The Leadership Influences That Have Made Me The Leader I Am Today

My personal experiences of leadership started when I was younger, roughly 7 years old, I was elected the captain of my travel soccer team. At the time I didn’t think much of it, nor did I have any extra duties that I was explicitly told that I needed to perform. Later throughout the season, I started to notice my teammates mimicking my styles and techniques and I highly enjoyed this feeling of being looked up to. I didn 't realize until years after that the recognition and pride I felt was leadership. This privilege of being captain was the first time I had realized that people weren 't necessarily following my actions because I was extraordinarily skilled, but because I provided this role model status with my confidence and encouragement. Some of the most valuable leaderships traits that I acquired and fortified are:

Leadership is a process through which an individual influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. This definition of leadership is relatively similar to that of Northouse’s (2007,p.3) And the

Leadership is the ability to influence others and investing ones self to achieve a common goal. Influencing others requires you to sometimes have different groups; races, sexes, religious beliefs, etc. find that common ground in order to achieve something greater than them. Investing ones self to show there is no differentiation between you and the people who follow you. That we all carry the same weight and I expect no more from you than I would expect from myself.

This is my personal presentation of my leadership philosophy that spans my 22 plus years of Coast Guard service. I’ve never precisely thought of who my leadership influences would be, I never felt like I could live up to the transformational leadership figures like George Washington and other notable history figures. I’ve had allot of disappointments in my life, maybe someone I did look up to in a leadership capacity that turned into a disappointment. Then again, no one is perfect so maybe my rationalization of no perfection has caused me not to have a specific leadership influence. As allot of experienced Coast Guard members know, we learn valuable lessons about raw leadership over time, with certain experiences, trials, tribulations, and the like. We all form assumptions and generic wisdom which we believe works well with those below us in the chain of command, and those above us. My opinion is that leadership encompasses everyone around us from CO-workers, to family, to people we interact with in public. I believe that true influence is a 24-hour, 7 days per week life undertaking that people that are thrust into certain positions in the Coast Guard start to assume over a long period of time. A vast number of leaders throughout military and U.S. History have inwardly reflected the subject of leadership, many have written extensively regarding their personal style, or the style of other historical figures they have looked to for an example. I feel like I am a simple person

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 defined as the ability to accomplish a set goal(s) due to the act of inspiring and motivating a group of your peers. Former United States president Dwight D. Eisenhower made famous a quote that stated, “Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.” (Notable-quotes.com). One of the most important aspects of the work area is leadership. Without leadership, there will be no guidance to for teamwork and the percentage of successful goal will be slim to none. Becoming a great leader is no easy feat however. An exceptional leader must lock in on specific attributes such as intellect, moral character, and human

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

I’ve had both good and bad leadership influences during my career. The first good influence was an Aviation Warrant, who on the very first day I met him, explained his expectations of me, our relationship, the fact that he was not the smartest individual in the room and that he would be counting on my knowledge and experience to help him with his decision making. He was a polite, easy going person that would show a stern side when needed. The second good influence was also an Aviation Warrant. He had a gruff and intimidating exterior until you got to know him. He was very knowledgeable and would share that knowledge. We worked very closely together and he would confide in me and would listen to my opinion and recommendations. He basically let me run the maintenance program with very little oversight. We built a mutual trust

The meaning of leadership can vary depending on the person but to me leadership is the way a person, or group, leads a group of people in a task. Everyone has their own form of leadership but I personally prefer to lead by example as well as consult with the group before I make a decision. I feel that with this form of leadership I will never be asking someone to do something that I wouldn’t do myself, and it allows for members to become involved in the decision making.

Several leaders have influenced me during my career, all in a different ways. There are two occurrences that have impacted me the most. The first one was after returning from confinement for a violation I had committed; my new supervisor came to me and pulled me to the side and said, “I do not know what you did and I do not care what happened in the past; What matters now is that if you do what you suppose to do, I will back you up. Today is day one for us!” The impact of this conversation was that it changed my point of view about the way I perceived my change of command. The second

What is leadership? Leadership is having the ability to give guidance to those that will follow. Those that follow will help to complete the mission. Leadership is an immature science and the body of knowledge in the field has developed through a series of fits and starts. Leadership is a soft science, just as anthropology, sociology and psychology. It can not be proven exactly what it is. Leadership is an art, the skillful application of leadership behaviors beyond techniques is much the same as the skillful application of brushstrokes by a master painter. Leadership is both rational and emotional. It involves both sides of human experience. It includes actions and influences based on reason and logic as well those based on inspiration

Leadership is a process by which a person influences the thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors of others. A leader sets a direction for the rest of the team. A leader guides their followers to visualize what can be achieved. He or she encourages and inspires their team. A leader helps and guides their members to accomplish their vision.

Leadership is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as the “action of leading a group of people or an organization.” Leadership is also the ability to set trends, inspire, motivate, and sway others to produce desired results. There are different styles and ways of performing leadership and a good leader has the ability to take ordinary people, put them all together, and hopefully yield successful results. For organizations to have sustained results from their performance there must be a good balance of business insight, technical and interpersonal skills, and good team dynamics. A leader must know how to use all these areas as well as trust and communicate with their people in

Leadership is an important element in the functioning of group interactions toward an organized goal. Leadership has been defined in many

Leadership is an approach for a leader to guide, motivate, supervise, manage, and influence others in different situation to reach a goal. According to the Pettinger (2007), the leadership can be explained in several situations. First, the leaders have the responsible to provide vision and direction to the followers. Second, the leaders shall energise and motivate the followers. Third, the leaders shall set and enforce absolute standards of behaviour, attitude, presentation and performance.