Blog#9-Reflection on class

As the semester went on, I learned many new types of leadership styles and how to utilize them in todays society. I thought being a leader meant standing out for yourself and try to impact the way others do specific things, for example vote towards a specific political party, everyone is going to have different views but you're going to think your own views are shaped to be the best and influence others to sway your way, in which this type of leadership style is what I reflected leadership as a whole. Although, I learned many different other ways to be a leader like Enabling Others To Act by creating conversations between others that lead to different ideas for a specific subject; like if you're working on a group project, everyone's input should be included because everyone has different ideas that can shape a great project. With those great ideas, that carries into Encouraging the Heart which is another type of leadership that is used in many different influences around the world. There is always one person that sticks out in doing this and every team needs this. When a team faces adversity, they need that person to step up and say "We can do this, keep up the hard work." Because just those few words can go a long way and influence people in a positive way.

As Encouraging the Heart plays a huge affect in a leadership quality, it also leads to impact of Modeling the Way, which is probably one of the most important leadership qualities I learned in the whole class. Every leader has a goal in mind, a man on a mission as some people call it and they're so set on achieving this goal that the ambition of achieving this goal reflects the way others work towards it. When analyzing a team, one person stands out over others and speaks out on their beliefs and how things should be done, like the organizer or manager of the team. They make sure everything is on track and being done properly to achieve the goal. I believe this is the most important quality to have in a leadership style because without the one person that just has the drive to achieve something, it makes feel impossible to achieve anything. Everyone wants that one person that will tell it how it is, the way things need to be done in order to create something of themselves.

Overall I learned a lot of new things about leadership that I didn't know and how to use them in the future. I believe all the qualities I mentioned will make a great leader, sometimes it's hard to find a leader with every quality that constitutes a great leader. I hope later on down the road I can use these qualities at my future job and interviews to help shape me as a better person. I think learning these new qualities will really help how I overview myself as a person and help me be a better person. Having an impact on someone else's life in a positive way will change your perspective on life and as a person. Although, it's sometimes tough to answer certain questions in class, I do believe I have many things to say that will help reflect who I truly am as a leader, it's just tough wording everything you have to say at once and hard to speak on certain topics.