>From: "tamara allen" <>
>To:
>Subject: Journal 1
>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:32:21 -0400
>Tamara Allen EAD 315 Journal #1 A28049238
>9/06/01
Leadership is looked upon as a beneficial quality. To
>possess this quality is not easy to come by and not simple.
>These web sites both explained how to be a leader and mastering
>leadership qualities.
> I personally enjoyed both of these sites. I looked at the
>leadership.monster.com site as a entertaining/fun site to point
>out where you stand in this quality. The IQ tests were
>enjoyable, some of the questions seemed to be easy.
What struck me about this site mostly was the way it
>described being a leader in five different ways. For example,
>lead yourself before you lead others; give team members a sense
>of ownership in the process as well as the final product; build
>an atmosphere of trust; help others build capacity; and foster
>inclusion. I think this is so true, it couldn’t be worded
>better. Being a leader is all about leading others while leading
>yourself and not getting hung up on the individual quality but
>being inclusive with your followers.
The other web site was just as good, this one had the
>effect of reading it twice. The analogy used is so deep that I
>have whole new light on the word “leader” or better yet
>“leadership.” What I took from this one is, anybody can persuade
>others of their leadership capabilities but not many can call
>themselves true leaders. What’s meant by this? Many can posses
>the outside qualities of a leader but under (deep blue sea)
>nothing is there. As stated in the website, “personal leadership
>pays attention to the character and skill of the leader (the
>waves and the whitecaps).” From this, people who want to posse
>the quality need to start from the outside by observing their
>leaders who controls what is meant as a leader. “The relational
>model pays attention to a whole system (the deep blue sea) as
>the creative ground for leadership, while.”
In a nut shell, I enjoyed analyzing both of the readings
>and I respect the fact that these gave me knew perspectives in
>the meaning of leadership. Defining this quality is definitely
>not as easy as it sounds, which goes along with why it’s not an
>easy quality to have.
Comments: Very interesting closing comment! Made me think that maybe one of the reasons leadership can sometimes be difficult is that it is often hard to keep in check since we don’t always know or agree with what we’re saying about it. Do you see a solution to this? If, in other words, this is such a difficult quality or process to monitor in ourselves, what can we do to make it a little easier? Do leaders think enough about what it means to lead? Not enough? Does leadership training (in this class or in your program or personal/work life, in general) help this? Does study of leadership tend to “muddy” the issue with multiple definitions or does talking about it and thinking about what it means to different people make communication about leadership easier?