What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Leadership

In evaluating myself as a leader I have found that I have many weaknesses that need to be improved upon before being able to lead effectively. This may because I have never really been in a position of leadership, subsequently falling into a follower’s role most of my life. Even though I am not comfortable in a position of leadership, I do exhibit many of the strengths that good leaders need in order to succeed. I feel that I have a strong belief and value system that has helped to guide me through many difficult situations. At the core of my beliefs and values are a belief in morality and ethics, kindness, compassion, empathy, hard work, love, good will towards others, a belief that everyone has something good to offer, a love of learning

I have recently been through an abusive situation and I hope that I will be able to use my education, knowledge, and compassion to help others out of harmful situations. I will be able to do this with the law degree that I have been working towards for the better part of the last five years. For most of my life I have been floundering because I have never really been passionate about anything other than sports (soccer) and learning. Most of my free time is devoted to one recreational sport or another. While I love sports I have never envisioned myself coaching outside of the developmental girls soccer team that just moved on to the competitive leagues. I had a difficult time coaching because I had difficulty expressing myself. Therefore, I do not feel that sports are my calling in life outside of recreation and enjoyment. In reflection I do hope that my educational path combined with my recent experiences will help me to use what I have learned to help others. I have never really had any direction in life, even though I feel that I have the potential to achieve whatever I set my mind to. Thus I have struggled with finding a career that I love. While law school has been my focus, I do not know if it’s because I truly want to be an attorney or if it has finally given me a focus and goal to work towards. However, I am starting to believe that law may give me the tools

These traits have helped me to accomplish many career and educational goals as well as helped me to develop long lasting relationships that have sustained me up until the last year. It seems that hard work and determination are essential in accomplishing almost any goal that a leader sets their sights on. It is my hope that these characteristics will help me to persevere through the difficult times that life and school will thrust upon me. Thus I hope to use my strengths to help me steer the course of my educational and personal goals thus learning how to lead others and myself through turbulent times with grace and dignity. Consequently, my biggest weaknesses and hindrances in leading myself and others are my stubbornness and hesitation to recognize when I am wrong. Good leaders need to know when to admit they are wrong thus allowing them to reevaluate the situation and ask for help if needed. It seems that effective leaders know where their weaknesses lie and can ask for help when needed. This helps them to effectively achieve tasks leading towards long term goals because they know what they can and cannot do. I tend to be a control freak and want to do everything myself, and this is not an effective way to lead. I will need to learn to trust and rely on others to pull