Strength-Based Leadership

     I feel that strength-based leadership can be a very effective way of supporting a community of practice, such as a school.  School settings have more than one leader.  When there are more people that are working toward a common interest, that goal can be reached more effectively.  The more leadership there is, the better the chance that different strengths are being utilized to make the school successful.  I think that when there is a variety of strengths in leadership, other people are more comfortable following direction because there is a better chance of being able to relate to one of the leaders.
     Personally, if I am being encouraged to work with my strengths from my leaders, I feel more excited about going to work.  That would mean that I am allowed to be an individual and that I can express myself as I see fit.
     I appreciate strength-based leadership because it encourages individuality.  When your leaders let you know that it is ok to be different and that your feedback and input is important because you're different, you feel like you're a part of the community instead of just going through the motions.

Bill

Learning Personal Leadership

While I am a student in the Personal Leadership class at the University of Phoenix, I hope to learn about more skills that I need to be a better teacher leader.  I especially want to learn how to be better at delegating jobs and responsibilities to other adults.  I always feel that I might make someone upset with what I assigned them or make others feel that the workloads aren't equal.  Learning about how to do this guilt free will help make me a better leader.