24 October 2015
Richard Martinez
MSLD500
Leadership is something that I
thought I knew very well. I have a background of over 20 years of leadership
from various levels. Almost all of my leadership skills come from when I was in
the U.S. Army. The military taught us to be great leaders and we trained every
day in some form or fashion on leadership. The better leader you were the
faster you moved up the ranks to higher positions and greater responsibilities.
I soon learned right after I retired that there was this whole new world of
leadership in the civilian sector. I soon found that I had to take what I
learned in the military and apply it to a whole new way of thinking and doing
things. I quickly adapted and found that not only was I learning new things I
was also teaching what I learned from the military to my civilian counterparts.
In applying the SEE-I process as a guide to Intellectual
Perseverance in my studies and how it relates to my concept of a good leader is
to State It, Elaborate, Exemplify, then illustrate it. I would use the
definition of Intellectual Perseverance as my statement. The Critical Thinking
Community defines Intellectual Perseverance as
having a consciousness of the need to use intellectual insights and truths in
spite of difficulties, obstacles, and frustrations; firm adherence to rational
principles despite the irrational opposition of others; a sense of the need to
struggle with confusion and unsettled questions over an extended period of time
to achieve deeper understanding or insight.
Intellectual Perseverance will
allow me to develop new strong opinions and beliefs based on a deeper
understanding of the principles of leadership. Looking deeper into new and old
areas of leadership will give me a better insight of what leadership really is.
This new knowledge will also allow me to better apply new skills as well as old
skills that no longer work in today’s society. Having intellectual perseverance
will allow to look deeper into my studies for a better understanding of what is
being addressed. It will also allow me to dig deeper into a subject when I am
having a hard time understanding or grasping the topic. To push through to find
a way to full understand leadership and how to apply it in everything that I
do.
Having new strong opinions and
beliefs may change some of my leadership practices and skills sets that I am
currently using based on new found knowledge from my studies. This will also allow
me to apply my leadership skill sets individually and in group settings. I hope
this will also allow me to adapt knew leadership skills with my old skill sets
and apply them in any environment and circumstance.
To illustrate I would continue in my practice
as an ethical and moral leader with validation of my leadership skills. I would
continually strive to learn more and understand new ways of leadership and how
to apply them in any situation required.
References:
Intellectual Perseverance. The Critical Thinking Community. Retrieved
from http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/valuable-intellectual-traits/528
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