Daley Scott |
In your blog post, explain your unique definition of leadership and describe the purpose of leadership. Then, describe your best personal leadership experience – an experience in which you were effective and authentic. What do you attribute to your effectiveness and authenticity?
My unique definition of leadership is leading either silently or out loud and being a role model for a certain group of people. There are many different types of leadership styles among all leaders around the world, but one common theme that I find in most successful leaders is that they always keep the best interest of the people they are leading in mind. When leaders become too egocentric, that is when the people being led become angry and feel like they are not being heard and their needs are not being met. I feel like I kept the people I was leading my first priority when I was on student council for two years in high school. I was a homeroom representative for my junior and senior year of high school, and during my time as a homeroom representative I was in charge of relaying concerns from my class during the student council meetings to the student council board and the faculty advisors. We actually were able to change a lot of things at school because I was able to relay the ideas of my class to the student council board. For example, some of my classmates were upset because we could not drink water in the hallways of school unless we had a “water pass.” The only way to get a water pass from the office was to get a note from your doctor saying that you needed to drink water throughout the school day. At a student council meeting I was able to bring this issue up, and then the rule ended up being changed. The rule was changed so we could drink water all day in class and in the halls as long as it was clearly water in a clear water bottle. However, sometimes rules were not able to be changed, but I could relay the information about why a rule could not be changed to my classmates. This was a great communication system as well because the administration and students were able to communicate questions, concerns, and explanations without their being any miscommunication, misconceptions, etc.
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