thoughts on leadership

[2eclipse]

i have been doing a lot of thinking about this subject lately. So i'm wondering...

Do you see yourself as a leader in your workplace, social group, family or community?
What are the leadership skills you value most in yourself? in others?
Do you like leading or do you prefer to follow?
Do you think the same things make for a good leader of a small group and a large group?
What makes for a bad leader?

Comments

[dhampir.livejournal.com]

ill throw out an idea on the workplace part:

i very much do not see myself as a leader there. and this is gonna sound very bad, but i dont get paid to be a leader there. i get paid to be a drone.

somehow ive been tasked as a leader by the actual leaders. yet almost everything i do there is very anti-leader or anti-team. so i see myself as very much not a leader there.

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

nice to hear from you.

perhaps not in the workplace, but you have taken on leadership roles elsewhere. what do you think are your strengths there?

i'm not a leader in the workplace either. i'm a temp. they actually DO pay me to think, because i spend their money - i have to think. but they don't pay me for initiative and they don't get it....or not much...sometimes i can't help it. and hopefully when i get a job more suited to me, it will be one that challenges and teaches me more leadership skills.
what do you think makes a good leader?

[dhampir.livejournal.com]

information gathering probably. get enough info to make a decision. seems to work most times.

i like a leader who isnt afraid to run with someone elses idea. credit where due and such, but to just go someone else route if it can work.