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The journey to becoming a good leader is lengthy and it calls for patience, dedication, and readiness for learning. I should say I am such a person, it is my wish to be a good leader and so I am always devoted to learning new issues related to leadership (Ahmed and Bach 41). A week ago I requested my role model, professor Andrew to help me understand some leadership skills that may help me in my journey. It is following this that he gave me an appointment to meeting him last weekend at his home place starting from 9 am to learn more about leadership. This meeting was all fun such that the 5-hour session seemed like half an hour.

Well, my learning began as soon as I received the appointment because I had to know what to wear and how to groom. Meeting such a person was not that easy but I had to prepare myself adequately and be punctual (Ahmed and Bach 49). It is from this that I learned about punctuality when it comes to leadership. This is one of the leadership skills that any leader should embrace. Punctuality stems from time management (Ahmed and Bach 49). Learning how to manage your time properly helps one gain the skill of being punctual. I arrived at the professor's place exactly 9 am. I was very cautious with time. This was my first skill to learn during this appointment.

My second skill to learn was from the guidance I received from my role model, Professor Andrew. He made me understand that a leader should be flexible (Ahmed and Bach 47). To elaborate this he used our appointment to elaborate this point. Well, he had many other things to do and get himself busty that day but following my request, he decided to adjust his schedule to fit me in. This was to show that a leader should be able to adjust his/her programme depending on the issue at hand (Ahmed and Bach 48). This was my second skill to learn during this meeting.

Next, Prof. Made me understand that leaders should have good communication skills (Ahmed and Bach 50). This was learned all through the 5 hours. Communicating with him for all this long helped me gain new insights on how to communicate with people of different levels. For example, I learned how to communicate with my seniors from the way I was communicating to him all through. I also learned how to communicate with people of a lower level from how the professor was talking to me. It is from this that I learnt a leader should be able to communicate fluently to different people regardless of their social status and level.

The next leadership skill to learn was that a leader should be respectful (Ahmed and Bach 50). My role model made me understand that respect is two-way traffic. That was to mean leaders should before anything else respect themselves first. It is from the respecting oneself that one can respect those he/ she is interacting with inn day-to-day activities of leadership. A leader can only maintain a good relationship with others depending on the way they treat and handle those around them. This should be applied regardless of the level and social class of the person (Ahmed and Bach 50). I could also relate what he was saying from his behavior with different people. He has always respected all people he deals with including students, his colleagues and his employees at his home. I learned that respect is a virtue everyone aspiring to be a leader should strive to have by all means.

Additionally, during this appointment, I learned that a leader should be responsible (Ahmed and Bach 48). A leader should be responsible enough to admit to his/her mistakes or failures instead of getting a blame game on others. I t is after accepting the mistakes that he/she can try and find a way to solve the problem caused or strive to improve the situation to avoid a repeat of the same incidence. This call for a leader should be able to reflect and open to feedback (Ahmed and Bach 49). A responsible leader means that he/she can admit and get solutions to any problem at hand.

I also learned that a leader should inspire those around him/her or any person he/she comes across in their daily life (Ahmed and Bach 51). This is because leaders interact with different people with different problems and who are seeking to get solutions to their challenges. A leader in such an environment is expected to persuade such a person to gather courage and believe that they can overcome all their challenges (Ahmed and Bach 51). A leader will only inspire others through living a good example that people can emulate or admire in them. For example, a leader should be able to solve problems such that when those around them get into a difficult situation, they can look up to them and get encouraged from the way such a leader handles a given situation.

In conclusion, my meeting with Professor Andrew helped me with my leadership journey. In this meeting, I learned that a leader should always be punctual to avoid being late for important appointments or meetings. The second skill was communication skills. That a leader should be able to communicate well with all the people around them regardless of the social class and level. I also learned that a leader should be respectful in his/ her talking, actions and relationship with others. Leaders should also be flexible enough to listen to other people in decision making. Lastly, I learned that a leader should be responsible and inspire others in all possible ways.

Works Cited

Al Dawood Ahmed and Christian Bach. Major Traits/Qualities of Leadership: 41-51.