Final Application Paper
Gavin Osborn
MAN3303 Dr. Musyimi
June 19, 2016
June 19, 2016

There are leaders all over Florida but one that personally stands out the most is no one other than Sheriff Grady Judd. What stands out to me most about Grady Judd is that he always has a new mindset or goal in place. Goal setting is a big part of becoming and being successful. Goal setting is the best way to improve motivation throughout the community (LINCCWeb). Grady Judd has been a goal setter his entire life starting at a young age when he told his parents that he wanted to be a sheriff (Chambliss). He didn’t stop there with his goal setting either; he has set a wide variety of goals like making Polk County a safe community and reducing crime.
Power is a quality most leaders withhold. Power is described as the capacity to produce effects on others or to influence others (Hughes, 2015). This quality can also be used against the leader. Grady Judd has taken the basketball goals out of the local jail and prisons and donated them to nearby churches because he has the power to do that and he stated “if you want to play basketball stay out of jail” (Prison talk, 2010).
Grady Judd also has some influence tactics up his sleeve. Influence tactics are a persons behavior designed to change another persons beliefs, behaviors and attitude toward something (Lewis, 2013). Judd has always been a very outgoing happy guy but he often changes his personality to gain trust in different generations and races of people. Grady also has values that he portrays. Family and safety are his biggest values, because he grew up a family man and wants them to be safe. Values are things and behaviors that are said to be important to the individual.
Grady Judd has show Polk County that he has authentic leadership by always sticking to his word and never changing his mind or doing the opposite of what he