Reflection On Leadership

Throughout this course, our textbook readings, the posting to threaded discussions, my responses to a classmate’s post, and reading various classmates’ responses helped further digest, comprehend, and synthesize the leadership content within Daft’s “The Leadership Experience” textbook. Our weekly lectures with various classmates’ interpretations and responses during the open discussion forums about the textbook themes brought a variety of unique viewpoints to the specific leadership topics. This reflection paper was an extension of this learning, and provided a deep introspection about leadership concepts; how did I, how am I, and how can I apply this knowledge in my workplace. This writing exercise uncovered new meaning and insights while both challenging and supporting certain personal views and ideas about leadership.

During this class we took many assessments and I learned a lot about myself and what kind of leader I want to be. On your leadership potential I learned my behaviors are the same as leader, these are people who are opened minded, share ideas and values with the company and open to change in the organization. For another assessment t rate your optimism test I found out I am someone who is optimistic and I agree with the statement that people want to follow a leader that is optimistic, rather than someone who is pessimistic. Another assessment I took was called the 5 saboteurs test. There was a scoring grid and what each category means like BP-(be perfect), HU-(hurry up), PO- (please others), TH-(try harder), and BS-(be strong) I found out the my highest score is PO-(please others) and some characteristics include being happy when other others are happy, cares about other people’s needs, can have a hard time saying no, doesn’t like to annoy other people in the work place. Body language and verbal language include facial expressions and saying sure I can do that for you. For another assessment I scored a six which means I right in the middle between high and low resistance to change. I agree with this statement because I think for certain situations my resistance to change will be high or low. After taking all these assessments. I learned that as a leader why it is important to learn about yourself. These assessments can help you improve as a leader figure out your weak spots

Optimism has alway been one of my strengths, so I was happy to learn I would be able to focus on my positive leadership traits and how I can make use of them in the

Over the course of this semester, I have learned about the theoretical foundation of leadership and management. From various leadership styles to numerous learning tools have all aided in shaping me to become an effective leader not only in the health care profession, but everyday life as well. Through utilizing these tools, I have managed to put them into actions through working individually and in teams which has helped me to learn more about myself and the type of leader I am. Throughout this action plan I will reflect on my definition of leadership, what I’ve learned about myself in the capacity to demonstrate leadership, my leadership strengths and weaknesses and three action steps that will help me to develop my leadership in the future.

This week's assignment helped me to understand more about the meaning of leadership and what it takes to become a true leader. It might sounds discouraging; however, I have known I am not the material to

Do I possess the traits and behaviors associated with leadership? If not, can I now learn how to be a leader at this stage of my life? What kind of leader am I? Is that the kind of leader I want to be? What do my superiors, co-workers, friends, and family think of my leadership style and ability? Why am I sometimes uncomfortable talking about myself as a leader? Working my way through the text, interviewing colleagues, and checking into other resources, I can form a personal picture and embrace a personal theory about my own leadership style and ability. I may have stirred up more questions than I am able to answer but the process has been a fascinating insight to self-discovery. The end result is a desire to try

Imagine a young seventh grade student sitting in front of a massive room full of unfamiliar faces. Today her hair looks much nicer than usual, and she is wearing clothing with price tags that are freshly removed. Her breathing becomes uneasy and her hands shake. A deep breath escapes her shallow chest, she folds her hands delicately in her lap, and the questions begin. That was me. The interviews for Leadership Academy seemed daunting; I just wanted to become one of the fortunate students that would get the opportunity to excel for one week over the summer. At the conclusion of the interview process, I longed to see my name on the list hanging in the hall. Finally, at the bottom of the list, there sat my name. However, I never knew the impact Leadership Academy would have on my life. Now, as a senior in high school, I truly understand the positive impression attending Leadership Academy left on me. Personally, two examples bring me pride when referring to my skills as a leader.

Just as every story has an ending, every season of life has a close. As the final days of the semester draw near, a time of contemplation and reflection is due. This semester’s journey in the Eagle Scholar Leadership Program has been one of the most personally rejuvenating and challenging times, as the semester’s focus was on self-leadership. Self-leadership, or the practice of leading oneself first in order to more effectively lead others in the future, is one of the greatest lessons and actions that a leader can do to improve their leadership capabilities. Too often, leaders focus on outside behaviors and principles to develop their leaders. However, true change begins inside. Though arguably the hardest area in which to truly grow, as self-leadership often requires brutally honest self-evaluation and change, it has the greatest impact on development as a leader. Throughout this semester, I have had the opportunity to observe, learn and implement the following

At the beginning of this course, I was curious as to how it would develop. The following is a reflection on how the course has impacted me in both learning, expectations as a new leader, and my everyday working life. I found that when I took the three leadership evaluation tools, the results were not far off from what I expected. These results made me feel positive about myself and the direction that I have intended on driving my career towards. These tools further identify where my weaknesses are as well as where my strengths lie. Although I find that this journey is frightening it has proven rewarding , as well as a diverse and complex trek.

The sum of education, experiences, and observations lays a foundation upon which I will grow to become a good leader. In this plan, I will focused on those aspects of leadership that I believe are most required for personal development as well as those which will be so significant for my future leadership career. I have identified three goals which will guide me in the development process. My goals are to develop my integrity, listening skills and communications skills. I assume that this plan will change and be altered as required by life circumstances.

Throughout these first few weeks of the semester, I have enjoyed learning about leadership through this course and the reflection I have done. Currently, I do not hold any formal leadership roles, apart from Biochemistry club at my university. In that club, I hold a board position, and, at most, I help direct and run biweekly group meetings. Through that, I aim to be presentable, approachable, and kind during my time with the rest of the group members. I know that I would not want to show up to a meeting, only to have the meeting director appear as though they did not want to be there. That would discourage me from ever approaching them with any questions or comments, and it would definitely prevent me from becoming further involved with the club. Our club is not actually related directly to Biochemistry, (it should be renamed) so I try to show the new and young students how to maintain their club presence without their further science background. To do this, I try to appear as kind and presentable at the meetings, and this, hopefully, encourages some of them to come up to me afterwards and further question me about the club and further events. Aside from this, I do not hold a formal leadership role, but I still attempt to practice and exhibit leadership qualities that I would find valuable.

Jeremiah 17:7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.”

Due to my passive nature, I’ve always avoided leadership roles. With that being said I still aspire to be someone who can be looked to as a leader. In order to reach that goal I observe and try to mimic the actions of people that inspire me. There have been many people I’ve taken orders from, but I have “followed” few. Those are the ones I consider to be true leaders, and have tried to be like myself.

It’s hard to believe we are already in our last week of this class. I have really enjoyed Leadership Communication, from our discussion posts and reading assignments to the videos and questionnaires. Each week it has been like putting together another piece of the leadership puzzle – each piece coming together to create a complete picture of leadership.

When I decided to follow the advice of our CFO to take a leadership class, I was expecting to learn how great leaders think, how leaders manage people, and what makes a person a great leader. I was looking for an inspiration, and I was hungry for leadership knowledge. Going back to week one of the Leadership class, we were asked to define in our own words what is leadership. I described a good leader as a good follower because I believe in servant leadership. According to Robert Greenleaf (1970), servant leaders are servants first and leaders later. The servant leadership model places great emphasis on building relationship and promotes teamwork (Nayab, 2011). Kouzes and Posner (2012) mentioned that leadership is everyone’s business. Leadership is not about seniority or titles (Kruze, 2013). Leadership is not about power or authority (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). Leadership is not about how many followers you have. Leadership is not about how educated or how knowledgeable a person is because academic achievements do not guarantee that an individual is going to be a great leader. Leaders are not born, they are made. Leadership is passion and is a responsibility. To me, leadership is an opportunity to be surrounded by people and be able to create unity to achieve the team’s goal.