Personal Narrative: My Experience As A Servant Leader

Sure. I am working on a detail with Eastern States Office as a part of my Emerging Leader Program 2016. I am looking to be in DC this summer. I am also open in moving to DC office for political, legislative and overall DC experiences. I am interested in mineral focused areas especially in areas of mining.

I come from a system where leadership development never ceases. As soon as we join the Army we are tasked out with responsibility. A new Soldier will at one point be responsible for the actions of the troops and carrying out the directive of the Drill Sergeant. From that point on a Soldier who is competent will receive more responsibility and subordinates. When I reached the end of my career in the military, I was responsible for a brigade-size platoon and millions of dollars’ worth of equipment. Now that I have taken the education route I have continued with my leadership development and have even had to tone down my perception. I have to constantly

One of the single most important aspect of being a great leader is dependability. To be a leader means that you will have a lot of responsibilities, which means that your section will have to depend on you to take care of these responsibilities. If I were to become the next squad leader, I would do my absolute best to be dependable to my peers, and not let them down at any given moment. In my two years of being in high school, I have taken rigorous courses including medical classes, and have done excellent in every single one of

My leadership Mythology and influence originates from military training, reading and mimicking others using some but not all prominent biography’s relevant to people’s traits or actions, as well as proven doctoral guide develop by the us government. I would suggest that leadership and also the understanding of this process via written words continues to be overlooked. Over time I have gravitated to resembling other past great leader’s self-concepts that they might have lead, which telling the existence story or areas of leadership behavior. To illustrate the existence-story approach, in this short paper I offer my own personal leadership

I have cloudy, yet strong memories of my mentor's figure. My mentor will start by writing that she was the most important person in my life. My memories begin at the age of six, when I took their hands and together we came to my school every morning. He conveyed so much happiness that my first unfortunate class day did not seem real. All the children were sad or screaming and I only listened to the advice of the man who spoke slowly and with angelic touch. His passion to see me happy and become a great professional. Its appearance, life-form values and responsibility will be unforgettable memories.

No, I didn’t interview my mentor teacher. The classroom is well-organized. Routines and rules are clear. Children know exactly what’s expected of them. I would prefer feedback while interacting with children. I did email Mrs. Joy and ask her. “What is the philosophy at your center”? The play is a child’s work. How do children learn best? Children learn through play. As children play, they learn to solve problems, to get along with others and to develop the fine gross motor skills needed to grow and learn. What are your guidance strategies? To insure the safety of each child and adult. Helping children feel important. And let children express and think through their problems and find their own solutions. Have you identified the children you

One major leadership role I had was working at Sheldon Oaks Retirement. I started working there as a Server and a year later I was also working as a Kitchen Helper. A few short months after starting there, I was training every new Server they hired, and eventually trained some Kitchen Helpers once I started working that position. I trained over a dozen new Server and a few Kitchen Helpers. Everyone who worked was required to make sure everything was completed by the appropriate time. Management especially looked towards me to guarantee that everything was completed as it should

One person I have devloped as a missional leader was one of my fraternity brothers and member of my GIG for fratenrity men. Connor is someone who grew up in the church but never really saw how he could be a leader or even brign together his faith and college in general. I chose Connor because he was acticely seekign guidance form god for both himself and IV, was faithful to both our GIG and his home church which he volunteered for, was both emotionally and spiritually mature, was familiar with the bible, and has been making great strides in his relationship with god and continues to strive for more growth . I devloped their leaderhsip in stages over the course of my senior year. I would have him lead prayer in our GIG, encourage him to invite

My leadership is effective due to my work ethic, emotional investment, and easygoing temperament. Even as the youngest leader in my section, I made it my personal responsibility to print music for everyone in the section, along with keeping all the extra copies for when originals were lost. While this was technically each squad leader's’ job for their own squad, the upperclassmen often avoided this duty. Dedication to the marching band is the source of my drive, my passion to make our band it’s best is the reason I step in and do the work no one else wants to do. While I put my heart and soul into the band, my leadership style is casual. Around members of my section, I am often easy going, cracking jokes and laughing with others. In my mind, building a relationship with those I preside over always comes first, and when necessary, I become serious to get focus back. Being a squad leader as a sophomore made me eager to become a leader in other aspects of my life. As a junior I became section leader, then I tried out for drum major - twice. With every leadership opportunity that comes my way, I always give it a thought. Currently, I am section leader, Vice President for NHS, and an organizer of our marching band show. From the first taste of leadership to my roles now, I grow as a leader in every position and I value that with each

There have been many theories about leadership and its styles, based among the relationships between human beings in which one or more persons exert a degree of influence that can lead others to conquer a common goal. It doesn’t matter what they say about leadership what really matter is how you see yourself as a leader, what impact have you left in your men, is it positive? Is it negative? What is your commander’s opinion about you? Have you thought about that before? Many questions to answer, don’t they? As military leaders and guidance for soldiers, we must demonstrate: endurance of character, competence, commitment, courage, patriotism, honor, wisdom, justice, integrity, faith, charisma, high standards of communication, discernment, generosity, initiative, listening, passion, positive attitude, high standards for problem-decision making, responsibility, security, self-discipline, dedication to service, be open to criticism and continuous improvement and many more. No matter

My love for being a positive role model, incited my resolve will to have an honorable legacy. This kind of dower drives me to have faith in goals that I can control. Always trying my best when I am at home working in the family childcare center, once again gives me a successor role. I would also like to be an example of transcendence in my family. Also show that taking a year or two off of school will not always blind your decision to better your education. I personally, was unable to start my education and commit to my overall goal due to my father not lending a helping hand. I needed financial aid to pay for my education and didn’t know where to go to get set up, or who to ask for help. Without his help and tax information I was unable to

One way I hope to be a leader is to be the first person in my family to graduate college. Graduating college is one of the most important goals in my life for the next couple years. No one in my family has graduated and successfully earned a degree through college. My mother had only attended college almost ten years after having me right before she graduated high school. I want to be a strong role model to push and motivate my younger siblings and cousins to go to college and pursue their dreams with a college degree. Helping them understand that at least attending college would be better as having back up support for a job later on is something I hope to walk them through. Even if thinking they might or know they are going to have a good

The most interesting thing that I learned about servant leadership is that it the approach to it is much different my style of leadership that I have been taught for years. Servant leadership is positioned as a new field of research for leadership scholars (Dierendonck, 2011). Servant leadership focuses on more of helping the people in need rather than just the individual himself. People who utilize this style of leadership may ask question such as how can I get all of us ahead? Or how can I make a impact on everyone? The style of leadership that I have been using for years is direct leadership. I was taught direct leadership when I was in the military last year, I never ask my soldiers anything I would just tell them what to do without even considering their feeling. Servant

For my personal leadership development, I attended the fall Leadership Academy. Leadership Academy was a half day experience. I got to attend two breakout sessions in the morning, and there was a guest speaker in the afternoon.

Most of my experiences dealing with leaders and managers involve me being the subordinate one who reports to them. While working at Panera Bread, I experienced a lot of management styles and took that opportunity to learn what kind of manager I would want to be, but more importantly what kind I would not want to be. Some shift managers were respectful towards their coworkers and genuinely treated us as equals. However, a few of the magers that worked there took advantage of their power and used it to direct other employees around with no given guidance or explanation. An example of this is that one day I got to work like normal and checked my schedule to see whether I was working drive thru or the main line and realized I was given a shift as a waitress. I had