This week through the readings, and the Leadership Style
Survey, I was able to reflect on my leadership qualities, and leadership style.
I learned that my leadership style was in a transition phase. I learned that I
am becoming more of a “free rein”’ leader. This means that those that work for
me or with me, are not closely managed, or micromanaged. Instead they have the
ability to work independently and perform without much supervision. This made
sense to me because I have been more of a team player lately, and feel like I
have been most successful this way. I am not currently employed, however, being
a leader for group projects I can definitely see how this style plays into
effect. It makes me wonder if I am dominant in this style because I have been
working in more group projects than before.
I enjoyed rereading the “Leadership with a Small ‘L’” talk
by President Kim B. Clark. I like that it mentioned that in order to
successfully lead we must lead by example, lead with a vision, and lead with
love. This went hand in hand with what the article “What Makes a Leader?” by
Daniel Goleman stated. The article was about emotional intelligence, and how it
was a key ingredient to being a great leader. Having emotional intelligence was
defined by having self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and
social skills. These are the types of qualities that we should try and possess
in order to be successful leaders. These qualities will help us be great
leaders not only in our careers, but also in our homes, and communities.
I
know that I want to continue to improve my leadership style to be more like the
Savior and lead with a little ‘L,’ through example, and with love.
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Challenge Progress:
A lot has been happening lately that I fell behind on my
planned dates to execute the garage sale. Due to my husband returning back home
from his deployment this past week, I put off the garage sale. I originally
didn’t know when he would return, so I had planned a bit differently at the
start. I have separated all the items that will be used for the garage sale,
and have marked prices on them. I have not made the signs yet, due to location
and date change, but I have the material to make them. I chose to change the
date to the garage sale for the weekend of Thanksgiving, since more people will
be off for the holiday, and so will my husband (so he can help me with carrying
boxes). I also changed the location from San Diego, CA, to Somerton, Arizona.
One reason for this is that I contacted my HOA (Homeowner’s association) in
regards to doing a garage sale, and found out that since it is a gated
community garage sales are not randomly allowed. What I was told is that once a
year the HOA designates a date for everyone in the community who desires to
participate in a garage sale to participate, and they help with advertising. I
had not lived in this house for the past 3-½ years, and had never thought of
having a garage sale before, so I didn’t know this information. Glad I called!
So with that said, the new location for the garage sale will be at my cousins
house in Somerton, which is a small town, but popular with garage sales. My
cousin had a garage sale three weeks ago, and apparently made $150 from sales.
This gave me hope after feeling a bit discouraged with all these changes. Hope
to report great news next time.
