after considering which one of the six strategic leadership characteristics is my strongest attribute I will have to settle with, Vision, Eloquence, and Consistency. In many ways it has become a hindrance, but I love being in control, and I enjoy being "the" decision maker in all kinds of situations. It seems to be natural for me to just start calling shots and taking control when there is a lack of leadership in a tough situation. One example that comes to mind happened just a few weeks ago. I work at a State Park where there is a campground that has about 150 sites. On a busy Friday night a very bad wind and rain storm moved through quickly. Large trees went down, on top of campers, people, cars and more, two individuals got seriously hurt. Soon as the first camper came to the ranger station and explained what had occurred in the park everyone of my co-workers looked at each other with panicking expressions, even my supervisor. I quickly went into action and started delegating jobs to different workers telling one to call 911, others to go get chain saws and start clearing debris so rescue workers could drive into the campground. As the whole ordeal unfolded, I made decision and gave commands and people just seemed to follow them. Even my supervisor seemed overwhelmed and it seemed like he looked to me for leadership.
At the same time that i am quick to dish out my clear and compelling vision of how I think things should happen or where I think the organization should go. Often I do not take the time to become well informed, and my decision making suffers because of it. I realize it is a weakness, one I need to work on. often times i do not want, or do not take time to consider other peoples good ideas, and i just excuse them assuming that mine is better.
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In support of you leadership- Mike Dombrowski
Dan,
Through reading your story about your work as a park ranger and the storm you were in the middle of and how you handled yourself as well as those around you, gives me some insight into the kind of leader you would be. It seems like if the pressure was on you would react calm and collected and somehow get the job done.
In support of your leadership- Tyler bishop
Dan,
I think you have good leadership qualities in the fact that you seem to be a person that is going to get the job done no matter what it takes and that is very important. However, when working in a business it is important to be able to work well with other employees. So next time try extra hard to listen to fellow employees important and try to include them in your work.
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