A Reflection Of Peggy Ralphson's Personal Leadership

I picked Peggy Ralphson as my leader because she has been a mother, an owner, a wife, and a volunteer. In this interview. I asked her questions pertaining to her personal leader philosophy and being a servant-leader. Her answers were straightforward and to the point.

My first question was “How has being either an introvert or extrovert shaped the way that you lead?”. Her answer was that she considers herself to be in the middle of the two as her main goal is to remain consistent by finding balance and being flexible. She mentions that being overly ambitious can overwhelm people instead of helping them. I find that a great point because as I consider myself more of an introvert, having an overly extroverted leader makes me feel like I’m

Her answer a leader should be pure and philosophical was that Peggy believed that being pure is an advantage. A good leader must have an open mind and makes decisions solely based on facts. Her opinion on if a leader should be philosophical was rather mind boggling as she said “Being philosophical may be a disadvantage as not seeing the reality of things, but spends more time seeking a deeper meaning”. I can now see why having a philosophical leader can be undermining to a business because instead of moving on and sternly fixing an error, that kind of leader will spend precious time finding a deeper meaning of why that error happened. My last question asked if she saw any differences between how men and women lead. Peggy;s response was “Yes, definitely. In my case, the women I have worked for seemed to rule differently depending on their emotional state”. She then mentions that she has no experience with a male supervisor, which is interesting because usually males are at the top. One reason to that fact could be the area in which she lives in. There might be more women and, therefore, leading to a lot of women