My leader’s name is Mike Ross. Mike grew up in Hawaii and Southern California. As a young person he was self-destructive. He was a surfer and spent a lot of time on the beach. One of his jobs after High School was sailing yachts from Honolulu to Los Angeles for wealthy people. He eventually moved to Texas where he met his wife. As a result of spending time with his wife and her family he began going to church where he eventually took Jesus as his Lord and Savior. His life found new purpose. He eventually began a career in the fire service. He was a Fire Marshal in the Dallas area. He was also a policeman in the Dallas area. This background led him to become the life safety officer at a major bank. When he lost that job he took a chance and started his own business. He knew about a niche in the financial industry that needed to be filled. 25 years later his business employs 75 employees and has contracts with 7 of the 10 largest …show more content…
His service attitude has been his greatest influence on me. He is human and makes mistakes, but that heart of service shows through. He has taught me to care for and appreciate those who work for me.
Refer to chapter 12 in your textbook. What leadership style does your candidate exhibit?
He has had people describe him as charismatic, but I think he is a transformational leader.
In your own words, what makes a great leader to you?
When I was younger, I thought a leader had to be a powerful, charismatic, and authoritarian.
I now think a leader is an example. There are so many styles of leadership and so many mixtures of those various styles. Each mix provides a potential for success or failure. Each mixture can be effective in one circumstance and be completely ineffective in another.
In all of those cases, a leader must show the way to success and be a consistent example. A leader is many things, but he is a torch