I agree with Tolstoy’s philosophy that history shapes and confines leaders. The picture painted in the excerpt from War and Peace places a significant amount of accountability on the follower. "It was necessary that millions of men whose hands lay the real power... carry out the will of these weak individuals (Wren‚ 1995. p. 57)" Blindly following self-absorbed leaders creates tyranny and dictators who do not have their followers best interests at heart. I don’t believe that the "hive life" is using
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Leadership is simultaneously the greatest honor in my life as well as my most imposing responsibility. The point of my leadership philosophy is to convey to you what is important to me as a leader and how it will affect our relationships both professionally and personally. I am currently serving in my 12th consecutive year of active duty in the United States Army. I started off at Fort Lewis‚ WA with the 38th Engineer Company as a Human Resource Specialist (42A) working in the company training
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Leadership is an intangible trait in a person that is difficult to develop. Being a leader is having the ability to motivate‚ influence and direct the people around you. In my opinion‚ the basic foundation of a leader is knowledge and experience. As a leader‚ is important for their credibility not to be tainted in order for subordinates not to question authority. A leader is constantly coaching‚ mentoring and caring for his soldiers. My leadership philosophy is to treat my soldiers the way I
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LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY PAPER Introduction There are as many leadership philosophies as people and rightly so. Each person is unique in their own ways with specific personality traits and aptitudes which make them who they are. While some people are more naturally inclined towards leadership than others‚ the majority of leaders are developed through the continued honing of their leadership skills. Along their leadership journeys people acquire various skills and paradigms allowing them to
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Abstract I define my philosophy of nursing within the three nursing domains of person‚ health‚ and environment. My goal is to communicate the importance of nursing as a knowledge-based career‚ depending not only on the nurse fulfilling her role but also on the patient’s compliance. A patient must learn to provide self-care at home in the same capacity as the nurse would provide care in the clinical setting. I discuss various subjects within nursing. I explain why I want to be a nurse‚ what I believe
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Personal Leadership Reflection Paper Jessie Knott MAN3303/7111 February 14‚ 2015 Sherry Hartnett Personality Profile Taking the Big Five Personality assessment was incredibly informative to me. I learned that my primary strengths are my openness to experience and conscientiousness. Openness-to-experience personality dimension includes traits of flexibility‚ intelligence‚ and internal locus of control. (Leadership: Theory‚ Application‚ & Skill Development‚ 2010‚ p41) I am an incredibly
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What does leadership mean to you? I interpret leadership as being able to manage many different external and internal factors while faced with a challenge. Leadership involves a combination of skills which are for the most part equally balanced. Some of these skills involve empowerment‚ responsibility‚ accountability‚ and being able to deal with situations accordingly. Personal experiences also contribute to one’s leadership. Throughout my life numerous experiences and skills obtained have helped
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1. What does leadership mean to you? I believe that leadership is not just a common list of attributes that can be easily described. It is so much more: to me‚ personally‚ leadership has so many influences in life that I could go on forever listing them. One of the Leadership qualities‚ that I strongly believe in is encouragement. The person who encourages you to go the extra mile‚ the one who cheers you on‚ supports you through adversity.However‚ Leadership does not just stop at encouragement
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Throughout history a strong show of leadership has proven to be a dominant‚ driving force to inspire respect and trust from those around you. As I move forward in my life past the foreseeable future‚ I find that the necessary skills in life skills were not the ones that you dreaded learning. The leadership skills and characteristics that define you are the ones that take place outside of the classroom‚ not my grades‚ GPA‚ or class rank. It academic knowledge that I have acquired through self-interest
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My personal definition of leadership is the ability to inspire and motivate others to act towards a common purpose‚ through one’s personal words and actions. I have been very lucky to have many great leaders that have cared for me and my professional development throughout my life and career. Since graduating boot camp‚ and at every unit since‚ I have been exposed to both good and bad methods of leadership. Some people seem to rely strictly on their positional power to accomplish tasks and give
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