The Next Step In My Leadership Journey

In the next 6 to 12 months, I hope I have more oppurtunities to be in a leadership role, wheter it be through the school or working for a company. Even though that may not happen, I think one thing I can work on is making sure that my credibility is established when I go to college. Everything I have done in high school really means nothing now considering I'm going to know only a few kids this upcoming school year. Some of the things I think I'm going to take away from the class are emotional intelligence and learning how when to lead or when to follow. Emotional intelligence is something that doesn't seem that important, but has a deep impact on my ability as a leader. Lastly, even though it's been a leadership class, I need to know when I need to show my leadership skills or when to be a follower. Hopefully I will be able to accomplish these few things in the next year.

Leadership Class Group Task

My leadership class at Parish Episcopal School was assigned a task to find out whether our school has a trash problem. After looking through the campus, taking pictures, and taking surveys from students and teachers, my group decided there was an issue that needed to be corrected. Some of the concepts that are group has used are credibility, leading and following, and emotional intellgience. Credibility has been a major key to our groups success because all people in our group had to do work to finish this project. If someone in our group was not credible, then this project would have never been close to finished by the due date. Leading and follow was another major part because even though this uis a leadership class, not everyone could lead. We choose the best man for the job who would keep us on task and everyone else followed what he thought was best for the group. Lastly emotional intelligence was important because with all the turns this project has taken, everyone has had to keep a cool head for this project to stay on track. Even though we have had mix ups, snow days, and other things that have messed up our projects, we have kept cool heads which has helped us achieve our goal.

Resonant Leadership

For the past few weeks are class has worked on a project to find out if our school, Parish Episcopal, has a trash problem and if so, how we can fix it. This group project has had its road bumps, but I feel like it has brought me to a better understanding of resonant leadership. If I was advising someone on how to be a resonant leader, the first thing I would say is always be ready for the unexpected. Just as our project has had its twist and turns, every leader runs into issues along the way while leading others. If someone is ready for the unexpected, emotions are able to stay even level and the group can maintain function throughout the situation. The other thing I would advise them on might be obvious, but can not be said enough, patience. Patience is what seperates good leaders from great and by showing patience, people who are following will not be strained or scared of making you upset in the future because that usually leads to even more bad work. To achieve this goal takes time unfortunatley, but there are many ways to achieve the emotional level required to be a resonant leader. One way an individual can achieve this goal is if they put themselves in positions of leadership. Another way is to look how an individual treats his friends when in a bad mood, usually this is a telling sign of what is to come. Lastly, an individual can put himself in positions where patience is required. By doing these things, a person can better prepare himself to be a resonant leader in the future.

Goleman Quote Reflection

I believe that Goleman was trying to tell us that emotional leadership is just as important, maybe even more important as intellect while in a position of leadership. Emotional intelligence is when someone has an understanding of their emotions and is self-aware f how they will react to different situations. This is so important in the workplace because leaders with emotional leadership are able to react better to hard times and can keep a consistent attitude, even when they are frustrated or bothered. Goleman also tries to get out the point that people can still be leaders with just intellect because there are plenty out there, but to be at the top of a company, you need to have emotional leadership to be successful. One example of just an intellectual leader would be someone who just goes through the motions, doesn't consider moral of the company as important, and isn't aware of how his actions affect others. A leader with emotional leadership is like a captain of a football team. He knows when to inspire his players and get them motivated, he can always get the most out of his players by setting the bar high, and he always knows when to help a teammate out when they are struggling. This is why Goleman believes that emotional leadership is so important.

MY CREDO

My Credo

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Myers-Briggs Outcome

The past few classes in our Parish Episcopal leadership class, the class has been working with the Myers-Briggs tool, which helps us find out who we really are. My personality ended up being an ESFP out of the 16 possible outcomes, which according to the test means I am outgoing, friendly, and accepting. Also, I enjoy working with others to make things happen, I bring common sense and a realistic approach to work, and lastly I make work fun. I think the most surprising result of this test for me was definitely the part about how I was outgoing. Even though I don't think in myself in that light, I did realize that I do always end up getting to know new people whenever I am in a social gathering where I might not know everyone. The one thing I already did know about myself that was confirmed by this test was about how I try my best to make work fun. Even though fun sometimes just can't be a part of work, I always try to include it to help me finish the project at hand. I think this test will help me in my pursuit to become a leader because the test shows what might hold ESFP's back while trying to communicate or do work. Hopefully, I can review all of these options in the pamphlet, realize what my flaws are, and make the changes necessary for me to be a good leader in the future.