Kevin Wieser- Philosophy of Leadership- Fundamentals of Leadership- August 28, 2013
At the beginning of this quarter we were informed that we would be required to define and describe our philosophy of leadership by the end of August. I thought to myself- that there are two types of leaders which include the good ones and the bad ones. As today is the last day of class in Foundations of Leadership- I am proud to say that my view has most definitely changed and there are definitely many different types of leaders that originally thought. Throughout this short presentation I would like to define my beliefs and thoughts regarding leadership and describe my learnings and benefits from taking this course by describing my philosophy.
I found an excellent leadership paradigm online that shows how to evaluate and define my Philosophy of Leadership and it is found by exploring and reflecting upon personal values, assumptions, and beliefs regarding leadership.
The first topic to evaluate is to identify my leadership values. The paradigm asks to choose five core values that I would consider extremely important in leadership.
VALUES
List your values here Personal Definition of Values
List here your definition of these values here How do you envision these values playing out in your leadership?
1. Collaboration
Collaboration is defined as the act of working together with one or more people in order to achieve something. It is extremely important for a leader to collaborate well within Project Teams/co-workers. To achieve a common goal is the reason to why we work as my goal is to elevate environmental, safety, and regulatory product compliance and harmonization through advanced process and project management leadership. Collaboration is the key to my position at work. I am a Project Manager in the Global Safety and Regulatory group and I work on a large number of teams and without collaboration- adverse effects would result in delayed launches or killed projects
2. Curiosity
Curiosity is defined as the desire to know something: eagerness to know about something to get information or the desire to learn or know about anything. Without curiosity I would believe that everyone would remain stagnant in their position. If you don’t have the passionate curiosity to know more you will never move forward. In order to be a successful leader in today’s corporate America- one must have the curiosity to outreach to management and peers to learn more about the company and/or businesses. For example- When I started at SCJ I was responsible for the Shoe Care and Home Cleaning businesses. As time went by, I was accustomed to these businesses and asked to broaden my horizon and learn about other businesses. I am now also responsible for the Home Storage business.
3. Integrity
Integrity is defined as the possession of firm principles: the quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards. To me,...
