Leadership 1

Leadership Style Defined: 

I would define my leadership style as a mediator; someone who's able to look at multiple perspectives and create peace within the chaos. One of my strengths is restoration, which I actively use when I lead. I use my restoration skill to identify what a problem is so that I can effectively solve it. I also happen to have Intellection as a strength which is helpful due to me being very introspective. My introspection aids in the decisions I make so that I know I am doing right by others and my morals.

Defining Moments: 

Having to help my mother take care of my blind sister was the most defining moment I've had. The job was often thankless and mentally taxing but it was for a purpose greater than myself and for the people that I love. The three-year stretch where I helped to care for my sister and her family is what helped to define my leadership style, as there was a lot of conflict in my household. Learning how to talk to my mother and sister and gain their perspectives on situations, so that I could help come up with a resolution helped develop my mediator leadership style. 

Leadership Experiences and Growth: 

My leadership experiences come mostly from my family. As the last child, I've always had a more close relationship to my parents, especially my mother since I spent most of my childhood with her. Through our bond I learned how to lead from watching my mother up close and the lessons she made sure that I learned. She taught me how to be a leader in my everyday life. She taught me how to stand up for myself and how to take up space, she was the main person that taught me not to shrink myself for others. She taught me how to address people with respect and dignity and she taught me how to present myself to the world with grace and class. 

My father also taught me a few things about being a leader. He taught me how to fight for the things that I want in life and how to to actually put in the work for the things that I want, because very seldom do the things that we want, come easy. 

[These lessons taught to me by my parents shaped me into the leader that I am today. I go through life with what they've taught me etched into my mind, and through these lessons I've earned the respect of so many peers and elders.