Leadership Application Essay

Since I was a child, I would take traits I’d learn from others and try to implement what I liked and disliked about them to help form the person I wanted to be. For instance, from my dad I saw what it meant to be empathic, strategize with others during their failures, and to praise others in public and criticize them in private. From my friends and teachers I learned how they studied so that I could get better at studying. I also read autobiographies about people I admired—Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Steve Jobs to absorb a little of them into the person I want to be. I was taking the traits of those I looked up to help form the person I wanted to be. Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of Basecamp (an organization that helps optimize the way businesses

I see this occur, but I think to myself, “Why can't organizations coexist?” Jason also believes that companies should be able to coexist with each other and that organizations should not see each other as an enemy but instead view enemies as bad ideas that these companies can work together to defeat. I really admire this type of leadership because it’s important to succeed but not always at the expense of destroying the competition. Companies could coexist to share the pie instead of trying to take it all. I’d consider this a form of integrity, which is one of several traits of effective leaders. It shows that Jason isn’t focused on eliminating completion, but working to improve his organization the lives of his

I then noticed that the same thing happened to people at work and in clicks of friends--the professor or teaching assistant or main friend would feel one way and the others would emulate that mood or feeling. It was interesting to see how the behaviors of those in charge or with power influenced those working for them or besides them. Jason also observed this also and learned that it’s important for the leader to convey an attitude that might not reflect one’s true emotions but instead convey positivity and encouragement to shield others from adopting the attitude that the person in charge could potentially convey. I identify with this type of leadership because as leaders, everyone is always watching and drawing conclusions from our behaviors and