BEING 

A LEADER IS TO BE A STRONG

TREE, WITH A SOLID AND FLEXIBLE

TRUNK THAT ALLOWS THE SAP FLOW

BETWEEN ITS ROOTS AND BRANCHES.

(LAROUCHE)

Rachel Hollenbeck

5/3/2022
WHAT DOES LEADERSHIP
MEAN TO ME?

Leadership is about guiding others to achieve a goal or

work towards a common purpose. Leadership to me
includes leading by example, creating relationships
with your group, and doing everything you can to
support members.

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WHAT TYPE OF
WORKING I want to promote an environment where every single
person knows they can come to me if there is an issue
ENVIRONMENT DO YOU and I will always help them. I also want to promote a
WANT TO PROMOTE AS sense of teamwork and confidence in themselves and
me. It is important to me that members of my team trust
A LEADER? me and each other.

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WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE AS AN
EMPLOYEE, TO
THRIVE?
As an employee, I like regular check ins and
plenty of feedback to help me grow. I like
when my leader is confident in my work
and sets me up for success.
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
• Authentic leadership interested me most • This fits into 21st century needs because it
compared to others because it is all about takes away the idea of authoritarian
being true to who you are. These leaders are leadership. I think now days, people want a
seen as genuine and leading by example. By leader who actually leads, not just a boss.
demonstrating through actions, you are People want to feel heard and appreciated
showing your team exactly what you as this is what keeps employees in the
anticipate. Authentic leaders are aware of workplace. I want to have a growth mindset
their strengths and limitations. and always be thinking of how I can
develop each of my team members.
• This style best suits me because I often feel
the other styles are complicated and can be
hard to follow and put into actions.
Authentic leadership is about being
yourself and supporting a team through
action.

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LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE THEORY (LMX)
• Leader-Member Exchange theory suggests • This theory does not fit into 21st century needs
that leaders should develop unique because it leaves some people out. This theory
relationships with followers. This theory goes over some followers needing extra
analyzes each relationship stage between the attention and working towards improving the
two and is founded on high quality relationship with them rather than all
exchanges between the two groups. followers. Overall, this theory is confusing and
difficult to imagine how it would be put into
• This theory is confusing to me and I’m unsure
action.
of the purpose of splitting people into
groups. I think it is important to build
relationships with people but the way it is
approached in this theory does not fit into
my overall idea of leadership.

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SUMMARY
Reflecting on this course, I am confident in my choice with
authentic leadership and how that will tie into my future as a
leader. I think authentic leadership is a role I will continue to grow
into as I’m being self-aware and continuing to improve everyday. It
is important to constantly reflect on your own performance and
how you are leading as well.
Seeing my questionnaire results from that chapter, I want to
continue to work on being open to feedback and giving feedback
to others, in both negative and positive ways. I want to hear out my
followers opinions, ideas, and how they would like to be
supervised. I want to work as a team rather than simply leader and
follower.

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 REFERENCE
Northouse, P. G., & Lee, M. (2022). Leadership case studies in education. Sage.