Leadership Profile

Leadership Profile

As a leader, I am someone that cares about others and their goals to a certain extent. I will make sure that the mission is accomplished by any means necessary, and sometimes that means that I have to push others aside to make sure that happens if their interest conflicts. I will also make sure that if they are dead weight to the team, to address that and make sure that they know that they are the weakest link and need to try harder or they are going to get dropped because they are hurting rather than helping the team.

Weaknesses that I believe that I have in my own leadership are that I can be a bit too aggressive, and the fact is that I am not exactly aggressive towards others in the way of attacking them in any way. I do have the time, nor the energy to deal with stupidity and that is something that I have grown into as a leader, and realizing that time and energy is a valuable thing. I really want to be making sure that my weakness of thinning the herd is getting better, but sometimes that controlling individual in me just can’t let things like that slide, and let others that are not contributing even think about taking credit for not really putting in the work towards something.

Strengths that I have are that I will call out others on their BS and I will put in my full effort towards a team that is wanting to make something bigger than themselves. This is something that I believe every team needs. The ability to call others out on their promises towards a team or statements is not done enough and too much “sliding by” has been allowed in team projects. I need to make sure that when in a group people learn about this type of leadership and that this is not something that is new or will never occur again, and as they move into more important jobs whether that be in the military or the business world these bluffs and false promises can equate to much bigger issues and can risk losing their job or getting someone killed. I also want to make sure that I am getting them to know that they are a part of a team, and not a solo act, we as a team will play to our strengths and make sure that the task is getting done, and making sure that if someone is better at something that we let them do it instead of someone else that sucks at it.

When viewing something such as a focus in leadership: the conscientiousness subscale showed me a good lesson. To be a conscientious leader means to be a leader who values and considers all possible outcomes and inputs from team members. My score that I had placed was 4.63, this was quite good considering that it was higher than the VMI mean of 4.28. I have always tried to be considerate of others’ opinions and what they have to say. This also comes with many tasks the past has been very aggressive after this. I tend to have to be much pushier as a leader after the brainstorming phase since this takes more time to listen to everyone’s input. I think it definitely helps in ensuring everyone feels a part of the team and encourages all to continue working towards the same goal. I need to personally make sure that I do not let myself become blind by my own actions and continue to make great strides to be aware of others.

Another note of leadership is the stylistic approach, the sub-scale presented me with the Expressor being my highest type, followed by Thinker, and my specific style being a Diplomat. If I could choose three words to describe the diplomat style, I would choose: logical, forceful, and reasonable. These characteristics of a diplomat make it quite easy for me to find reasoning to want to move towards a certain objective. I am assertive in many aspects, but it is only at the cost that my emotions must be poked to invoke me to push others harder. I can come across hard, but also have a soft side that can be temporary if things are not going my way. Back in HS when I had to work on a project the softer side of me tried to push that we needed to work on the project and act upon getting it done. The communication was not thereafter I repeatedly reached out multiple times and with no action on a certain individual’s work in the group, I called the teacher and got the kid kicked off the team and he earned a 0. I did not feel sorry, because I tried to work with him.

When seeing things from the opposite end of the spectrum, as a follower I am an “active engager” this means that I feel the need of having to be a part of a group or be contributing to the group to feel respected amongst them. A high score of 45.36 I placed above the VMI mean score which was 43.43. This made me feel quite good. This score shows me that I am very active in wanting to be a follower, and rather than sit back and let others work towards finishing a task, I would rather get in and put my own 2 cents in. During the Ratline, I would be very willing to be an active voice when having to scream something and if I saw someone who did not need the pressure on them, I could act up and take all the attention away from them to be a nice person. A time that I applied this followership was during the ratline, I felt a need to feel the need of being wanted, it was during the drill competition and the entire company was working towards trying to win the drill comp. and I managed to drop my bayonet thus disqualifying us from the comp. I felt so bad, and it wasn’t until my roommates Peter and Marquan that helped me see the lightness of the situation and helped me see all the good I have brought aside from the negative.