”All leadership is influence.”- John C. Maxwell

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Group 7--Allie K., Allison P., and Leah

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7 comments:

  1. AllieFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:55 PM

    I think the characteristics of an effective leader is courage and persistence. Courage because many leaders need the ability to stand up in front of people to say what they want to say. Persistence because many leaders need to stay with what they are doing and not to give up on the people that they are trying to effect and change. Also another characteristic could be the ability to speak and let your thoughts be heard.

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  2. LeahFebruary 3, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    I think that some characteristics of an effective leader could be to be strongly opinionated and sure of yourself, but also to be open minded and willing to accept others' thoughts and opinions. To be on their toes and always keep their mind coming up with new ideas. A leader isn't afraid to fumble and is their own harshest critic, yet optimistic. They should see every fault and mistake as an opportunity to make an improvement and to learn from the experience. A leader is selfless and caring. Even though they may put others before themselves, they recognize the need to take care for themselves in order to be able to help and take care of others. They should have their goal set in mind previous to doing each deed. Their goals should not be to do the work FOR someone, but to help the people they help achive their own goals depending on the situation.

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  3. AlisonFebruary 3, 2010 at 7:01 PM

    I think a leader must be strong willed and confident so they can easily express their views and ideas with others. A leader also has to be understanding and calm so that they don't argue with others and instead work with them to get things accomplished. Without these things I think it is really hard for a person to take control of a situation and calmly and kindly figure things out and get things in order.

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  4. AllieFebruary 4, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    I agree with both of alison and leah's comments. Also, from the article it said that a leader should not expect a 100% perfromance level which I agree with. It pretty states that the leader shouldn't expect a perfect job out of their members but should try their hardest to make sure that everyone puts their best effort forward and that they should try to be the best leader that they can be. Also from the article it said that a leader should be well organized and communicates well which are two huge characteristics that a leader needs.

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  5. LeahFebruary 4, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    I agree with you both. One thing that I disagreed with, or rather had some confusion about, in the article, was when it said, "If you know where you want to go, it is eaier to convince others to follow you there." But then later it says "Effective leaders know that people tend to support what they themselves create." I think those statements kind of contridict each other. I feel like a leader should not try to convince others to follow their path. They should let them know about the path that they are choosing so that those around them can know who they are lookin up to, but they should encourage others to find their own path. They should not try to "support what they themselves create" but let others experience their own journeys. And they should help them get started on their way.

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  6. AlisonFebruary 5, 2010 at 9:28 AM

    I would agree with both of your thoughts as well. The article brought to my attention a lot of things I never really thought of which was really helpful to think about. There was also some things that I didn't agree with that was in the article but the majority of the things said I agreed with.

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  7. LeahFebruary 7, 2010 at 8:42 PM

    The article also gave me new ideas and insperations to be a better leader. and it gave really good advice and insights that i would have never seen or thought of myself.

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