Feeling Leadership

As I look at this image I feel I have a better understanding of my personal leadership skills. From my first post I have definitely changed and analyzed how I really feel about leadership in me. I was very mixed up and I did not really see myself as one particular type of leader. As we have learned about different leadership theories I realized there is no TYPE of leader. Leadership can be created and anyone is capable of being a leader. The leadership theory I connected with most was Transformational Leadership.


Transformational Leadership stood out to me because I agreed that Leadership is coping with change and Managing is really focusing on delegating. Many managers are great managers because they do their job well and have effective outcomes. Yet, those same managers may not be great leaders. A person that is a great leader carries all the characteristics that is needed to basically change something and people will follow. The characteristics may have been developed or the leader already had them. I feel that when people think of leaders they think of those who have made a great contribution to a mass group of people. This theory makes me think about how I may get to be a real transformational leader. I feel there are steps to leadership. One may be a great leader with relationships but not very good at completing a goal. The person can then work on their task orientation and improve their leadership skills.

I am someone that knows I relate a lot to Path-goal theory. I really feel I should work on my relationships with others instead of just a task. In the future I hope to create some type of transformation. I want to be that leader that people can trust and feel that change will only improve the team, company, etc. One way to do this is to create a bond with my employees and then figure out if the employees understand the goal of where they are working. I hope to lead in a way were at the end of the day people are motivated to come back!