Leadership Philosophy Statement

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A short description of who I’m as a leader I’m a leader with an MBTI profile of INFJ and these letters stand for Introvert, iNtuition, Feeling, and Judging (Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test, n.d.). Apparently, from every indication, I’m a leader who is extremely creative and encourage anyone around me to emulate my creative instinct. As an idealistic leader, I demand perfection from subordinates as much as I require the same from my work. I do not believe that failure is the climax of a project rather failure enhances me to find a workable part to accomplish a project. Additionally, I’m a leader who works with and bring people together to achieve the desired goal even when all odds are against me. Furthermore, promoting harmony and creating …show more content…

First and foremost, I have learned how to communicate and as a leader, which I want to, I will communicate with an immense compassion with people in my organization as well as outside the organization; knowing well that if I can exhibit compassion on myself, then it is much more necessary and appropriate to communicate with compassion to subordinates in the workplace and others outside the workplace (Nuty & Kapadia, 2011; Rock, 2008). Furthermore, the SCARF and NVC tool has taught me so much about empathy; therefore, as a leader that I intend to be, I will exercise empathy on everyone that comes my way, especially my subordinates in the workplace. The emphasis on having empathy on subordinates is essential because sometimes, as a leader, there is the temptation to over-burden subordinates with excessive workloads simply because they cannot refuse the order. However, with the SCARF and NVC tools, I will put myself in the condition of understanding the subordinates so that what I cannot do to myself should not be done to them. This is what empathy is all about and this is how the SCARF and NVC tools will help me become the leader I intend to be. Additionally, I will, as a leader, meticulously observe those working for me to know whether they are motivated to do the work and if they are not motivated, probably, such subordinates might require a one-on-one attention to examine areas where they lack motivations and how they can be nurtured to be