I interviewed my mentor, Steven Estrada about his differnet views of and on leadership. Steven is a proffessor at Cypress, he follows through with office hours, apart of a lot if committies, dvises the student club, and is a mentor for numerous programs on campus. Steven also has a Masters Degree in American Studies and went to Fullerton Community College and California State University of Fullerton. He believes leadership is about leading by example and also by listening and observing.
We briefly spoke about John Maxwell’s book, The Five Levels of Leadership. We talked about how candor is about freely expressing yourself. My mentor says, “ Candor helps to connect with students, be honest about life outside of work, too much candor in a relationship or amongst family is not good. Candor has its pros and cons and is situational.” We then later discussed caring. Caring is actually feel for someone or something. Steven (Steve) says caring is what got him here. He cares about the success of other and to get them to think outside of the box. He believes that he cares too much at work and that could leave your vulnerable at times. “Position is the lowest level of leadership - the entry level. The only influence a positional leader has is that which comes with the job title.” …show more content…
Some times it’s good to humble yourself and just sit back and listen and learn. If someone tells you that you should take lead, take honor in it because they see something in you or about you that you might not even see yet. Don’t take lead for its incentitives, do it for it’s actual value. My personal experience with leadership is similar to Steve’s, you don’t always have to be the leader. I always wanted to be the first to say, “ I’ll do it” or “ I’ll be in charge.” When I got tired of it, people were still telling me to take the role. That must be how people see me, as a
We briefly spoke about John Maxwell’s book, The Five Levels of Leadership. We talked about how candor is about freely expressing yourself. My mentor says, “ Candor helps to connect with students, be honest about life outside of work, too much candor in a relationship or amongst family is not good. Candor has its pros and cons and is situational.” We then later discussed caring. Caring is actually feel for someone or something. Steven (Steve) says caring is what got him here. He cares about the success of other and to get them to think outside of the box. He believes that he cares too much at work and that could leave your vulnerable at times. “Position is the lowest level of leadership - the entry level. The only influence a positional leader has is that which comes with the job title.” …show more content…
Some times it’s good to humble yourself and just sit back and listen and learn. If someone tells you that you should take lead, take honor in it because they see something in you or about you that you might not even see yet. Don’t take lead for its incentitives, do it for it’s actual value. My personal experience with leadership is similar to Steve’s, you don’t always have to be the leader. I always wanted to be the first to say, “ I’ll do it” or “ I’ll be in charge.” When I got tired of it, people were still telling me to take the role. That must be how people see me, as a