Upon completion of reading chapter one, I saw that it ended with what would make up a person who is in fact considered a good strategic leader. The book notes that there are six major characteristics that would define someone as a good strategic manager. Though I realize that I do not harness all of these attributes, there are some, however, I feel I do possess. The main strength out of these that I see in myself is commitment. Throughout my life I have been committed to a number of things and have always gave everything I had to that specific area of my life until it was over with. Whether it was school, sports, family matters, or even my own particular health and exercise, I have always committed thoroughly and seen them out. Even today I have been continually committed to certain goals or visions which are in the process of being ascertained at some point in the future.
Out of the six parts of what makes up a good strategic leader, the one I envision would be a weakness of mine would be the willingness to delegate and empower. I have never been put in a situation where it was up to me to give instructions to certain individuals about what needed to be done. I have always been a self-relient person and never really had to deal with being put in a setting where a job needed to be done by assigning certain portions to particular individuals. I have always liked nowing that my sucess or failure was due to something I had complete control over. I like having my own fate in my hands so that if something does not go as I had hoped, the only person to place the blame on is myself.
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I support your leadership-Eric Yoshikawa
One part I noticed about your post was that you said you didn't harness all of the characteristics. I think it's important a leader to be honest with their own weaknesses. I find it gives a double standard if you are more critical of other workers then you are with yourself.
In support of your leadership- Tyler Bishop
Mike,
Mike I believe that you would be a good leader. The fact is that you have not been put in a spot where you had to assign other people to task, does not mean you would not be good at it. I think that you understand the bottom line and you can take responsibility for your actions. That is what a good leader has to have and I think that you would be very good at assining task out to employees and being a leader.
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