Essay On Personal Philosophy Of Leadership

Coming into this class, I had experienced many leadership positions before, from coaching my own YMCA boys travel basketball team to being a 5th grade summer camp counselor. I thought that I had figured out most of the effective leadership qualities on my own, however, this class taught me countless aspects and characteristics that has changed the way that I view and will further develop my personal philosophy of Leadership. One of the pieces of information that I have learned this year that has changed my personal philosophy of Leadership is the Six Charismatic Traits of a Leader. These traits have showed me that in order to be an effective leader, not only must you act but you must compel others to act and follow you vision as well. One
I would like to think of myself as someone who is always out to help people. Although, helping people is not an immoral act, over-helping can cause unnecessary stress and anxiety. Also, taking on their problems can result in falling behind in my own work and can lead to problems in the company. As a leader, the Goose Theory of Leadership has taught me to not allow for people to hand off their unwanted problems to me, instead I should work with them and teach them how to find a solution to their problem so they won’t continue to come back with more
In a previous job, the communication between leadership and the workers was extremely poor. For example, the Director wouldn’t let other express their point of view and their ideas, and instead she would make them go through with her plans that would often fail. This resulted in conflicts between workers and leadership and people often blamed others for their mishaps. Because of this, I was pleased when we discussed the factors that influence communication and the four ways to destroy communication. The experience that faced in the workplace and these factors have taught me how to have effective communication and what happens as a result of bad