Individual Reflection: Reflecting on Leadership Styles Part I

            The paper will analyze the leadership style of two leaders that have influenced my life. The two leaders are Jeffery Bezos Amazon CEO and Tim Cook Apple Corporation 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).   

            Bezos who is the Amazon CEO is a task adapted to and transformational leader. Based on his leadership, Bezos made a success account based on income, transactions and stock price analysis.  Through the company’s development it is evident that those are the outcomes of Bezos ability to visualize, stimulate and modernize even when others did not believe on his visualization.  Bezos has to improve his leadership styles to have the best results (Goleman, 2000). 

            Cook on the other hand explains that leadership needs that one must go on with the improvement as one continues with their career. Cook had his leadership styles where he always took risks throughout his leadership. This explains why leaders should execute firm decisions that may affect the lives of those surrounding them thus trusting their skills and take risks.  Cook understands that he should take risks for him to succeed as a leader. Both Cook and Bezos are definitely strong leaders. Bezos leads Amazon through a new terrain after two years of leadership while Cook carries the job heritage and makes delicate changes to keep things renewed (Goleman, 2000).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

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