About Me

"Adam is all about building from the ground up and achieving trust of his team through buy in. He looks for inspiration and risk taking in a leader as seen in the move Miracle as well as in leaders such as Richard Branson, who built his empire from the ground up. Adam sees innovation as a key to leadership evident in his leader choice Steve Jobs who is the "scout" of the group. Overall, Adam looks to be a team builder, who is a genuine leader, and inspires his team to be better than they are." ~ Galit Tashman

As evident in this story of my leadership style from a fellow classmate, describing another person's leadership is much easier than formulating an explanation of your own. I agree with Galit and emphasize the fact that my main focus is the buy in. Once you have your team on board, anything is possible. I also believe that a great leader is only as good as their team and that a great team is only as good as their leader. That means that you must build the great team before you get the buy in.

Through the course of this class and the use of this blog, I hope to develop myself as a leader. This can be done by observing good and bad leadership situations. To formulate the information above I completed the exercise below:


Leadership Exploration Exercise:

• Images

·      Movie Examples

o   Miracle

o   Braveheart

o   Office Space (bad examples)

·      Famous Leaders

o   Richard Branson

o   Abraham Lincoln

o   Steve Jobs

·      Values

o   Genuine

o   Risk-taker

o   Inspiring

·      Quotes

o   People are more easily led than driven.
~David Harold Fink

o   The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
~Eric Hoffer

o   To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
~Harry Truman

Context

·      The carpenter

o   An example of “the carpenter” would be Richard Branson. He is a big risk taker and two weeks ago when I heard his keynote speech he inspired me. He has built Virgin from the ground up, with each new division a culmination of his ideas. As a leader he proves that anything is possible and is currently building Virgin Hotels from the ground up.

·      The communicator

o   Most people think of Martin Luther King Jr. as an icon for inspiring masses. He was able to communicate with all types of people to pass along his ideals and eventually create an equal environment for all.

·      The scout

o   Steve Jobs is “the scout.” He has taken Apple to new heights and is constantly innovating technology. Apple has become the leaders and all others follow to that territory.