Different Types Of Leadership

In ones life, people experience many different types of leadership. There can be good ones that inspire us to our own successes. There can also be negative leaders that aren’t really leaders at all. Although there are many different types of leadership, people are always going to perceive them differently. Personally in my life I have experienced many different types of leadership and bosses. A good leadership experience I’ve had took place when I worked at a local golf course restaurant. My boss was a great leader and always made me feel welcome at the job. Attributes that made him a good leader were that he never made me, or any of the other employees seem below him. We were all equals on the job and all the employees got along and …show more content…
This doesn’t always make the job so pleasurable. One person that particularly has bad leadership skills in the work place would be my own father. Although in general it can be difficult working with family members, it is especially difficult to be the only female in the workplace with your family. I work in a sawmill with my family and it is generally a fun job. Although what makes it difficult is that everyone else expects that I know everything they know. There are no definitive leaders at work just somebody tells you what to do and you do it. I primarily look to my dad as the head boss, but there are days where my brother also tries to be the boss. With no definitive leaders, it makes it extremely difficult to know if I’m doing the right thing or the wrong thing. When there is bad or little leadership in place it can make it very difficult to complete your job effectively. There is never a clear objective of what task needs to be completed for the day. Communication is key to a good leader and it is definitely lacking when I work with my dad. It also doesn’t help that it is very loud at work. Great leaders can communicate effectively across mediums, and …show more content…
In those work places working with bad leaders and managers, it didn’t make going to work very enjoyable at all. Many times people who come into leadership positions may not necessarily be the right leader for the job. I never worked long enough at a drug store long enough to move up to a shift management position, but a few co-workers did. They were fine co-workers but when put in a position of higher power, they weren’t the best leaders through the tough spots. Customer service you deal with a magnitude of problems. Although greater leadership skills can come through more experience, a majority of younger managers lacked good leadership skills. This could have been due in part that they were only in it for the pay raise or that there peers were so close to them in age. Leadership is a hard skill to acquire if you aren’t confident in yourself first. Having good leadership skills can help you be very successful in your life. By experiencing many different types of leadership can help a person build their own style of leadership that works for them. Leaders help guide us and direct us down the right paths to be more successful. They set direction, build an inspiring vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out where you need to go to "win" as a team or an organization. When great leaders come into your life, you can achieve goals and visions as a team that you may have once thought