Alicia Gomes-Figueira Covey Appendix 3 quote

Covey Appendix 3 quote John W. Gardner (pg 361)
“Leaders and leader/managers distinguish themselves from the general runoff managers in at least six respects:
1. They think longer term.
2. In thinking about the unit they are heading they grasp its relationships to larger realities.
3. They reach and influence constituents beyond their jurisdictions, beyond boundaries.
4. They put heavy emphasis on the intangibles of vision, values, and motivation and understand intuitively the nonrational and unconscious elements in leader-constituent interaction.
5. They have the political skill to cope with the conflicting requirements of multiple constituencies.
6. They think in terms of renewal.
“The manager is more tightly linked to an organization than is the leader. Indeed, the leader may have no organization at all”.

In terms of my own vision, experience and being a student leader at UH-Hilo, I think that I have followed change and a better place for our students at UH-Hilo as well as my community. Thinking outside the box is what any leader should do to become a great leader and build relationships with their organization as well as with other people. In my experience of being a student leader for the past 9 years, I have learned new skills to help make my organization a success and build relationships with my organization as well as with other organizations on campus and faculty, staff and administration. I have also learned that we all have our own strengths, weakness and talents and we as leaders must help each other to take that talent and strength and build on it. Because everyone in an organization has different cultures, values, goals, and visions, we can all learn from one another about other cultures and so forth.