknesses in a business setting as well as in life. After completing the personality test, I was assigned the “ENTP” behavior. This personality expressed characteristics that I can definitely see within me. These include; curious, challenging, strategic, analytical, adaptive, creative and outspoken. Now looking at the stressors, I definitely agree with some of them. These include; deadlines, stubbornness, focusing on personal problems and too many details.

What is the most important trait for a good leader to have? How do you display this trait?

I have reflected upon previous experiences within university; contrasting performing our first group presentation to a recent group presentation experience. I perceive a vast improvement however again there is still margin for improvement and gain in confidence.

In this world, there are many types of people and personalities. The personality trait in question is a leadership. From group leaders to CEOs to presidents, leaders are around us. However, what makes one a leader? Well, a leader needs to possess the characteristics of cooperation, problem solving, integrity, confident, and the list goes on. A leader also needs to live up to any mistakes and learn from them instead of pushing it off or blaming someone else. A leader needs to not take bias, but instead be fair and look at the big picture. I have many of these traits in leadership.

As a growing debate, the question at hand is whether great leaders are born with specific leadership traits, or if one can be taught certain traits over time. According to (Wikipedia.com) the approach of listing leadership qualities, often termed "trait theory of leadership", assumes certain traits or characteristics will tend to lead to effective leadership. I believe that leadership traits such as honest, competent, initiative, inspiring, hardworking, intelligent, and the ability to lead the masses, are some of the leadership traits one should possess. Within this paper, I will examine the overall concept of leadership traits, while observing the traits that were, or can be associated with successful leaders.

Efficiently and effectively making a presentation that has thoroughly informed the public was not an easy task with so may people in a group. My HOSA experience has taught me that there are always hardships when working in groups but there is always a natural flow that can only help you reach your outcome. Setting a task for every member of the group to do is very challenging, especially during the final stages of the project but keeping a positive attitude and making sure I communicate with others is the only way get the project done. This experience will help me when doing projects through college and when working with others to develop new and affordable prosthetics in my future

The qualities that I possess that would make me an effective leader are my ability to stay calm in certain situations and compassion for what I do. I think it is important to keep composure in certain situations. When people stay calm they are better able to control situations better and people are more likely to follow their lead. When lead people become frantic it makes their followers become frantic as well. My compassion would also make me an effective leader. In order to lead people the person leading should have compassion for what they are fighting for. I think it motivates people to see their leader really caring. For example, I am very passionate about the environment. When I talk to people about the

This trait is clearly an asset for an individual who hopes to succeed as a leader.

As a leader I work well with others but I can also take charge when necessary. I like to find different ways people can work together and make projects fun and interesting. I’ll always try to fix problems and be

This semester I was involved with two uniquely different groups for presentations, The Rule of Three and FlixList. The first group had a total of three members while the second group started off with five members, but grew to six during the course of the project. Both groups shared similarities such as they both experienced the establishment of roles within the groups, both experienced group cohesiveness (albeit in different ways and on different levels of cohesion), both groups picked topics and executed plans to be successful in the desired outcome of both groups and attainment of group goal which, in both cases, was ultimately earning a good grades on our presentations. On the other hand, the groups in which I was involved in were

My group's presentation and discussion went pretty smooth. My group was prepared for the lecture we were giving to the class. Our material was very straightforward and very informative. To me, it was repeated information that I already got taught. Our group started a slide show and everyone contributed into it. I believe that each one of us had the same amount of work. We all split up all the work to who wanted what and who was good at which. Before starting the slideshows, we all told each other that each was responsible for 4-5 slideshows. We did not want to have one person doing more than the rest of the group. I contributed the slideshows that had to do with individual Latino/a students. I presented the experiment that the author presented

My best qualities as a leader have to be that I am responsible and a quick learner. I display these two characteristics not only at school, but at home and at work. I don’t claim to know everything there is to know, but I can say that I can pick up on concepts fast and be able to add it to my repertoire.

While in the workplace you will encounter different personalities, followers and leaders. Both of these are vital to working and both are equally as important. A good follower is someone who shows support towards the leader, challenges constructively the leader or group’s behaviors or policies is they threaten the common purpose, and takes a moral stand when warranted to prevent ethical abuses. Followers also play a key role in critical thinking as they are termed the best critical thinkers in a group. Being a follower requires a commitment to the group to contribute within a collaborative environment. A leader, however, is a person that was a great follower for a very long period of time. Through following they have learned how to be friendly, learn social skills, and how to handle tasks and emotions. One vital trait that a leader must possess it trust. If a follower trusts a leader, then the trust within the group will increase. Teamwork chemistry will rise and this will, in the end, create a more efficient product. For a technologist, enforcing ALARA, demonstrating honesty and integrity, ultimately enhance patient care and express leadership qualities.

I am a confident person who is able to communicate my ideas without fear of rejection or dismissal. My drive to expand my learning brings me to look for additional information in regards to business and emerging social issues. My time management allows me to efficiently finish tasks and I am able to work on multiple projects at a time without a drop in quality. I am able to overcome adversity and recover from minor defeats to ensure that I achieve my goals. My ability to think creatively allows me to adapt and deviate from a set course while maintaining quality and accuracy. These set of skills will allow me to develop my leadership qualities through

This self-evaluation assessment has provided the pros and cons of my interpersonal interactions with employees as a business owner. The implications of the Emotional Intelligence assessment have inspired me to identify and single out the positive and negative aspects of my personality as a business leader. I have become more aware of the importance of self-knowledge as a way to identify emotional patterns that can help me understand my employees outside of their job performance. The important aspects of Empathy and Self-regulation were important ways that I can become a much better leader in terms of building teams for the car detailing business. In this way, I am not just “running a business”, but I am a business owner that loves his job and respects his employees. I am certainly more aware of my Emotional Intelligence as a way to improve my business goals.