Throughout my life I have been influenced in my leading style by many amazing leaders who I one day aspire to be like. The main influence on my leadership has been my mother, who is a teacher and an amazingly invested leader. She is dedicated to the growth of the people she leads and teaches them to be advocates for themselves and gives them room to learn to develop their own ideas. She is a firm believer in the idea of stewardship, and cares about and gets to know the students she leads. I have also been influenced by several of my science teacher throughout the years, not only to pursue a science career, but also to grow my leadership skills through finding my passion, looking to the future, and learning from my mistakes and growing from …show more content…
Cindy Anderson, is a teacher at the University of Mary and works in the Occupational Therapy Department. She now works with students to not only teach them about her field but to also help them grow as both people and leaders. The influence her teaching style of leadership has influenced me to be both more responsive to this style of leadership and to use it more often and see the benefits of this method of leading. Leading through teaching allow for stewardship to be a central point of the leading style very easily, which is necessary for any group that one may be leading. All leaders must be able to allow their followers to make their own decisions on the tasks they are given and must not be delegated to, so as to not feel overcontrolled and be allowed their own creative freedom. My mother not only teaches this way but also raised me with this thought in mind. She was always giving me opportunities to learn new things but never forcing them onto me. This gave me the chance to be independent and instilled a natural curiosity in me to learn and eventually grow into a leader who could come up with their own ideas. She has made me a person who is always willing to learn in both the classroom and from experience, so that when I make an error as a leader I will be able to accept it and change my …show more content…
She makes a point of quickly learning her students names and getting to understand them and their reasoning for pursuing their career. Her lessons involve her attempts at making class fun and entertaining but opening up and telling stories from her own life and making important bonds with her students. She has not only modeled these actions for me but has helped me to make friends and has also told me to always be kind and considerate of them. She has taught me to always cheer others on when they are down and encourage the heart in other to understand them as fully as possible. She has always advocated me being invested in others and connecting with people who are different from me so that I may come to understand them. Her kindness to me and all of the people around me and never failing sense of humor have made me want to love others and always try to make those around me happy every chance I get. It is because of her influence that I am able to see the value in others not just as workers but always as the people they are outside of how they know