Leadership start with yourself. No matter where you are -- at home , on the job, driving on an expressway or flying through the air, you can put your leadership potential to work. The more anxious you are to be service to others, the more imaginative you become in discovering such opportunities. It is a combination of your inner abilities traits and those developed.
According to the five exemplary leadership qualities cited by Kouzes and Posner (2007) are the foundation stones for any successful leader. These qualities embraces model the way, inspired a shared vision, challenge the process, enables others to act, and encourage the heart.
For me with the help and empathy of a dedicated instructor Dr. Wolf Patti, the leadership course has proved to me to start where I am, face up the reality, be constructive, how the love of other people have motivate me, see things through, ready for opportunities, weigh consequences, put first things first, keep growing, bring out the best in others, and live up to expectations of others.
My only concern about leadership theory, according to Chris Hintz, Cisco System (as cited in Kouzes and Posner 2007, p.188) said "leaders are not afraid to take risks and step outside their comfort zones." Most of these risks that are taken by business leaders had end unfruitful. For example, Lehman Brothers, when they took risked to engage in the subprime mortgage lending landed them in bankrupcy. So, leaders before taking risks they need to have a second taugth. They should take risks when its possible outcomes are certain.
Conclusively, in the words of Howard Schultz, "we are hungry for humanity and authenticity. We want to be valued and respected and part of something larger than ourselves. In trying to achieve your leadership dreams, you have to live up to the expectation of others. It would be too much for human nature to be all these things all the time. But other people can and should expect of you a reasonable fulfillment of the qualifications of a good leader.
