Comments on: What Makes a Leader? http://www.sweetnsassygirls.com/2009/07/what-makes-a-leader.html A Mom Blog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:10:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sara Bonds http://www.sweetnsassygirls.com/2009/07/what-makes-a-leader.html/comment-page-1#comment-24492 Sara Bonds Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:16:29 +0000 http://www.sweetnsassygirls.com/?p=2076#comment-24492 It's a very interesting topic. I have always been in leadership roles. Every job I ever had, when I wasn't working for myself, I was the manager. When I was a waitress in high school, I was the head and training waitress. When I worked at retails stores and gift shops, I was the store manager. In high school I was the president of things. In college I was the founder and president of a student organization. My parents tell me that I have always been a very strong and confident leader at everything I did. I think some people are just leaders and others aren't. I think it takes someone empathetic, patient, honest, humble, ethical, understanding, and intelligent to be a leader. It's not enough to be educated in what you are the leader of either, if you lack those other traits you become the 'boss' that everyone hates. When I managed Bath & Body Works we took a lot of classes and whatnot on how to be a good leader. I also began school for my MBA after I went to college for Graphic Design, and in business school they talk about traits to lead to success. One thing I learned in both is that you have to be both 'business' and 'human' to be a good leader. When you are too much of either, you fail at being a leader. If you become all business, no one feels comfortable with you or feels like you understand and care. If you become all human, they lack the respect and fear (sounds weird but in some leadership roles fear is necessary) for you. It's all very interesting. This post is just the sort fo thing I LOVE to think about and learn more about. Good stuff! It’s a very interesting topic. I have always been in leadership roles. Every job I ever had, when I wasn’t working for myself, I was the manager. When I was a waitress in high school, I was the head and training waitress. When I worked at retails stores and gift shops, I was the store manager. In high school I was the president of things. In college I was the founder and president of a student organization.

My parents tell me that I have always been a very strong and confident leader at everything I did. I think some people are just leaders and others aren’t. I think it takes someone empathetic, patient, honest, humble, ethical, understanding, and intelligent to be a leader. It’s not enough to be educated in what you are the leader of either, if you lack those other traits you become the ‘boss’ that everyone hates.

When I managed Bath & Body Works we took a lot of classes and whatnot on how to be a good leader. I also began school for my MBA after I went to college for Graphic Design, and in business school they talk about traits to lead to success. One thing I learned in both is that you have to be both ‘business’ and ‘human’ to be a good leader. When you are too much of either, you fail at being a leader. If you become all business, no one feels comfortable with you or feels like you understand and care. If you become all human, they lack the respect and fear (sounds weird but in some leadership roles fear is necessary) for you.

It’s all very interesting. This post is just the sort fo thing I LOVE to think about and learn more about. Good stuff!

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