{"id":469,"date":"2020-05-04T18:51:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pennpointconsultinggroup.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2020-05-04T18:51:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:51:38","slug":"a-preview-of-leadership-whats-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennpointconsultinggroup.com\/a-preview-of-leadership-whats-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Preview of Leadership: What&#8217;s Your Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership can be defined as the intentional exercise of influence on others. Your leadership style, <em>your leadership signature<\/em>, is a journey shaped by moments large and small. Some have obvious significance in the midst of their unfolding. Some are more subtle in their implications and previews of what type of leader you will become. If you were asked to turn to an early and vivid memory of your leadership journey, what would that be and what would it have foretold?<\/p>\n<p>One of mine involves a playground swing. Here is the rest of the story\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>I did not think of myself as a leader while growing up. I can recall more reasons not to jump out front than I can encouragement to take the lead. I did not have the research framework and vocabulary then to form a hypothesis of whether I was born to lead, could grow to lead or was destined to follow.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>I remember one day in the courtyard of the public housing projects where I spent my first 8 years when I took the initiative to jump out front that did not go as planned. To provide more context, I looked up to my older brothers and tried to hang with them and not be left behind like a typical younger brother. On this day, the gang was huddled together because \u201cBobby Boom Boom Bully\u201d had once again claimed all the swings in the courtyard. My brother was inciting our gang to do something this time, to use the strength of numbers and the element of surprise to jump Bobby Boom Boom Bully from behind and\u2026I don\u2019t remember the rest of the plan because I took the initiative being one of the youngest and smallest of the group to get a head start. Off I sped, focused on the mission of jumping our neighborhood, older, stronger bully from behind. Knowing that at any moment the faster and older members of our gang would soon over take the initiative I displayed to get a head start, I leapt a few feet from Bobby B3\u2019s back, looked over my shoulder and saw the rest of our gang still in the huddle looking at me like I had lost my mind! I landed on Bobby\u2019s back and he took the initiative to convert my landing point to my head on the ground! 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