Traits and Skills Approach
Module 2 A511.2.3.RB – Reflecting on Leadership Traits You are the future leaders of America How many of us have heard this statement in the past growing up? You are the future leaders of America. This statement was told to all of us seniors at Crystal City High School, Crystal City, Texas as we were getting ready to graduate and walk up the stage to receive our High School Diploma. Titles such as President, Mayor, Army Officer, and Businessmen popped into my head. At that moment I had no clue that leadership would take place in many positions across many fields of work in our society. Seven years later after college, I joined the workforce in the United States Army and started getting classes and coaching on how to become a better leader. I start associating skills and traits to the title of a leader and start defining what that means to me. The Army definition is quite the same as what I have read in many leadership articles and text. The ability o...