A goal for myself after all this leadership talk is to one day become the leader I hear so many people talk about. Any person in a leadership role has critics-- “he/she isn’t doing enough,” “they are too soft,” “they are too rigid,” “they don’t know what they are doing,” “they don’t have enough experience,” “he/she isn’t doing what’s best for us.” Part of life is taking the good with the bad. I never really considered that all the leaders I have had in my life have made a conscious effort to either include the wrong and the right people, or exclude the “wrong.”
I am curious how much of their choosing affected their ability to successfully lead everyone. Were the ones who only picked the “right” people often criticized and under appreciated? Or were they successful in different aspects? This week had me thinking a lot about leaders in my past and why I liked them. They valued everyone. They took time to hear everyone-- even the people whom were considered outliers. Larissa related this whole idea to our students-- which I appreciated. Do we give up on our difficult students just because we don’t agree with their decisions? Or do we persevere and continue to help them because that is our job? The same idea is related to a leader. Leaders don’t give up and don’t just walk away. True leaders hear you and consider your perspective. Andrea supported her leadership with a quiz that gave her a statistical look at her strengths/weaknesses. This is something I have not done so it was nice to get a quick quiz to look at.
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April 2017
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