Individual Reflection: Reflecting on Leadership Styles Part I

            The paper will analyze the leadership style of two leaders that have influenced my life.  These two leaders are my church pastor and a manager of an organization where I formerly worked.  The author will have to categorize their manners, actions, and their representation of their leadership styles and their influence on other people.  The author will also analyze the efficiency or the ineptitude of these leaders whom I chose.  The paper will also include the reasons as to why these leaders should be adhered to and the risks that people will encounter through following these leaders.  Leadership and followership are the backgrounds of developing and administrating a successful organization.  These leadership styles relate to each other while the structure of the organization will not turn to be successful if the leaders will not be effective in helping others to develop their capabilities (Goleman, 2000).

             According to Goleman, reliable leaders authorize the other leaders and others who are have no authority within the organization but give authorization and give discernment to step up and lead.  The valuation of these two leaders was based on their leadership talents but not what they represented. The intention of the assessment was not to approve or judge them but to evaluate their leadership styles, features, and the factors that arose during their rise to the position. In this kind of reflective paper, the leaders are valued personally with the review of their positive and negative leadership traits. These traits are later compared to show up their similarities and differences.  The paper focused on the assumption that these leaders were made when people work together in making specific qualities and manners and consider their followers (Goleman, 2000).      

 

Reference

Goleman, D. (2000). The Socially Intelligent Leader. Educational Leadership, 64(1), 76-81.