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My Personal Assessment In preparation to determine what I believe are my personal strengths and weaknesses as a leader, I made a list of experiences where I believe I had to exercise leadership in the past three years. As I was developing the list I determined three areas that require leadership. The first is leadership needed within my coursework here at USU. The second is leadership needed within my everyday relationships. Leadership here is expressed in degrees of maintaining personal standards of etiquette and building up those that I am around. The final area is leadership in my church and religious responsibilities. Although all three areas have different responsibilities, I believe there are core principles that are relevant in all situations. With that in mind, I was able to make a list of three core strengths and three areas to improve within my personal leadership.
The first strength is that I believe that I am a great listener. I have always felt that it is my nature to listen to what others have to say and then offer my input …show more content…

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