Reflection Paper On Leadership

community are at the Youth Center. I am an active member of Torch Club. I am currently the Secretary of Torch Club, so I write down all of our ideas and such. Wbat we do in Torch Club is we help the community and provide occasiona l bake sales to others at the Youth Center. Also, I am an active member of the Rota Tiburones Swim Club. I am a Great White, in numeral form, level 4. I practice 8.5 hours a week, with practice at 6 in the morning before school on Mondays and Thursdays. At competitions, I have to make sure that I set a good example for the younger swimmers on the team. When I lived in Alexandria, Virginia, I was a part of a competitive gymnastics team. I had been doing gymnastics for 6 years, and was a level 6. I had to be very committed: I worked out 14 hours a week with Saturday to rest. I had to work very hard, and I also had to set a good example for the level 2s, 3s and 4s. It seemed that I bad to set a very good example for others, because how I competed affected the team's all-around score also.

Leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Leadership is necessary in all facets of life. Not everyone has leadership abilities, and those who do, are gifted with an amazing capability: to lead. In the past year I have demonstrated leadership on and off the playing field, whether that be on the track, the baseball field, or the hockey rink.

According to Webster’s Dictionary, leadership is the power or ability to lead other people, the act or instance of leading. I believe that Leadership is an art, the art to get others to follow and accomplish a common goal or task in a harmonic manner. A leader can be shown in all kinds of shapes and forms. To be a great leader many people believe it consists of modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart. Over the course of me learning how to become a better leader and being in leadership roles, I’ve learned that all these are very necessary to be a great leader.

Leadership is the courage to stand up, even though you're not completely sure of yourself, and work to get things done. For example, some of my teachers frequently assign group projects. Numerous times, each student in the group will give an excuse for why they shouldn’t have the leadership role. Each of them is thinking something to the effect of “I only understand part of the assignment, so I can’t do any of it.” A leader must overcome this thought process and encourage others to do the same. Until one of them stands up and expresses a plan, the group will continue

My personal definition for leadership is a position someone puts themselves in to help society improve, leadership is about setting an example for your fellow peers that is positive and determined to do right. Leadership is also about teamwork, as a leader needs followers and the best leaders are the ones that learn from

In simple words, Leadership can be defined as a quality developed by an individual over time to lead a group of people or to guide a group of people or team to achieve a common goal.

Leaders are risk-takers and ready to hurdle problems that overcomes on their way. Leaders allow changes and use it to their advantage by taking the change that people would like to follow. Leaders are innovators with creativity to invent and focus on the vision. Leaders are mentors and see people strengths while manager evaluate people, restricts initiative, and looks for what employees are doing wrong. Leaders concentrate on the future while managers think about the short –term goals and focus on what needs to be dealt now with no intention of thinking about the future (Leadersdirect 2008). This is really true in the organization I work. Managers are the ones who manage the budget, reports and statistics, are preoccupied with the maintenance issues, and deals with solving problem. They are focusing on their work expecting the good effort done by the staff.. The leader in our unit works with the staff to achieve the best, and leads the other staff to reach their goals. The unit manager depends on the leader to accomplish the unit activities, and the leader is a role model that most of staff members follow to improve themselves.

Based on the results of the above two assessments, as well as your own knowledge and experience, write a short reflection paper about your real or potential leadership skills and style. Describe your current strengths, your current weaknesses, and the education, training, skills or experience you need to grow as a leader.

Throughout life, especially throughout this semester I feel as though I have learned more about myself than ever before. I have learned an excess of information of the characteristic I possess as a leader. Information such as this that I may have not learned about myself if I did not take Leadership 100. Characteristics I have learned about are through questionnaires, case studies and many more activities through the “ Introduction to Leadership Concepts and Practice”, by Peter Northouse. Northouse has written numerous books how to become a successful leader in your community. Provided that the results from these activities has given me insight on the three most important characteristic I maintain. They are high conceptual skills, implementer skills , and I have high skill emphasis.

I has attended the workshop event named “Leadership is not a title, It’s an action! – Dynamic leadership for the emerging student leader” for my second event paper. This workshop was held at three different locations of Collin College on Wednesday to Friday (from November 1st to November 3rd). However, I chose the Conference Center at Preston Ridge Campus, and it lasted for two hours from 1 P.M to 3 P.M. Moreover, this event have invited a guest speaker – Erika Gilchrist.

Throughout my life I have seen and heard leadership discussed in both positive and negative light, but what is leadership? To me leadership can best be defined as genuinely encouraging and motivating others to accomplish a task in support of a common goal. As I’ve seen examples of what I consider to be both good and bad leadership I’ve spent time examining the traits I wish to display. I’ve been lucky to have been surrounded by some of the best mentors and influences possible; from direct leadership to distant observation the influences I’ve seen have truly made me the leader I am today. I’ve had mentors who: required me to read the manuals and understand why we do what we do, made it a point to discuss truth to power, drove a thirst for knowledge and growth, instilled a general humor in handling issues, and who were steadfast and accountable and yet managed with a level-headed empathy that captivated their subordinates. Leadership is a magical and impactful thing, throughout history the things that have been accomplished by someone who displays it can truly change the world.

Leadership is not just the physical action of leading a group of people but actually much more. People need someone to essentially look up to and inspire them to follow in a particular direction. This would not happen unless leaders have personal traits that turns them from someone who directs orders, to someone who actually inspires and motivates people to follow them. These personal traits or otherwise known as “follower needs”, are “forward looking”, “competent”, “honest” and “inspiring”. There are obviously much more follower needs but these happened to be the top four in an experiment done. All leaders have an obvious job and that’s to get work done, however a great leaders job is to grow leaders within the people they are leading. If a leader can do this then this is also essentially want leadership is.

Throughout the semester, I’ve been able to define and fine-tune my philosophy of leadership. Multiple activities and assignments have enabled me to create an overarching philosophy that can be applied to professional and personal situations. Through the review of The Center for Urban School Leadership’s 13 Core Competencies and various leadership theories many aspects of an effective leader are evident and necessary. First and foremost, I believe leadership is a privilege. It’s a privilege to guide others and shape thinking and actions around the established vision and mission. Additionally, my philosophy encompasses a team aspect as well. Great leaders surround themselves with quality and effective individuals to aid in a variety of situations (Cockerell, 2008). This idea of a team approach is one that has democratic tendencies. Allowing for others to have a voice in how situations are handled and what outcomes are expected. My philosophy is also build on the three pillars or trust, respect, and integrity. Trusting others with responsibilities. Respecting others opinions. Showing integrity in all situations. Although my philosophy has been much better defined over this semester, I’m also aware that it is an evolving process. As instances in leadership continue in my career, this philosophy will change and be adjusted based on positive and negative experiences. A great leader needs to be reflective and realize when some aspects of leadership may be necessary over others

Leadership has become an ever changing concept for me. I have seen my idea of a leader evolve as a result of professional opportunities over the years. Currently I see leadership as an area that involves both the leader and the followers. Keeping that in mind, I reflected on my own leadership journey by examining my evolution as a leader and exploring those characteristics that have afforded me the most success and those that have demonstrated challenges.

In class, so far, we have discussed many different topics about leadership. One being different leadership theories. The one that I feel most represents the leader I want to be in the future is servant leadership. When we discussed servant leadership it was defined as this leadership model is based on the leader and the followers wanting to serve others. Basically, this means the servant leader you put your focus on the needs of others before your own. The followers goal is to serve clients and the leader’s goal is to serve the employee and implement the organization mission statement. The leader supports other employees by noticing their goals and provide the proper support to help them reach those goals. This