HRE Paper
Leadership Development Plan
1 – What is your definition of leadership after completing this course? My definition of leadership changed significantly while completing this course. Originally if you would have asked me what my definition of leadership was, I probably would have said someone who takes charge and shows a group of people what to do and how to do something. But this is just one way to be a leader. This course has taught me that being a leader doesn’t mean being loud and forceful when leading. Being a leader means using your power and knowledge of a subject or action to bring a group of people together to achieve a common goal. It takes knowing the end that the group wants to reach and helping to lead each person in the right direction. Leadership involves guiding and taking responsibility for the actions of you and the people you are leading. It doesn’t have to be forceful and it doesn’t have to be intentional. A person can be a leader to others without even knowing it. This course has taught me that there are many different types of leaders out there and anyone can be a leader if they want.
2 – For this section, you are to set a specific leadership goal for yourself in the next 12 months. This could be a position of leadership, a leadership role, or a leadership initiative you want to undertake. It can be in any context—your work, community, student organization, sports team, etc. As a senior who is graduating with a degree in accounting, my goal is to start attending graduate school. This alone is a difficult task, but I want to achieve as much as I can before I enter the real world with a real job. I know that once I enter a job I will have to take leadership roles and one thing that will prepare me for this next step in life is to get a graduate assistant position while I am getting my masters. A graduate assistant is normally assigned to a professor and his or her class and will help the professor in any way that is needed. Many
1 – What is your definition of leadership after completing this course? My definition of leadership changed significantly while completing this course. Originally if you would have asked me what my definition of leadership was, I probably would have said someone who takes charge and shows a group of people what to do and how to do something. But this is just one way to be a leader. This course has taught me that being a leader doesn’t mean being loud and forceful when leading. Being a leader means using your power and knowledge of a subject or action to bring a group of people together to achieve a common goal. It takes knowing the end that the group wants to reach and helping to lead each person in the right direction. Leadership involves guiding and taking responsibility for the actions of you and the people you are leading. It doesn’t have to be forceful and it doesn’t have to be intentional. A person can be a leader to others without even knowing it. This course has taught me that there are many different types of leaders out there and anyone can be a leader if they want.
2 – For this section, you are to set a specific leadership goal for yourself in the next 12 months. This could be a position of leadership, a leadership role, or a leadership initiative you want to undertake. It can be in any context—your work, community, student organization, sports team, etc. As a senior who is graduating with a degree in accounting, my goal is to start attending graduate school. This alone is a difficult task, but I want to achieve as much as I can before I enter the real world with a real job. I know that once I enter a job I will have to take leadership roles and one thing that will prepare me for this next step in life is to get a graduate assistant position while I am getting my masters. A graduate assistant is normally assigned to a professor and his or her class and will help the professor in any way that is needed. Many