What are some difficult choices you have had to make or some you think leaders have to make? What do you think helps leaders make tough decisions?

                The difficult choices I had to make were either deciding to quit wrestling or football for education/ chance of a better grade. Wrestling and football consumed much of my time to do homework and projects thus became an issue for school work. I loved wrestling and football, but I had to give up one or both in order to increase my scores for SAT and GPA. It was one of the most difficult choices I had to make in my years thus far. I gave up football and early part of the wrestling season to meet up my parent’s expectation and demands.

Leaders make tough decisions by either consulting close friends or families. The other options leaders considers by weighing each option and pick the greater good it will result in for individual or for other members.  Though companions and mental endurance would be a greater help to endure the emotional hardships and turmoil it may bring for the leader.

What in life do you value and why is it important to understand your values as a leader? How do they make you a better leader?


           The things I value in life is family, creativity, and my faith. It is important to understand one's values as a leader for it'll give a greater understanding of oneself. By understanding oneself can help the person to find the strength and weakness of one's value. To hold these values comes with challenges and burdens, and through these challenges many will find themselves willing to negotiate their value so it may be easier for one to follow. Every employee or member has a value that each clings on to through their life. To understand one's value is important in order to show others that one doesn't have to negotiate one's value for the "American dream" or for "pursuit of happiness" in the life of business or job.

             These values that one holds makes the individual a better leader, because the individual has to understand each value's weaknesses and strengths or has to make decisions to avoid negotiations of one's value and still get the job done. With each value comes a burden, and to be able to endure such burden for one's belief is already a step to success. Without struggle one cannot understand the vulnerability of one's weakness, and to go through each process will help individuals to apply their strengths in their leadership skills.

Value- Based Leadership’s candidate

In the article “Value-based Leadership,” Bob Rue introduces his boss, whom is a senior vice-president of brokerage firm, as what is known to be a typical leader whom dedicates many hours to get the job done because of his belief of “responsibility” is the ultimate. This belief in return creates confliction on his values, interests, and one’s health due to enormous pressure and failure to negotiate the values one believes prior to obtaining a “demanding” job. Dick is known to be authoritative to his workers by demanding the projects and writings to fit in his perspective. In the color personality test Dick would most likely be a gold which follows the attributes such as “Authority/ power/advancement/ recognition, quality, challenge, responsibility and accountability.” People whom are known to be Gold are stubborn people who don’t negotiate one’s values and usually are successful with legitimate power as their source; because of this Dick medicates himself with alcohol and golf to relieve stress.

               

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                Presidential candidates

               

                Obama

                 Barack Obama being the president of the United States has multiple source of power on the population and media to win the campaign. President Obama has legitimate power due to position of the white house; because of this Romney is at a disadvantage in this situation. There are two additional sources of power which includes: reference, and reward power. Due to being part African American there is reference power in the ethnic and the minority community for he has achieved what was thought as impossible. The reward power on the other hand ties with the legitimate power by being the president. The president can use this power to provide equality for marriages and provide easier access to education.

                On the other hand Romney at the moment has the power of expert by being the company’s CEO.  In addition, in the campaign Romney promises that if he was to be elected as president then he’ll use the legitimate power for the greater good. With the legitimate power he will grant people using reward power with his expertise power. 

What type of Leader do you want to be?

The Leader I would like to be is a leader who knows how to handle people and adapt in situations when I cannot handle. To deal with certain types of people my ideal goal is to change my leadership based on what suits best to the individuals. But I wouldn't like to change if it would hinder long term goals thus I believe it is higher leadership when it accommodates the needs of my employer/boss and makes him look good. Interviewing personal customers from Disney's imagineers and Tokyo's executive board member I have learned that it is by results that achieve trust and bonding to employers and coworkers. Tim (excluded for privacy purposes), a imagineer for Disney said that" It is not only important to inspire, but to be inspired to demonstrate leadership." From Mr.Tim's explanation of leadership, I have learned that even in Disney it is important to show leadership and demonstrate the standards of the company. With this knowledge I want to add that I want to be a leader that demonstrates leadership through action and inspire others.