CEdO565 - Leadership and Planning Class 1

The first chapter was difficult to read for me.  I have had some very negative experiences with individuals in a position of leadership and reading about what makes a good leader really puts me in a bad mood.  I won't go into it here.... but let's just say I've felt slighted and somewhat bullied.  I didn't feel the support that I think would make me a better professional.


I have learned a lot about leadership when I worked in Japan as a director for three summers.  For me, the 2nd year was the hardest because  That was because I romanticized the first year and compared too many things and people to the first year.   The third year I did this, I had learned from the first two.

What I learned came up in the first chapter in one form or another. I learned, in a nutshell the following:
1) Be honest  2) Follow the rules that you expect other to. 3) Make an extra effort to talk to everyone so there is no perceived favorites  4) Admit and apologize for mistakes you make  5) Ask for and listen to feedback.   6) Know there are better ways to do things and incorporate them when they are brought to you.  7) Don't force how to do things on people. Try to guide them to an acceptable way.  8)   Pressuring someone usually ends in worse result. 9) It's ok to let the people you're leading to make mistakes and learn from them as long it won't really affect the program. 10) Be nice.

Those are just the ones off of the top of my head in no particular order.

Needless to say while I am really interested in learning more about what makes a good leader, it also makes me really angry when I think about leaders I have interacted with.