My leadership influences have mainly come from two people. The first is my mentor and dear friend, the late, “Dr. Myles Munroe”. This man was an ambassador and advisor to multiple kings and governments across the world including his own in the Bahamas. He conducted leadership training sessions and seminars inspiring the poorest of poor, to Kings and Prime Ministers. He has written over 50 books in over 7 different languages and still managed time to raise a beautiful and successful family of four. Among his busy schedule, he was the senior pastor for the largest church in his country and yet he always found time for the small people in this world. My second person needs no formal introduction. He is arguably the greatest leader of all time.
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His idea of leadership was to serve. He was the author of the term “Servant Leadership”. He knew who He was with convictions so deeply rooted in His mission that He literally laid down His life for others and His cause. He died at age 33 after only three short years of public service yet His influence and Spirit lives on in His followers even to this present day. Who could ever make such an impact on our world in only three short years that would attract millions of followers throughout every continent over 2000 years later? Jesus Christ is my greatest leadership influence. Between the two of them, my definition of leadership is: the result or consequence of ones’ influence while working towards achieving a mission or goal. In other words, leadership is what happens when you influence or impact others while working towards something. It is the craft of …show more content…
My leadership philosophy has developed through personal encounters with both true and counterfeit leaders. Counterfeit leadership is selfish. It is the misunderstanding of purpose and mismanagement of power. True leadership is never distracted from purpose and distributes power to others by empowering them to serve their gift selflessly. My goal is to empower people. It is based on my conviction that every person is born to lead in some area of life. The secret to success is discovering our gift and serving it to the world. We will each accomplish this by living the Coast Guard Leadership Competencies’. More specifically, I task all of my people to focus on Leading Self as the most important. This is a daily task and working progress but if we ever stop Leading Self, the other Leadership Competencies are impossible, regardless of our position or status. Leaders must memorize, meditate and work daily on each of these eight competencies. Apply them to all areas of our professional and personal life. AS we will discover, most of our problems and conflict can be resolved by Leading Self and then Leading Others. These eight competencies are: Accountability and Responsibility, Followership, Self-Awareness and learning, Aligning Values, Health and Well Being, Personal Conduct and Technical
His idea of leadership was to serve. He was the author of the term “Servant Leadership”. He knew who He was with convictions so deeply rooted in His mission that He literally laid down His life for others and His cause. He died at age 33 after only three short years of public service yet His influence and Spirit lives on in His followers even to this present day. Who could ever make such an impact on our world in only three short years that would attract millions of followers throughout every continent over 2000 years later? Jesus Christ is my greatest leadership influence. Between the two of them, my definition of leadership is: the result or consequence of ones’ influence while working towards achieving a mission or goal. In other words, leadership is what happens when you influence or impact others while working towards something. It is the craft of …show more content…
My leadership philosophy has developed through personal encounters with both true and counterfeit leaders. Counterfeit leadership is selfish. It is the misunderstanding of purpose and mismanagement of power. True leadership is never distracted from purpose and distributes power to others by empowering them to serve their gift selflessly. My goal is to empower people. It is based on my conviction that every person is born to lead in some area of life. The secret to success is discovering our gift and serving it to the world. We will each accomplish this by living the Coast Guard Leadership Competencies’. More specifically, I task all of my people to focus on Leading Self as the most important. This is a daily task and working progress but if we ever stop Leading Self, the other Leadership Competencies are impossible, regardless of our position or status. Leaders must memorize, meditate and work daily on each of these eight competencies. Apply them to all areas of our professional and personal life. AS we will discover, most of our problems and conflict can be resolved by Leading Self and then Leading Others. These eight competencies are: Accountability and Responsibility, Followership, Self-Awareness and learning, Aligning Values, Health and Well Being, Personal Conduct and Technical