Acquiring leadership skills along with a strong character and the sense to serve others is vital. A leader should be resourceful, dependable, selfless, and a good problem solver. I have led in many ways- inside and outside of school. Last year as a tenth grader, I was class secretary for Class Council.
I am very confident and consider myself a good leader. I initiate discussions in the classrooms and help those in need. I value responsibility, accountability, and timeliness. Rising above expectations is something I strive for, such as going to early morning choir practices for Chamber Choir and Triple Trio. Last year, I was president of the freshman class.
As a spokesperson, I want to empower teachers to be leaders in and out of the classroom. The key to raising achievement for all students is to empower teachers to lead and transform the teaching profession. Every child has the right to an education and the potential to learn. As educators, we have a great responsibility to serve as advocates for the students we serve. All children, regardless of their background, must be taught to believe they can succeed.
In the Cambridge Dictionary, leadership, is defined as people who are in charge of a government or a group. The Cambridge Dictionary also defines leadership as having the quality or ability that makes a person a leader, or the position of being a leader. I agree with the Cambridge Dictionary; However, I must add, that leaders are not born with these abilities, but they are molded by pinacol points within their life that paved the path to become a great leader. In our history we have heard and read of many leaders that transformed our very present life. Although their approach was unique they all had one thing in common, a vision.
In leadership, the role often goes unseen while the efforts do not. I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given that has striven me into the leader I am today. Leadership has instilled fortitude and courage in me. Through leadership, I have been able to flourish and learn as an individual and with the help of others. As a leader, I do my best to make sure everyone’s opinion is included to make for the best outcome.
Leadership is not a position or rank, it is being the example, with a positive attitude and treating others with respect. A good leader knows how to get people to follow. To be a good leader you must also know how to follow. Throughout my career I have learned how to do both. Early in my career I made mistakes but I’m glad I had a good leader that I could look up to and that was inspirational in a way that kept me from making more mistakes.
I will be the first to admit that I am not a natural-born leader. All throughout elementary school, middle school, and high school, I always managed to steer away and avoid any responsibilities involving leadership and service toward either an organization, or a school-sponsored group. I was totally and whole heartedly convinced that I would either do a poor job, make things in the organization worse, or that everyone would end up hating me. Yes, I am not a natural-born leader.
I think that I have many effective leadership qualities. I know that one of my biggest strengths is my communication and people skills. It is very rare that I find someone that I do not get along with. This alone, of course, does not make a good leader though. Reflection skills are another ability that I feel I have a good grasp on.
Vision: finding what could and should be done for a task is not difficult for me. However, what really challenges me is to make an efficient plan of actually completing the task step by step. Ability: I never consider the expertise knowledge of a certain job as the most important leadership component because I believe that can be overcame by many other talents. As a psychology student, I have acquired basic psychological knowledge about how to understand people around me, and I think that is enough for my early business life.
The foundation of all of my leadership philosophy is centered on the four strategies of character, consistency, collaboration, and communication. With these four strategies, I also have the goal to gain trust, respect and integrity. In education, times change, as well as students and staff. From the book entitled, “The Saber-Tooth Curriculum,” the author quotes, “there were progressives and progressives in the past and that the best prediction indicates there will be progressives and progressives in the future. Progressives with new purposes and old machines, progressives with new machines and old purposes, progressives with old machines and purposes plus a few new verbalizations to make them less forlorn, and others (Peddiwell, 2004,
This could be scary without the correct preparation, but thanks to learning about the civics of how our country is run, I feel confident walking into a new chapter of my life. Being a leader in life is not something everyone is good at. Certain people were born to lead while others prefer to lay low and follow instructions. Leaders are not only found in politics and civics, but could also be your boss at work, the leader of group experiment you are conducting or the team captain. All leaders have various qualities that vary in importance from person to person.
In this paper, I will be discussing my own leadership philosophy, along with the topics that were covered in the interview with the Commander. These topics are leadership philosophy, challenging of leadership, handling of issues, decision process, knowledge of the job, and handling conflicts. My Leadership philosophy is described as involvement and supportive. What I mean by involvement is knowing how people are doing their jobs, how each one is doing in their day to day life and understanding how everyone is different and unique.
A leader is a visionary, one who can lead a team or group of people into the future, one who see solutions and greater potential in a certain area. A leader always lives before his/her time, they see how things should operate before it becomes a reality. I do believe that I was born to be a leader. There have been serval times, where I worked with a group of people, and always emerged as the leader. I never force leadership, but most times, it just happens naturally.
A true leader is a person of vision who has the ability to communicate and inspire others to action. My own vision of leadership is one of purpose, one that faculty and staff will believe in through my example and my standard of high expectations. This vision is to unlock the potential of all students and to instill in them the skills and qualities needed to become successful global citizens. My duty, as a school leader, is to provide a safe environment for students to receive a meaningful, individualized education while aspiring to build their character and personal integrity. I also believe faculty and staff have their own extensive knowledge and experience to share, and when treated with empathy and respect, will be open to collaboration
Leadership is something that has always come naturally to me. As the oldest of five children, and the oldest of over thirteen cousins just on one side of the family; I had declared myself the boss early on and found it easy to accept responsibility for things and tell others what to do. I always thought leadership was naturally inherited from whatever experiences one has as a child and their upbringing. Well, this class broke down that barrier and allowed me to see how that belief is very archaic. It was eye opening to realize that leadership is so much more than just trying to be over everyone else and telling others what to do.
