My Leadership Philosophy

Leadership is a term that I think can be defined in many ways and does not have a concrete definition. There are many pieces to determining what being a successful leader is and how one becomes a successful leader. Being successful in this sense is also something that I do not think is necessarily the generic sense of the word. Determining if you are a successful leader depends on who you are as a person, and that determines the kind of leader you become. What the main driving force you have and the way you interact with others lead to defining the term of being a successful leader. Leadership to me is the ability to take control of a team on a specific project and getting the team to work together as one to accomplish a common goal. To me

I grew up in a family where my grandfather started a road stand and ran it for 20 plus years, where my mom got her master’s in teaching to help teach special needs students, and a dad who took a 2-year business degree and became a CFO in a multi-million-dollar company. I think my foundation of what leadership is, and how to be a successful leader was solid. Throughout the semester I think I have been able to take that foundation and fine tune it in a way that fits me personally. I have been able to determine better what I like and what I do not like when it comes to leadership styles and finding areas that I need to improve on. Because of the influences in my life I think that it has given me a strong ability to lead others and I have learned skills to finetune areas of weakness in order to make me a more effective

One goal I have is to become a leader I want to work my way up through a company and prove that I deserve to be leader. I want to be able to learn from others that are above me and find what works and what does not. To take what I learned as a lower level employee, so that way when I become a leader I know exactly what needs to be changed. To learn what style of leadership works best with certain jobs and certain people. I think my main goal is to be able to express my ideas and feelings to my team members. Right now, I am very cut and dry, and I am not the greatest communicator. I get frustrated easily which is not a good quality to have as a leader that is in charge of a team. I learned that being a poor communicator can hinder the success of a business. Being able to communicate in an effective manor where I am not being mean to my employees, but instead building them up and helping them succeed. Like I stated earlier I think I have been provided with a solid foundation to become a successful leader in the future, but that does not mean that there is not room for improvement. Being open to what others have to say and their experiences is important to becoming a successful leader. A good leader is willing to change and adapt to their current situation because things