Senior Leaders Reflective Essay

The last five or so weeks of this Senior Leaders Course (SLC) been an experience that I won’t soon forget. My professionalism and expertise has been challenged in multiple ways. From writing style to research ability to brief capabilities, I been forced to grow in ways I didn’t know I could. There has been days were I even questioned my overall ability to lead. The Non Commissioned Officers Academy (NCOA) has handed me the tools to lead and exceed. As I reflect on my time as student in SLC, hopefully it will be evident.
The initial paper that I wrote focused on my philosophy as a leader. Meaning what is a leader is and what drives a leader towards success. Before this class, I would easily say that motivation is what makes or breaks a leader. If you don’t have the
I came into the course with the idea that everyone would be about their own agenda and nothing else would matter. That assumption was far from the truth. Even though we all have come from so many different units throughout the Army, we have bonded better than anyone could have expected. We all have leaned upon each other to assist when someone did not understand a task. We also motivated each other to exceed. It has shown in the classroom, in Physical Readiness Training, and in the Iron Platoon Competition. I even believe it has made our sister platoon envious.
Last, but not least, the ability to learn and grow, is another characteristic in my leadership philosophy . The course work has taught me so much. My writing and briefing abilities have been elevated to new heights, for which I am very grateful. The class discussions have given me so many different points of view to use as well. Although the curriculum is what determines the grade we receive, I’ve learned the most from my classmates. Their different experiences have given me a new aspect on countless topics. I owe my success in this course to everything they taught