Self Control : An Effective Leader

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

It takes a lot to be a leader. It takes experience, communication, positivity, passion, and much more to be an effective leader. Communication, positivity, and passion are the three most important characteristics to me. I represent all three of these with great pride. I communicate effectively whether it be in the classroom, on

An effective leader is one who inspires many to not only accept change but to cause change themselves, furthermore, though leaders can be effective it doesn’t always mean they are responsible with their power.

Courage is an important trait in a leader since, “It takes courage to break from the norm, challenge the status quo, [and] seek new opportunities.” “15 Ways to Identify Bad Leaders” by Mike Myatt. This proves that courage is an important aspect of being a leader because without being able to take the first tremulous steps out of the comfort zone of following, and allow others an opportunity to follow a different path, all of the followers would continue to follow the other leader. Some evidence of this in the book is when it says, “I’m not going to be a part of Ralph’s lot-” (Golding 127).

However, an absolute truth prevails. Leadership must start from within – from within the leader’s heart – where real courage resides. It is not simply a case of memorizing a list of do’s or don’ts and applying them to a particular situation. Courage is a necessary trait of effective leadership. It is hard to argue that other traits such as integrity, honesty, altruism, communications skill and decisiveness are not qualities of a good leader.

Qualities of a Leader Everyone has their own ideas of what makes a leader, as I do. A leader is capable of inspiring, motivating and persuading people around them to commit willingly to work towards a specific idea. A leader has a clear vision and is able to see where they want to go and are able to communicate it clearly to their team. Some people say that some leaders are ‘naturally born’ while others state that being a leader does not come naturally, but can develop through encouragement from others, being inspired and by means of practice.

Two of the most important qualities for a leader to have are good judgement and courage. Judgement allows a leader to make good decisions and choices for his people. It allows him to make good decisions and choices for his people. It allows him to plan ahead. Courage gives the leader strength to voice these decisions and communicate with his followers in general.

Dr. Copeland says again I do not known exact definition of it but, strategic thinking means that we are aware about what is needed for job position and working on plans for success of organization is acting. It is like always thinking on new ideas and creating new plans. He provided simple example of strategic thinking, acting, and influencing. When we started working on new radiology branch at Granger location. At the same time I was working on challenges, how to get the more revenue from Granger location radiology and laboratory services. Hence, we started advertising about our new services. We asked our own employees to work hard to bring more patients at new location. We also asked other

There are many areas that are essential for courageous leadership according to Blankstein. One that really stands out to me is having heart. He notes that effective leaders act with heart. He states that leaders lead to what they believe is the best decisions and are enthusiastic about those decisions. Without believing in what you feel is right, your staff will not buy into your decisions and what you set out to accomplish will not be obtainable. You have to take chances to show what you value. For example, when the principal was fired because he said the students could not improve because they have bigger issues to deal with. When he was let go, it showed the district how serious they were to improving test scores. He also talks about

Strategic thinking involves using ethical and moral reasoning to think about the future of an organization. This type of thinking usually starts about changes that you have noticed in the organizational climate, which are usually called mental models. Mental models are simplified understandings or representations of the phenomena that the organization encounters. These type of models can tell a strategic leader what is and is not important to the organization, what they do and do not like, what they should and should not notice. By knowing this, they include understandings of how things work and what are expected

Communication would fall under the good listener category of being a leader. Communication is a key component to being a good listener because if you don’t communicate to whomever you are speaking with then some things might get lost in the process. The leader of a team will have to listen to their boss then relay the message to his or her team, and that’s where paraphrasing takes a good part in communication and listening skills. A good leader is always communicating with other leaders and trying to find out other good ideas they can use to improve some of their techniques.

Self-leadership is defined as the process people influence themselves to establish self-direction, self-management, and self-motivation (Neck & Manz, 2010).

Leadership in general requires courage. Courage is defined in Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary as a mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. (Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary) Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement.

Strategic Thinking can be described as a process which enables senior management to create a strategy, debate relevant issues, evaluate the internal and external environment, create strategic goals for the organisation and carry the strategy through effectively. (Decision Processes International, 2008)

Strategic thinking is defined as the management’s vision of the company; what it should look like in the future. It is the vision that drives the direction, nature and focus of the business. Strategic planning focuses on the ‘how’ aspects; How the organization is going to achieve that vision.