Goleman Quote Reflection

“No creature can fly with just one wing. Gifted leadership occurs where heart and head – feeling and thought – meet. These are the two wings that allow a leader to soar.”

P. 26 Goleman, Primal Leadership

 

To me this means that a leader mut be fully engaged in their purpose, with their mind and their emotions. Someone who is smart is not necesarily a good leader of an organazation if he does not feel attached to what he is doing. Someone who is passionate about something is not necesarily a good leader either; he must also be competent. A really good leader is someone who is thoughtful, competent, and is passionate about what they are doing.

 

For example "two-winged" leadership could look something like an artistic cooridnator for a film who is not only skilled in his area of expertise but he also invests quality time in the work he has to do for the film, not just because he has to but because he enjoys what he is doing and wants to make sure that his team works to their fullest potential to be able to create a film that goes beyond expectations.

MY CREDO

This is my personal credo that I made for Leadership class. We wanted our credos to make an impact so we used "voicethread" to make voice over videos of our credos with pictures of things that are important to us or reflect important words in our credos. Enjoy!

Myers-Briggs

I thought the Myers-Briggs test was really interesting and helpful. My personality type is ENTP, and what I read about the ENTP personality type was scary accurate to how I am.Some things were not as accurate, but as a whole I believe that the test captured my personality quite well. I always knew that I hate sctructure and lots of small details, but the test definitely confirmed that. I think its helpful to know your personality and to know how your personality might bother others or encourage others. In my journey to become a better leader I can reflect back on what I learned about myself from the Myers-Briggs test and work hard to use my strengths but also work hard to make sure that I do not offend people.