CIJS,
One of my role models in military high school was a gentleman who was a retired U.S army master sergeant. I must ultimately give him the credit for helping me view leadership as an art-form. In particular, he taught me the importance of being ‘kinder and gentler’: if a leader is even-tempered and is kind and gentle to his or her people, then they will ultimately trust that leader, which boosts their morale and encourages them to embrace the challenge of taking risks and tackling the unknown; whereas, if a leader is panicky and hollers, then he or she will not be effective, because people will only do things out of fear, which kills morale, creativity, and growth. Hence, when I was on the sales floor tonight as a management trainee, I put the ‘kinder and gentler’ leadership lesson into practice and found that the sales associates were receptive to it.
One of my role models in military high school was a gentleman who was a retired U.S army master sergeant. I must ultimately give him the credit for helping me view leadership as an art-form. In particular, he taught me the importance of being ‘kinder and gentler’: if a leader is even-tempered and is kind and gentle to his or her people, then they will ultimately trust that leader, which boosts their morale and encourages them to embrace the challenge of taking risks and tackling the unknown; whereas, if a leader is panicky and hollers, then he or she will not be effective, because people will only do things out of fear, which kills morale, creativity, and growth. Hence, when I was on the sales floor tonight as a management trainee, I put the ‘kinder and gentler’ leadership lesson into practice and found that the sales associates were receptive to it.