Leadership,

Growing up I was taught anyone can be put in a leadership position but not everyone can be a leader of people. The army has the whole “provide purpose, direction and motivation to accomplish the mission," but I think there’s more to that. The army definition is for providing leadership to the soldier in front of you but not to the masses and that’s the leadership style I wish to have. I want to be able to inspire the masses in believing what I am preaching. When I first arrived at Fort Sill I was assigned one soldier then over time I began to have more soldiers that wanted me as their team leader. I always believed that all these soldiers wanted me as their team leader because I was still a young specialist and I still remembered …show more content…
Honestly I don’t know what type of leader I am. All that I know is have taken the things I like from different leaders and also the same with the things I didn’t like and have combined them into the style I have now. I’ve had leaders that would let me figure things out the hard and long way trying to make me think on my feet. I had one leader that wanted to sit down and talk to me about life on a larger scope then the army trying to prep me for the civilian world. I also had my first ever leader that would smoke me for asking questions about which medications he would rather use in different situations. I believe every style of leadership you encounter will affect your life differently. Some leaders will leave that mark on your life where you want to stay in contact with them for a lifetime asking them for guidance and continuous support. Other leaders with effect you in a negative way, and you’ll have to force yourself not to give up or take short cuts in your …show more content…
What might click for one person might not have the same outcome for the next. The strong leaders that have a positive impact on your life are the ones that you stay in contact with the rest of your life. They're the leaders that know you're trying every approach you know to accomplish your duty. The let you go down the hard path and pull you aside and show you "hey this is another way" instead of keeping that knowledge to themselves. I have three NCO's from my very first unit that I still speak to and have the upmost respect for. I feel like their guidance when I first arrived in Germany molded me into the soldier I am today. So when I first arrived at Ft sill I tried to replicate their leadership style by influencing soldiers with knowledge that other more senior leaders weren't providing. Being that leader that pulled a soldier to the side to tell them "hey this is what you're fucking up" or when they're moving slow one day pull them to the side and ask what’s going