Leadership Reflection 1: What is a Leader?

What is a Leader?

He steps foot into his garage

filled with cars and boxed fans

it has now become his office 

where he makes his countless plans 

He writes down his ideas

some big and some small 

until one completes his vision

and he goes to make a call 

People gather around the stage 

to hear this mans proposal 

the crowd suddenly goes wild 

and his product becomes global 

As the years begin to follow

His business starts to rise 

countless resumes come flowing in

and Apple becomes an enterprise 

While some leaders may get stubborn

when their company finds success

He stood by his employees 

and saw them as no less 

He did not dress in fancy clothes

or boast about his wealth 

he related to his workers 

and was there when they needed help

He changed the way we connect  

and found new ways to interact

Steve Jobs was an inspiring leader 

and that is, without question, a fact. 

I chose to dedicate this poem to Steve Jobs because he is identified as a self confident and intelligent leader. In the reading, it states he is an emotional intelligent leader for he “never doubted his products would change the world and despite resistance, he did things the way he thought best” (Northouse 24). This reading unveiled that there is more to a leader than being able to confidently speak to large groups and proposing a brilliant idea. You need certain qualities to be a successful leader, and those qualities can be taught if one is willing to learn. A question I got from the reading was what factors do I need to improve on in order to become a better leader?