The role of a leader has always been fascinating to me, in regards to what qualifies a person as a leader. As a child I thought wow, they have on fancy clothes, drive nice cars, travel and have an exciting life. Transitioning from a child to a young adult, my childhood admiration for leadership change to the thought of why would anyone want to be a leader. My thoughts towards leadership changed as I began to experience bad leadership. However, being the person that I am I never allow, a few experiences to tell the whole story. Therefore, as an adult I can truly say that I have experienced great leadership that has taught me skills that I use daily. I see leadership as an opportunity to change lives. I recall as a child, transitioning through
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The journal article on Leadership in Social Work, describes the five common elements of social work leadership profession as: “(1) proaction, (2) values and ethics, (3) empowerment, (4) vision, and (5) communication.” From my perspective these are foundational ethics of Social Workers, however, I do not see the profession moving forward with just these skills alone. I have worked for non-profit organizations, under the leadership of Social Workers and the one element that most of them lack was a business skills. They knew program, clients, and grants; I didn’t see any of them reach out to corporate entities for financial assistance not even after their programs lost government funding. While working as a leader at a non-profit agency, I used my business skills to approach landlord, community grocery stores, and businesses to obtain services for my clients. I believe as social workers develop their skills that taking a course in business would enhance the level of services that they would supply to their …show more content…
Over the course of my life, I have had several people to tell me that I am a good leader because of how I communicate with others, that I am a planner, or because I work towards figuring out a better way. According to the Gallup’s Strength Finder Assessment, my leaders where not far off on their view of skills; my five strengths are Achiever, Self-Assurance, Relator, Positivity and Strategic. Now that I am armed with some definitive information on my leadership strengths, I am looking forward to see how to develop these skills and move forward as a leader. I want to become a transformational leader, that would cause change in a positive way in other people lives. Therefore, I have decided to spend more time taking risks to advance myself and less time calculating
The journal article on Leadership in Social Work, describes the five common elements of social work leadership profession as: “(1) proaction, (2) values and ethics, (3) empowerment, (4) vision, and (5) communication.” From my perspective these are foundational ethics of Social Workers, however, I do not see the profession moving forward with just these skills alone. I have worked for non-profit organizations, under the leadership of Social Workers and the one element that most of them lack was a business skills. They knew program, clients, and grants; I didn’t see any of them reach out to corporate entities for financial assistance not even after their programs lost government funding. While working as a leader at a non-profit agency, I used my business skills to approach landlord, community grocery stores, and businesses to obtain services for my clients. I believe as social workers develop their skills that taking a course in business would enhance the level of services that they would supply to their …show more content…
Over the course of my life, I have had several people to tell me that I am a good leader because of how I communicate with others, that I am a planner, or because I work towards figuring out a better way. According to the Gallup’s Strength Finder Assessment, my leaders where not far off on their view of skills; my five strengths are Achiever, Self-Assurance, Relator, Positivity and Strategic. Now that I am armed with some definitive information on my leadership strengths, I am looking forward to see how to develop these skills and move forward as a leader. I want to become a transformational leader, that would cause change in a positive way in other people lives. Therefore, I have decided to spend more time taking risks to advance myself and less time calculating