The Reflection Of Learning From The Fundamentals Of Leadership

During my first two years at Illinois State University, I have learned a great deal about the fundamentals of leadership development. As my personal motto,I believe that every person has a divine purpose in life. Within this idea, everyone has a “white hot why”, essentially the glowing purpose of an individual’s life and the passionate ideals the individuals is driven for. I believe that my “white hot why” is developing others and helping them reach their purpose and find what people are passionate about to make organizations more efficient. When people are in roles and have responsibilities where they feel a sense of purpose, passion for what they are doing and have competent leaders; they produce results and this leads to effective and prosperous …show more content…
With these experiences, I have been able to learn from their different types of leadership styles. From these individuals, I have been able to notice several characteristics that seem to be a consist pattern between all these great leaders. One of the greatest qualities I have learned is to learn from failed experiences. At our third meeting for Christian Business Leaders it seemed as if we had hit a organization wall, in a position where we were not able to gain more members. We had only seven people show up to the meeting. Thinking it was a fluke, we did not think anything of it. At our fourth meeting, we had eight people show up. I knew that I had to lead our leadership team had develop a solution to turn these failed meetings into success, beneficial meetings. I developed a plan for member retention and involvement, evolving around the idea that it is not necessarily the amount of people that show up, but rather the value that the people who did come, walk away with. By having this outlook and investing in our general membership, we created a community culture, where everyone holds everyone accountable for showing …show more content…
It serves a team well to have a representation of strengths. Instead of one dominant leader who tries to do everything or individuals who all have similar strengths, contributions from team members lead to a strong and cohesive team. It takes a true leader in order to speak out and invest time into their team members. In my role as College of Business Executive Council president, I did not know any of the other team members before starting our elected term. I took the time to meet with each executive member, outside of our meetings, to learn about their personal lives, and how they best work as an