I Am a Leader
During my teenage years I always heard, “You are accountable for your brother’s”. With me being the oldest of five and the only girl, my father put me in a leader position to lead four stubborn little boys. Tradition has proven that parents expect the oldest to be more of a lead and they tend to stress the importance to lead by example. According to Peter Northhouse; leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.” My goal as a big sister has now advance to my goal of being a big leader. In the next couple of years my plans are to strengthen my leadership skills by focusing on my writing skills, my communication and my organizational skills.
Although I became a leader in the corporate world years ago, I am just now being able to assess my strengths and weakness. Prior to this year I have always considered a leader is someone in charge or someone who keeps the production positive. In owning my own business although I was the leader, my staff was small and all the decisions made were mine and my employees simply followed suite. I never dealt with different personality conflicts or difficult decisions. Now that I am working in a larger cooperation where my strengths are highlighted, I now see my weakness’s as well. Completing the weekly journals required for class allowed me to write my thoughts and analyze my definition of a leader. In reading the assigned chapters in the book Introduction to Leadership, I have gained much more knowledge of how to become a good leader.
Just as Barbara Kellerman said in her speech on Bad Leadership,” we must first know what makes a bad leader so we can learn to be a good leader.” I strongly agree. I needed to learn my weakness’s before continuing my goal to become a good leader. I realize that one of my biggest weaknesses is writing. One would say what does