Effective leadership is a necessary element to have successful work teams and organizations. Those who are effective leaders employ ideas and practices that facilitate a working environment that nurtures the idea of success and making the company’s goals a top priority. Prosperous leaders do not directly demand their subordinates to complete their own and the company’s biddings. Rather, they provide a gentle, guiding hand in directing the employees in bringing out their best without any judgment or any form of hindrances from their supervisors in the form of their own actions and behavior.
Numerous examples of supervisors and managers exhibiting superior leadership qualities exist. But for this particular assignment, one person exhibiting the concepts associated with leadership. As an example, consider my current supervisor, hereinafter referred to as Wadu in respect for his privacy. Wadu is a native of an East-Asian country. He arrived in New York at the age of twenty and immediately enrolled at a local community college. Many years of hard work paid off and he earned his degree in electrical engineering from The City University of New York. He joined the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) after graduation and obtained a job as a patent examiner. He worked his way through the examiner ranks and eventually became a primary patent examiner and most recently, a supervisory patent examiner. He currently oversees the work of over ten employees, trains newly hired examiners, and acts as the senior head of his workgroup.
Wadu’s twenty-plus years of as an employee at the USPTO has brought large amounts of information pertaining to leading employees, promoting the views of the agency, and guiding employees towards a path of success. From observation, Dawu exhibits certain daily behaviors that separate him from other supervisors. One behavior I