Personal Narrative: The Servant Leadership Online Self Assessment

Leadership is much more complicated than providing guidance to a group of individuals or an organization, it is multidimensional and requires both experience and knowledge. A powerful quote from Carly Fiorina proves my point, she said: “Leadership is about making a positive difference for and with others. Leadership is about the integrity of one’s character, the caliber of one’s capabilities, and the effectiveness of one’s collaboration with others.” Reflecting on this statement, I realize I am not a picture-perfect leader, but I have certain strengths and weaknesses that, if further developed, could help me one day become a valued leader. The Servant Leadership Online Self-Assessment allowed me to take a step back and pinpoint what I believe to be my personal strengths and weaknesses. In order to have an accurate self-assessment, I thought of previous examples of my leadership in various class projects and work experiences. After considering all of this, I narrowed down my core strengths to Listening, Empathy, and Calling. I have a relationship-focused type of leadership style. As a leader, it is important …show more content…
I tend to become very invested in the project at hand and neglect to anticipate future consequences. An excellent example of this has already been shown in this class with the Makes Cents project. As a group, we ensured our client that the scope of work would be done at a certain date and it was not because we had to make extensive changes to the scope after meeting with our faculty coaches. As the leader, I did not expect this and I let my team down by failing to anticipate consequences of my decisions. As I continue to grow as a leader, I intend to improve this skill and become more aware of what is happening around me and the