Leadership Essay, Research Paper

Leadership

There are two kinds of people in this world, followers and leaders.

Followers are the people that never take a leadership role in any activity.

However leaders are the ones that use their leadership skills to make a

difference in this world, such as presidents, teachers, or even college

graduates. Leadership is not something you can learn from a book, but you

have to gain this skill through experiences such as holding an office,

organizing an event, speaking in front of people, or participating in a

leadership program. This is one of the reasons I want to be part of

College’s Leadership program. I want to gain the knowledge and skills

necessary to make a different in my school, my community, my county, and

even my world. This program will give me the information so I can become a

leader, not a follower. The skills I learn will be taken back to my

community and applied to a middle school program that I am involved in,

and in Lincoln County 4-H.

Leadership is not something you can take lightly. Many students at

my high school would get elected to a leadership position and not perform

the jobs and duties associated with the office. It was more of a

popularity contest than a serious commitment. Over the years, I have been

elected to several offices and I have realized that if you are elected to a

leadership position you should perform the job duties because many people

are counting on you. I have tried to the best of my ability to live up to

my commitments.

I also realize that not all leadership positions are elected or

appointed. Many are people deciding something needs to be done in there

town and doing it themselves. I have taken this kind of leadership role

in many activities including being a Junior Counselor at Camp. Each year I

was in charge of a cabin of twenty girls, who’s ages ranged for 9-12 years

old. By being a counselor, I had the opportunity to use my leadership role

to help many kids see what opportunities there was in 4-H. Since then many

of the campers have become very involved and some have even received awards

at the State Fair. I didn’t go to camp just to say I completed some many

community service hours this summer, but to be a “big sister” to the

campers and help then grow as a person. The skills I will gain in this

program will help me be a better counselor.

Community service is also very important to me, because it gives

something back to my community. Service in a small way will make someone’s

day better because you took the time to visit them in the hospital or bring

them a newspaper. When I volunteered in my local hospital the elderly

patients looked forward to when you came to visit them. I think I got more

out of volunteering then the people I helped because I had realized I made

a different in someone’s life.

The reason I want to participate in the Leadership program is to

gain new leadership and community service skills, and improve on the

current ones so when I return to my small home town I can use this tools to

make a difference in County.