A mission statement is a statement of purpose/ core values. Every company or organization has a mission statement. It is meant to explain its values of the company, how an organization will represent itself, and will assist in decision making of the organization.
All airlines, restaurants, stores, and companies have mission statements. Not only do organizations have mission statements but there are also personal mission statements. A personal Mission statement is “a statement of one’s timeless values.” For example, my personal mission statement would be “I hope to inspire and learn endlessly from all of my loved ones.”
In this video clip, Jerry McGuire is writing a mission statement about his business. I fell this clip really describes what a mission statement really is and how much work and effort it takes to create a great statement.
Having a vision can be very broad. Although having a vision can be broad a vision can always change into something better or worse it depends on which direction one goes. I feel that everyone has a vision. One could have a vision for his/her company, for his/her life, family, and community. No one knows exactly what is going to happen, it is all about the turn that one takes to make his/her life what they want.
I envision a world in which there is no danger in the streets, where everyone is happy to be where they are, where there is no struggle to survive, and where my friends and family are secure in the present and the future.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Toxic Leadership
When I think of toxic leadership, I think about the wicked witch in snow white. Although it sounds like a silly idea, it is true, it is toxic leadership. Toxic leadership is defined as doing something only for you. If a leader acts like he or she is doing something for you.... he or she probably isn't. There are two types of toxic leaders:
-Intentional toxic leaders: Deliberately inure others or enhance themselves at others’ expense
-Unintentional toxic leaders: Engage in careless and reckless actions, including incompetence, nonetheless causing negative effects
Looking back at high school and middle school I feel like I was tagged a long by a lot of toxic leaders. I am the type of person that will want to do anything for someone as long as it doesn’t physically hurt me. I want to please everyone even if it takes me out of my way. However, even though I will do anything for someone in need, sometimes I am chosen to do things by someone because they think and know I will do that particular task even if it is only helping them out. I will always think of someone else before myself and that’s the tricky part. Letting a toxic leader tag you a long can really hurt your self-esteem and can definitely change your opinion on people that are really trying to help you personally in your future.
My little sister is in seventh grade. She goes to a private school with around twenty-five students in her class. She has a very sweet and innocent personality to her. When she is told or asked to do something by her fellow classmates, it always reminds me of when I was younger. Her friends are very sweet however some of them are not so nice to everyone in the class. They are at an age where a person thinks about himself or herself, they want things for themselves and try to accomplish things to get more. It is normal to want things for you but at this age they are doing things against other people to get what they want. However, time and peoples personalities do not change.
Some of the characteristics of a toxic leader are; incompetence, malfunctioning, irresponsible, amoral, cowardice, arrogance, selfish values, and malicious. That is just some of the characteristics. There are many more.
When I think of toxic leadership, I think about all of the Disney princess movies. I think of all of the story backgrounds because in each story, there is a good person and a bad witch. The bad witch will always want the good little girl and something that she has. The witch always tries to lure the princess to trust her so that the princess will open up and tell the witch all of the secrets or values.
-Intentional toxic leaders: Deliberately inure others or enhance themselves at others’ expense
-Unintentional toxic leaders: Engage in careless and reckless actions, including incompetence, nonetheless causing negative effects
Looking back at high school and middle school I feel like I was tagged a long by a lot of toxic leaders. I am the type of person that will want to do anything for someone as long as it doesn’t physically hurt me. I want to please everyone even if it takes me out of my way. However, even though I will do anything for someone in need, sometimes I am chosen to do things by someone because they think and know I will do that particular task even if it is only helping them out. I will always think of someone else before myself and that’s the tricky part. Letting a toxic leader tag you a long can really hurt your self-esteem and can definitely change your opinion on people that are really trying to help you personally in your future.
My little sister is in seventh grade. She goes to a private school with around twenty-five students in her class. She has a very sweet and innocent personality to her. When she is told or asked to do something by her fellow classmates, it always reminds me of when I was younger. Her friends are very sweet however some of them are not so nice to everyone in the class. They are at an age where a person thinks about himself or herself, they want things for themselves and try to accomplish things to get more. It is normal to want things for you but at this age they are doing things against other people to get what they want. However, time and peoples personalities do not change.
Some of the characteristics of a toxic leader are; incompetence, malfunctioning, irresponsible, amoral, cowardice, arrogance, selfish values, and malicious. That is just some of the characteristics. There are many more.
When I think of toxic leadership, I think about all of the Disney princess movies. I think of all of the story backgrounds because in each story, there is a good person and a bad witch. The bad witch will always want the good little girl and something that she has. The witch always tries to lure the princess to trust her so that the princess will open up and tell the witch all of the secrets or values.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Followership
Followership
What is followership? According to Miriam-Webster dictionary followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” In class we went over what people would do if they were put in a situation to either stand up and be a leader or just sit back in the stands and wait for something else to happen.
Over the summer, I work at a camp for kids with systemic diseases. Each week is a different disease and no matter what is wrong with the child, they know that when one is at this particular camp nothing else matters and it’s all about them. When I come to this camp it makes me think about how special each and every one of these kids are. I learn so much about each one in the whole summer that I am there. It makes me think about how unique each one of them is and how much every single one of them makes a difference and show their true leadership abilities. It must be so scary to come to a camp where everyone has the same disease as you, but it also must be so nice to know that there is followership there. You come and follow the people around you because you know that you will fit in.
I feel that in every situation there is going to be someone that follows the one in front of them. It’s almost like a domino effect. Once one stands up and shows they are a leader, one is going to follow, and then the next is going to follow the one in front. Followership is not necessarily a bad thing because you have to be a follower once in order to be a leader. However, even though being a follower isn’t a bad thing, I feel like it stops one from making the honest decisions that one would make in a dire situation that one should make in order to stay true to oneself.
Ever since I was two years old, I have been dancing. When one is in a dance class, at the end of the year you have a performance in front of all your friends and family. In order to be in this group dance, you need to know how to follow because each person is put in a row, and you are to follow the one in front of you. Not only do you have to follow the person in front of you, you need to learn how to pick up fast and learn the routine.
All of this consists of following and is describing followership. Followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” Everyone goes through followership throughout his or her life. It is a process to become a follower and then eventually a leader.
What is followership? According to Miriam-Webster dictionary followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” In class we went over what people would do if they were put in a situation to either stand up and be a leader or just sit back in the stands and wait for something else to happen.
Over the summer, I work at a camp for kids with systemic diseases. Each week is a different disease and no matter what is wrong with the child, they know that when one is at this particular camp nothing else matters and it’s all about them. When I come to this camp it makes me think about how special each and every one of these kids are. I learn so much about each one in the whole summer that I am there. It makes me think about how unique each one of them is and how much every single one of them makes a difference and show their true leadership abilities. It must be so scary to come to a camp where everyone has the same disease as you, but it also must be so nice to know that there is followership there. You come and follow the people around you because you know that you will fit in.
I feel that in every situation there is going to be someone that follows the one in front of them. It’s almost like a domino effect. Once one stands up and shows they are a leader, one is going to follow, and then the next is going to follow the one in front. Followership is not necessarily a bad thing because you have to be a follower once in order to be a leader. However, even though being a follower isn’t a bad thing, I feel like it stops one from making the honest decisions that one would make in a dire situation that one should make in order to stay true to oneself.
Ever since I was two years old, I have been dancing. When one is in a dance class, at the end of the year you have a performance in front of all your friends and family. In order to be in this group dance, you need to know how to follow because each person is put in a row, and you are to follow the one in front of you. Not only do you have to follow the person in front of you, you need to learn how to pick up fast and learn the routine.
All of this consists of following and is describing followership. Followership is “the capacity or willingness to follow a leader.” Everyone goes through followership throughout his or her life. It is a process to become a follower and then eventually a leader.
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