The Career Leadership As A Foundation For One s Leadership

The Career Leadership Academy (CLA) undoubtedly provides practical, real-world knowledge that can be applied to an extensive range of circumstances. Implementing the lessons taught in the class can enable students to successfully build and strengthen relationships in the classroom, on the job, and with friends and family. Not one of the class’s concepts is more important than another, which pushes students to combine what they have learned to better themselves as individuals, leaders, and team members. Perhaps the most important fact is that CLA’s concepts can serve as a foundation for one’s leadership philosophy. I. Understanding My Self CLA has played a significant role in shaping my leadership philosophy. Before the semester began, I†¦show more content†¦Many philosophies are established during our upbringings, and personal experiences. A family, for instance, is like a team in many ways. We have to collaborate, encourage, and motivate one another to strengthen our cohesiveness. The unbelievable bonds formed within a family are naturally created during a process. As stated from Leadership and Professionalism, collaboration’s purpose is to â€Å"create a shared vision and joint strategies to address concerns that go beyond the purview of any particular party (Anderson and Bolt, 2013, p.36).† I have found that my experiences with CLA correlate with this idea. As time progressed, our group began to understand each other, and utilize our strengths to maximize efficiency. This is because we became more comfortable with each other, learned how to constructively criticize on e another, and developed a productive system. My views on the â€Å"process† obviously go far beyond my experiences in this class, but the experiences have undoubtedly reassured my philosophy. The Relational Leadership Model provides many ideas that can guide one’s philosophy about leadership, but there are many other concepts that can equally contribute. At the beginning of the semester, we took the Clifton’s Strength Assessment. Knowing one’s strengths can be very beneficial, especially in a group setting. In my signature themes report, it noted that my five strengths are: futuristic, includer, communication,