Leadership Journal Entry Post
When I first came across these two books I felt like a dream was put into two books. When I first took a look at the Maxwell book I was blown away by the way leadership was broken down. I’ve always heard of the green book an executive told me if I want to take business seriously I should find that book. My first role in leading was a camp counselor at my local boys & girls club. As small as that seems I learned a lot from that experience especially that children can be smarter than adults at any time. Compassion and sincerity are two traits I’m more than familiar with from a psychology class I took at a previous school. One thing I remember is that you should always treat people with respect, because that person you bypassed out of judgement could be the one you need someday.
When I first came across these two books I felt like a dream was put into two books. When I first took a look at the Maxwell book I was blown away by the way leadership was broken down. I’ve always heard of the green book an executive told me if I want to take business seriously I should find that book. My first role in leading was a camp counselor at my local boys & girls club. As small as that seems I learned a lot from that experience especially that children can be smarter than adults at any time. Compassion and sincerity are two traits I’m more than familiar with from a psychology class I took at a previous school. One thing I remember is that you should always treat people with respect, because that person you bypassed out of judgement could be the one you need someday.
I would say my leadership style would be based of the Maxwell book. What I studied the most was Chapter 3. I recall when he was talking about meeting the pope and he named leadership diseases. One that strikes is thinking we could be acting like we are immortal, immune, and indispensable. (Maxwell Chp.3,1993) Whenever I was given a role in a leader box or close to it I felt this overwhelming ego like I could not be touched and right then I had to reevaluate myself. Even at home with my wife and my kids I asked myself is that how I really feel? One thing that always intrigued me was trust, but it was quite contrary. I was looking for people I could trust instead I should have been seeking new ways that I could be trusted. My mother used always tell me follow the path that’s most associated with righteousness you never know who’s watching. I thank her for that because that kept me out of trouble throughout my life. Whenever I think of a leader I look to my mother and then I look to myself with this wonder how can I be different from my boss or supervisor in a way that’s doesn’t make my employees want to quit? Then I realized it…respect. I think if employees were looked as partners instead of just simple workers maybe trust could bloom and productivity would increase. Every job I’ve worked at would emphasize the effectiveness of replacements if we didn’t get it right and I found that be very weakening to a company. Then I went to the doctors office for a checkup and I saw partnership and real friendship where it was a positive atmosphere then I realized it was because the doctor looked at the nurse or people without his credential as partners nothing less. So when I say respect could be a cure it’s like they say in elementary school treat people how would like to be treated…
References
Maxwell, J. C. (2019). Developing the Leader Within You 2.0. HarperCollins Leadership.
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