Leadership Point of View

Leadership Point of View

My Background

I grew up in a household with eight siblings, my mother and my father. Quite naturally, my mother was a stay-at-home mom and my father worked multiple jobs to make ends meet. We were not poor; however, we were a long way from being rich. We had all of our needs taken care of and as I reflect amongst the past of my family, having our needs met was all that really mattered. On another note, my father has impacted my life the most. In brief, he exemplifies true leadership even at his weakest moment. As of now, he lies in the hospital bed fighting prostate cancer. First of all, he is a true man of God, he always encouraged my siblings and I to know Him for ourselves, and going to church was a requirement to live in his home. My father always quoted from an old blues song by Billie Holiday, "God bless a child that has its own." He instilled in us that "if a man doesn't work, he doesn't eat", I believed that this quote arrived from the scripture that reads, "For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him" (Matthew 25:29). "For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat" (2 Thessalonian 3:10).

Life's Event

With my fathers' leadership roles and pure strength, I was able to become resilient when dealing with domestic violence. In other words, I am a victim of domestic violence. My husband used me for a punching bag during our marriage. This is one event in my life that has changed me the most. The last incident in which he physically abused me, in front of my children, he stated he wanted to leave me dead; this was an eye opener for me. Therefore, I pursued legal help and never turned back. We are divorced and the only thing I regret is not leaving sooner. I dealt with this for eleven years; moreover, I felt like I was doing what I should for my children, while in reality it was more harmful to them. This obstacle made me who I am today, a better mother and a better person. I truly treat people the way I want to be treated. I am so much stronger now because I felt like giving up at one time.

Life's Purpose and Values

While evaluating my life, I concluded my life purpose is to make sure individuals get the service that they need. For instance, I work in the Mental Health field and I serve consumers that have great needs. Simultaneously, I am an advocate for these individuals and I believe they have a right to be treated like others. On a whole, the core values that will lead me to living my life based on my purpose will be commitment, courage, honesty and loyalty. These values are essential to almost any field of occupancy (Blanchard, 2010).