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Benchmark-Leadership Style and Philosophy
Countless people worldwide want to be heard and understood, so as an immigrant
individual in a country like the United States of America, I learned why it is vital to listen to
others. Showing understand to their frustrating's and struggles by listening is a starting point for
success in education, and it is the way to show your team how valued they are for you. As a
future leader, I believe in kindness and tolerance is the key to form motivation and creativeness
among students and staff. By providing them with the right tools and support, your student and
staff will create a healthy work environment where they can flourish as individuals. Good leaders
should balance sensations with proper intention while making decisions that will positively
impact the school community. As a future leader, I need to manage my emotions and others since
leaders' attitudes will resound with others and set the tone for a peaceful emotional atmosphere in
your school building.
Moreover, I believe a strong leader could make intelligent decisions by knowing their
emotional state and controlling their actions while guiding their team under challenging
situations. I strongly agree that a leader should have a short-term and long-term goal to focus on
and set a good example for their team to express that having goals will improve everyone's
academic attainment. Then as a leader, I must get to know my staff, their professional growth
plans by listening to them regularly and sowing them I do care about their success.
My leadership philosophy is inspired by transformational and servant leadership models,
focusing on understanding and creating empathy with staff and students' interests while
motivating, challenging, and empowering them to their highest potential. According to
Leadership Theory and Practice, transformational leadership is a process that valued other's
emotions, ethics, standards, and goals while motivating and treating them as respectful human
beings to accomplish high-level goals (Northouse, 2019, p.g. 163). Transformational leadership
is the key when creating connections that bring the level of inspiration and goodness in both the
follower and the leader to extend their broadest potential (Northouse, 2019, p.g. 164). Odumeru
and Ifeanyi stated that transformational leaders are the ones who make positive changes in their
followers while taking care of each other's and the organization's interests (Odumru &Ifeanyi,
2013). Transformational leaders connect with their followers and inspire them to take ownership
of the structural challenges to understand the follower's strengths and limitations to heighten
their performance to innovate new ideas and, therefore, beneficial to both parties
regardless(Odumru &Ifeanyi, 2013). Transformational leaders persuade their followers to exceed
their self-absorption for the sake of the institute while uplifting the accomplishments and self-
actualizations (McCleskey, 2014). This leadership is beneficial for all school communities to
help them think out of the box and increase creativity.
My goal as a leader is to serve my school community and empower them as an
individual. Leadership Theory and Practice stated that servant leaders correspond by attending
first to recognize the perspective of others and endorse these views so follower's ideas and
feelings can be acknowledged and their problems can be healed (Northouse, 2019, p.g. 229).
Moreover, servant leaders continuously help their staff gain new skills by providing career
development opportunities and including them in decision-making processes (Northouse, 2019,
p.g. 230). According to Black, servant leaders listen and understand the situation, behaviors, and
intentions before taking action to help staff and students heal physically, emotionally, and
spiritually (Black, 2010). Moreover, servant leaders significantly impact a positive school
climate since they meet students and staff's academic, emotional, and social needs (Black, 2010).
As a leader, my overall goal is to successfully support my students' academic growth
while inspiring my staff and co-workers to meet the same goal as an organization. In order to
reach my goal, integrity should reflect in my words and actions. Leaders with integrity must
show honesty, trustworthiness, and they need to be reliable with their actions to increase staff
and student performance. In order to successfully support my students, I must set realistic short-
term and long-term goals for the organization and provide my staff with the correct tools to reach
this goal. Integrity should also reflect on my decisions where I show my staff and students that
all community members are treated equally and fairly by me first and by my staff.
As a future leader, my leadership philosophy is subject to change and emerge better while
extending my skills and experiences in this field. We live in a world that our environment and
needs are constantly changing. Therefore, as an emerging leader, I must update my knowledge
to meet the needs and necessities of our students for them to be successful in school. Also, our
building structures and procedures must be constantly upgraded to create a safe and healthy
learning environment. Therefore, good leaders should be lifelong learners to meet the needs of
others, and that will be my vision as long as I live and educate.
References:
Black, G. L. (2010). Correlational Analysis of Servant Leadership and School Climate. Journal
of Catholic Education, 13 (4).
http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/joce.1304032013
Odumeru, James A., and Ogbonna George Ifeanyi. "Transformational vs. Transactional
Leadership Theories: Evidence in Literature." International Review of Management and
Business Research 2.2 (2013): 355-61. Www.irmbrjournal.com. June 2013. Web. June
2013.
McCleskey, Jim Allen. "Situational, Transformational, and Transactional Leadership and

Leadership Development." Journal of Business Studies Quarterly 5.4 (2014): 117-30.
Jbsq.org. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, 2014. Web.
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Sabo:AWS, Adam. "Grand Canyon University - Digital Resources." Grand Canyon University -
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Benchmark-Leadership Style and Philosophy

Countless people worldwide want to be heard and understood, so as an immigrant

your school building.

My leadership philosophy is inspired by transformational and servant leadership models,

motivating, challenging, and empowering them to their highest potential. According to

regardless(Odumru &Ifeanyi, 2013). Transformational leaders persuade their followers to exceed

help them think out of the box and increase creativity.

My goal as a leader is to serve my school community and empower them as an

development opportunities and including them in decision-making processes (Northouse, 2019,

others, and that will be my vision as long as I live and educate.

McCleskey, Jim Allen. "Situational, Transformational, and Transactional Leadership and

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