Organizational Leadership: CTE 632
As my final course of my masters program this class has been so beneficial. Dr. Norma Nealeigh has organized the class so well, and given us wonderful readings and organized our learning in a way that has helped open my eyes to what it means to be an effective leader. I learned and studied the difference between leadership and management. We researched many leadership styles. We learned about the importance of learning to be a good follower. We learned about learning organizations and how similar they are to transformational leadership. For our big project for the class I am working on a research project. We each chose a leadership book. The one I choose is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. This book has helped me to remember the power of ones character. In conjunction with our leadership book we have all read a biography on a great historic person who exhibited leadership traits. I chose to read Unbroken, the biography of Loius Zampernini, by Laura Hillenbrand. We are currently writing a paper that talks about both books and has us decipher how the person we chose aligns to the leadership qualities taught in our leadership books.
I know how important it is to be a great leader. The leadership style that best describes me as an administrator is transformational leadership. I say this because I am honest, hard working, authentic, empathetic, and good at inspiring others to do their best. I have high expectations for everyone, and hold myself accountable for my actions. I understand the importance of high goals, and know that they lead to high productivity and engagement. According to James McGrager Burns (2003), a leadership expert, transformational leadership can be seen when "leaders and followers make each other to advance to a higher level of morality and motivation."
Examples of this can be seen in my classroom. I expect a lot out of my students, but I show them by example that the projects can be done well by working alongside them. They know that I believe in them, and often they inspire me to be my best too. I have found that people want to be held accountable for their actions. They want someone to care about them and what they do and this really does lead to high productivity and engagement.
As a future administrator I really believe transformational leadership is critical. I also believe it goes hand in hand with moral leadership. A moral leader is one who does what is right even when that decision will lead to criticism. A moral leader exemplifies integrity, and honesty. This topic has been researched and written about by Thomas Sergiovanni in his book Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement. In this book he discuses how we need to focus more as leaders on leading by example, then leading in the traditional sense. I will do this by not only doing my job as an administrator, but by picking up trash, helping and serving others, and letting everyone know that I care about them, and know they can succeed as they do their best. We are all unique and have so much to give, and we must help bring that out in our teachers, staff, and students.
Burns, James MacGregor. Transforming Leadership: A New Pursuit of Happiness. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003.
I know how important it is to be a great leader. The leadership style that best describes me as an administrator is transformational leadership. I say this because I am honest, hard working, authentic, empathetic, and good at inspiring others to do their best. I have high expectations for everyone, and hold myself accountable for my actions. I understand the importance of high goals, and know that they lead to high productivity and engagement. According to James McGrager Burns (2003), a leadership expert, transformational leadership can be seen when "leaders and followers make each other to advance to a higher level of morality and motivation."
Examples of this can be seen in my classroom. I expect a lot out of my students, but I show them by example that the projects can be done well by working alongside them. They know that I believe in them, and often they inspire me to be my best too. I have found that people want to be held accountable for their actions. They want someone to care about them and what they do and this really does lead to high productivity and engagement.
As a future administrator I really believe transformational leadership is critical. I also believe it goes hand in hand with moral leadership. A moral leader is one who does what is right even when that decision will lead to criticism. A moral leader exemplifies integrity, and honesty. This topic has been researched and written about by Thomas Sergiovanni in his book Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement. In this book he discuses how we need to focus more as leaders on leading by example, then leading in the traditional sense. I will do this by not only doing my job as an administrator, but by picking up trash, helping and serving others, and letting everyone know that I care about them, and know they can succeed as they do their best. We are all unique and have so much to give, and we must help bring that out in our teachers, staff, and students.
Burns, James MacGregor. Transforming Leadership: A New Pursuit of Happiness. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003.
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