At the beginning of this half-semester class, we were asked what we thought the best definition of leadership was. My answer was as follows, “A person that has the best interest of the group/person in mind. To help others.” As I look back on this statement I quickly have realized what I have learned when it comes to being leader. You can either be a good leader or a great leader. I want to even extend past what a great leader is and become the best leader. I feel that this class helped me tremendously with figuring out what I need to do to be the best leader.
There were many books that we read this semester from Building the Bridge, to the Emotional Intelligence article, The Servant, Faith and Leadership, the book of Genesis, and Finding …show more content…
This was a book that really intrigued me the most and I think the one that left the most impact on me. After reading it I had so much respect for the main character that would give up everything, making tons of money, to go to a monastery and live as a monk. That honestly just baffled me. It baffled me in such a to motivate me to become a better leader. I feel that through this book he showed what true leadership was really about. He laid everything on the line to better others and help equip others to become the best leaders possible. To take the time to sit down and patiently deal with all the different types of characters that came along into his path is something that takes great courage. I learned a lot about leadership through this book.
One other text that I thoroughly enjoyed was the chapter in Genesis and the story of Joseph. This story I have read many of times and is a story that I have taken a lot from, but I have never read it in such a way to gain any leaderships skills from. When reading it from this approach I actually learned a lot from …show more content…
Not saying that what I had was not what a leader was, but it was not enough. I don’t know if there are ever enough words to describe a true leader, but to sum up what a leader is in my book are these 10 words; Awareness, Decisiveness, Empathy, Accountability, Confidence, Optimism, Honesty, Focus, Inspiration, and most importantly, Faith. Leadership is more than power and prestige. Many leaders lead with power, but through this course I quickly realized that will only last for a short season. The best type of leadership is leading with authority. There is a huge difference when it comes to leading with power versus authority. Power is the leadership of fear and being forceful with the leadership. People follow because they are afraid of their leader. With authority, a leader has gained respect from those underneath them and people want to follow them because they have gained their respect. This is an aspect of leadership that I can’t say that I have ever used or even heard of. After learning of this I can see how this has been in effect in my life. I am not in a position of power. I do not have people that work for me but I do meet with many people and I try to help out people in different ways. I believe that I have been able to do this because I have earned people’s respect and I have built a level of trust with everyone that I have been able to work
There were many books that we read this semester from Building the Bridge, to the Emotional Intelligence article, The Servant, Faith and Leadership, the book of Genesis, and Finding …show more content…
This was a book that really intrigued me the most and I think the one that left the most impact on me. After reading it I had so much respect for the main character that would give up everything, making tons of money, to go to a monastery and live as a monk. That honestly just baffled me. It baffled me in such a to motivate me to become a better leader. I feel that through this book he showed what true leadership was really about. He laid everything on the line to better others and help equip others to become the best leaders possible. To take the time to sit down and patiently deal with all the different types of characters that came along into his path is something that takes great courage. I learned a lot about leadership through this book.
One other text that I thoroughly enjoyed was the chapter in Genesis and the story of Joseph. This story I have read many of times and is a story that I have taken a lot from, but I have never read it in such a way to gain any leaderships skills from. When reading it from this approach I actually learned a lot from …show more content…
Not saying that what I had was not what a leader was, but it was not enough. I don’t know if there are ever enough words to describe a true leader, but to sum up what a leader is in my book are these 10 words; Awareness, Decisiveness, Empathy, Accountability, Confidence, Optimism, Honesty, Focus, Inspiration, and most importantly, Faith. Leadership is more than power and prestige. Many leaders lead with power, but through this course I quickly realized that will only last for a short season. The best type of leadership is leading with authority. There is a huge difference when it comes to leading with power versus authority. Power is the leadership of fear and being forceful with the leadership. People follow because they are afraid of their leader. With authority, a leader has gained respect from those underneath them and people want to follow them because they have gained their respect. This is an aspect of leadership that I can’t say that I have ever used or even heard of. After learning of this I can see how this has been in effect in my life. I am not in a position of power. I do not have people that work for me but I do meet with many people and I try to help out people in different ways. I believe that I have been able to do this because I have earned people’s respect and I have built a level of trust with everyone that I have been able to work