A leader to me is someone that can take someone and make a positive impact on an individual’s life. Not everyone can be a leader or shall I say a good leader. Everyone claims they want that title but does not have what it takes to become one. “Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that would not have happened otherwise” –SIY Characteristics of a good leader consists of a individuals having; self awareness (you have intimate knowledge of you inner emotional state), self direction (you are able to direct yourself effectively), vision (you have greater goals that you are working towards), ability to motivate (giving the desire to want to participate and help), and social awareness (understanding who is the key influencers).
A leader that I admire is a past supervisor that I had in a prior department I was in with my company. Her name was Nicole. Besides liking her leadership style which was a coaching leader her personality was caring but strict at the same time which reminded me of a parents parenting style. Not only was she concerned with what was going on inside the workplace she was also concerned about each individuals personal life and showed genuine concern as to many supervisors do not care . Their only concerned with what is going on with an individual in the business aspect. That makes me feel like a person has my best interest and will lead me in the right direction that will benefit me in the long run. With Nicole’s leadership style being a coaching style only makes sense. A coaching leader is one that develops an individual for the future and just not coaching for that individual duty to get a short term goal or task completed. They invest in lasting personal strengths that an individual can take that skill and apply it to any future endeavors they may want to do. This type of leadership style will only work with