What is Leadership?

Leadership is knowing how to use everyone in your team so the puzzle fits just right.

Leadership is one of those words that many people have a hard time defining but many people say it is vital to get a job or makes you a better candidate for a job. Many people believe that although it is hard to define leadership it is a quality that you can see in someone. Most people agree that leadership is an influence process, that it involves influencing people's attitudes and actions(page 180). I became a leader in our Simulations class when I joined the GCB. The GCB stands for the government control board and is in charge of setting the rules for the class. Our GCB did a good job of setting the rules and following the the rules that were set to make an example for the rest of the class. As the GCB it is important that we act as the leaders of the class and showcase the rules exactly as there are supposed to be followed. An example of how one of the members of the GCB was not a leader was when Sarah came into class looking like she just got done shacking(or also known as sleeping over at a boys house). She was wearing Old Navy gross flip flops which we tell everyone else they can not wear, a t shirt that is loose and says Pissers on it. This is outfit would not be acceptable to wear to work on a Jeans Day and so I told Sarah not to dress like that to class anymore because it was setting a bad example. She is saying to the class that they can dress the way she did when in all actuality they can not or they will get fined for it. This made me really upset when she came into class looking like this I wanted to be like SARAH!!! NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT WHY DO YOU THINK YOU CAN!! If your boss at work walked into work one day looking like a slob you would think that you could do it and get away with it too. Alicia also confronted Sarah about being dressed like that and Sarah told Alicia,"Ya I know I am not supposed to be dressed like this but I slept at a guys house, you can talk points off my grade." I think it was good that Sarah admitted it was her fault but I do not think she should have said she slept over at a guys house that is not something that anyone in the class needs to know or is appropriate for the workplace. It is vital that leaders lead in an example and use the process of leadership to get things done through people.


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