Leadership Philosophy Statement

The utmost important aspect of a leader is their ultimate goal, which brings me to my question. What is my goal as a leader in the various phases of my life and career? My ultimate goal is to inspire those who are committed to my leadership. To inspire them to achieve greatness, to surpass their own expectations, to become leaders themselves - these are my aspirations. If I do not succeed in accomplishing this, then, I will be lacking a key piece of what separates the average from the exemplary. Most people cannot simply join an organization and learn to lead it without any assistance, especially if they have had little to no interest concerning it in the past. Unfortunately, I learned this while serving in my local Future Farmers of America chapter. For the past four years - three of which I have been an officer - we have had a different volunteer advisor for each new school year, and it became obvious why there were so many turnovers. How much better would it have been if the upper class students with experience in the FFA had shown the leadership they pride themselves on, and attempted to show the volunteers the inner workings of the group? Fortunately, my team took this initiative recently to institute a more thorough interview process, and to double our efforts to make ourselves available to the
Though they do not come about often, they have invaluable wisdom to impart: much like my current Business Professionals of America advisor. She has not only inspired me to improve myself, but to also strive to become a leader in the form of the current president of the BPA chapter. With the position as president, and the aid of my advisor, I hope to lead my fellow members to be greater than they believe themselves to be. I intend to do this by using the knowledge I have gained through attaining my MOS Master certification and attending the BPA state