HSM Personal Leadership Plan
Hsm/230
01/15/2011

The type of organization or agency, I will be pursuing in my career choice, will either be in Mental Health as a Substance Abuse counselor, a Rehabilitation Center, and/or ultimately getting my MFT to do Marriage, Family Therapy specializing in substance abuse. In the mean time, I will pursue working in the Administration field of Human Services. So, in all areas that I have chosen for my future, the ethical issues and leadership are directed towards the same area, and are all of similar concerns. Although, let’s focus on Administration, since that affects the human service agency as a “whole”. I personally feel that it is possible that the straight forwardness of transactional leadership may be very effective. However, I would lead with, transformational leadership as my motivator. I feel that leadership that focuses on engaging people through relationships, is more efficient and effective. Working together as a team to reach the goals that are set forth, makes everyone feel more important, which makes people ‘want to’ work harder and want to achieve the highest goals that need to be accomplished. “Gardner (1990) in his examination of leadership today argues that there is a moral dimension of leadership that is related to the responsibility to constituents. He said, “We believe, with Immanuel Kant, that individuals should be treated as ends in themselves, not as a means to the leader’s end, not as objects to be manipulated.” (Ethical Leadership in Human Services, Ch. 3, pp. 60). When employees are demanded to do something, our natural instinct is negative, and not very much good can come from this. You want to motivate others through your words and example with the ethical integrity you show, the more ethically motivated others will be. We are all here on earth doing the exact same thing, and wanting