My Classmates and Ledership...

I spent a good amount of time reading through my classmates blogs and found some very interesting points. There was one that I connected with the most and that was Heather's point of view. She says a good leader can work with many different personalities and they can still connect with everyone.  She also says that leaders can be born, but they can also learn learn the traits through experiences. I agree with that completely. I feel that leaders can be born but they can also learn traits as they experience different hings in their lifetime. I also agree with what she says about what leaders aren't...they don't look inside themselves to discover the weaknesses and strengths that possess. I am a strong believer in working deeply with ones self to find out what makes a person tick. Taking the time and having the strength to do that enables people to know why they do the things that do and change the things that are negative about them. One blog that I didn't connect with was Caroline's blog. While reading her posts I could hear the caregiver in her. She is very oriented towards a motherly type of leadership, focused on people's feelings and making sure that everyone feels good. I am not like that at all, I am sensitive to others' feelings but I tend to be more rash when in a leadership position. I think that if you spend too much time focused on how others feel about the situation you focus and sight of the ultimate goal. Although I don't agree with approaching leadership in this manner, I feel that there is a lot to be learned from a leader like this. I need to be more compassionate when dealing with subordinates because ultimately an A team leads in the best possible way.