My philosophy

In my opinion, leadership is about being able to follow others while knowing when the time is right to be confident and voice your thoughts and emotions in a way where others would want to follow you. I think leadership is also about bring able to recognize your mistakes and let that drive you to do better the next time. I would relate the word "strong" because, when you consider yourself a leader, I think it's about how you bounce back from disagreements to losing. My philosophy is most people think of competitiveness and a person being a" know it all" when you think of leadership, but leadership is mostly the opposite because you should understand you have to sometimes have to follow people to get them to follow you back. I know as a leader that you cannot please everyone and make everyone happy, but I feel you have to be likable and be able to relate to others. When you have a common bond or similarity with another person, it is easier to share your opinion and thoughts and easier to help one another. For example when we did the activity with the pipes and trying to get the golf ball in the cup. There were many times where all of us had to follow one another. This was easy to do because we all had a common goal, which is to get the ball in the cup. When one idea did not work we were trying another person's idea and follow their lead. This was a important factor because no one had the attitude that came off as bossy. There might had been times when we disagreed but this was not a obstacle. At the beginning of this course I had a preconceived notion about what I thought leadership was. I was considered a leader to others and to myself but I did not deeply know how to be a follower. I thought leaders never followed unless they really had to. I now see the correlation between the leadership and following others. It does not mean your weak when you humble yourself to follower in certain situations. It simply means you want to be open minded to what others believe in or value.