leadership traits

Hello my faithful few readers,

Over the course of the few months I’ve been here at Kaleo, I have seen some good examples of being a good leader. I've seen them in the classic sense of leadership, where the leader is up front and directing the whole scenario and working alongside the minions. I've also seen leadership in the background sense, where you would not consider them a leader, but without them taking charge on their portion of the work, the whole system would be shot. 

A few area's that I have seen some awesome up front leadership is through the Love Crofton initiative, and the creative assignment for Old Testament Literature. a few things I've noticed from the people running these projects is this, to be a good leader, you must have clear and concise communication with the people you are working with and for, you must also be willing to take ideas and suggestions from the people you are working with. 

I have found it to be a challenge to sometimes provide clear communication. Speaking isn't exactly one of my strong points as a leader and so providing clear direction was very difficult. I believe that I will be able to grow tremendously in this ability as I head up more leadership opportunities. One point that really is a prime example of this is when I was the leader on the Love Crofton Initiative. One of my workers asked me a question, and in my head I had a clear and concise explanation, but when it exited my mouth it was very confusing, and it took me a while to figure out what I said that didn't make sense. One time that the trait of taking suggestions from others was used effectively was on another job for Love Crofton. I was a part of a three man team that had a Job to clean out the gutters of an old couple’s house. The man suggested that we use an extended power washer to clear out the gutters. I suggested that two of us go up and take a shorter power washer so we could see the progress and so we could do a better job. The man agreed that that was the better course of action. 

This is another week or two in the life of a prairie boy on the coast, (I forget when’s the last time I blogged.)

Isaiah