Relationship Between Leaders And Their Followers

This course opened my eyes to a very important value of leadership, this specific value named Consciousness of Self meaning being aware of ones beliefs morals and emotions. It helped me because it showed me how to reflect on myself, and think back about an experience in a way that would help me learn from it instead of greave it. Mindfulness,

I have always known I love change, but from this class, I learned change is the hallmark of a leader. As John C. Maxwell says in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, “Growth = Change.”The leadership assessments allowed me to understand myself in a new way. Because I am a curious green thinker, I need explanations and answers to understand my world. I tend to see the big picture of a project and my mind motivates me toward something new or improved. I am curious about new opportunities because I easily become bored with routine. Learning I have these characteristics has increased my confidence to pursue future leadership roles in a small to a mid-sized position.

One of the responsibilities that an individual has in a community is to treat others with respect. There are many reasons to why you should treat other people with respect. But one of the most important reasons, according to Sonja Lyubormirsky found on pbs.org is that, “being kind can start a chain reaction of positivity; being kind to others may lead them to be grateful and generous to others, who in turn are grateful and kind to others” (Lyubormirsky, 1). That being said,

It is important to strive for kindness because, it makes people feel appreciated, and it

This leadership course has taught me to the importance of leadership and what it means to be a leader. That leadership is something that is learned and developed over time. To set goals and encourage those who are involved in accomplishing the goal. Being a leader more than just having follower, but to have enthusiasm, courage, humility, and integrity. This course have also helped me understand how to not only apply leadership to my personal life but to the working atmosphere.

I believe that my general view of leadership has not changed over this course, however, before I had a very vague concept of what leaders do and how they act but not an in-depth perspective of the exact characteristics that they possess and how they use them to better themselves as well as their followers. Through this course I have been able to see how different people view leadership and the strengths and ethics that people feel are essential for the people to be successful leaders. This course has been very beneficial for me as a leader for several

If I was rude to someone I would expect them to be inconsiderate back. However, the same goes for being kind. I believe that if you treat others as your equal, for the most part, they will respect you back. While this may because they genuinely feel respected themselfs and therefore care about your relations, or because they feel a guilt to be kind based upon your actions you receive positive feedback. The principle of fairness strongly ties into this virtue as well.

My personal leadership course made me realize that I have all the characteristics to become a great leader, it was just the fact of actually doing. Since then in my work I

One of the biggest lessons learned from this course is that to be an effective leader, you must have a diverse skillset. I’m not sure if there is any one magical component or characteristic in being a great leader. One influence during my review of the literature was that; although easier for some, I see leadership as something we must continually improve upon. This is in contrast to my belief during my first day of class, when I thought leaders just

The intrikite relationship of a leader and followers has been study that remains a mystery to scholarly writers in public administration today. The question of what makes a great leader? is one that is asked every couple of years. But instread of asking what makes a great leader maybe we need to seek out the desire to be led. The strong influence over the future determination of an individual(s) is a characteristic that only a leader can posses (Martinez, Kane, Ferris, & Brooks, 2012).

I have realized that change starts with me. This course improved my understanding of leadership, the

One reason that being kind is good is that if you are kind it will increase your success and the success of others. In an article called “The Secret of Success? Kindness” Stephen Einhorn who has a MD, PhD, and is chairman of the department of oncology-pathology at the Karolinska Institute of Stockholm says “On the contrary, being kind to our fellow human beings is preconditioned to becoming successful. Goodness and kindness are the single most important factors when it comes to how successful we will be in our lives”(Hill 1)To be successful you must be nice to others or you will not get super far in life. When you are mean and ruthless others will not be happy to do there job

1. When discussing leadership and followership, there is often a split in personal opinion when it comes to which one is more important. Leadership and followership both offer unique benefits in their own right and have supporting factors, which give them the perceived appearance of being more important. The focus for this paper will be to advocate the importance of followership over that of leadership. This will be accomplished by addressing the pros of followership to include some core skills of followership and the effects followership has on the development of a leader. The expectation of an officer however, places a high amount of emphasis on leadership more so than that of followership. Given this perceived importance of leadership as an officer, an effective leadership style will be explained and how officers develop this particular leadership style. While leadership has a distinct presence within the professional work environment, followership is considered the underlying backbone in developing an effective high performing team.

* The course taught me how to be an effective leader. I shall strive to include “intellectual stimulation” and “inspirational motivation” within my leadership portfolio.

Heading into this course, I wasn’t exactly sure what it was about. Aside from reading the description on the KU website, I had no idea what to expect. I thought it would be centered around what would make a good leader, and the things I should do to achieve this. After the first couple weeks, I finally grasped the purpose of this class, and slowly started to work what I was learning into my day to day life. Through this class I have been able to identify what adaptive leadership is and how to apply it to my day to day task as well as how to work within the disequilibrium. I was also given the opportunity to reflect on what I was learning, through journals and amongst my peers through discussion boards, and how I was using my knowledge to identify different challenges I was facing in my life.