Alicia Gomes-Figueira Chapter 13 assignment 12

For assignment 10, I posted this about chapter 13: “In chapter 13 Covey says that the next three alternatives for empowering voice and releasing passion and talent are the first alternative is trying to get results by controlling people. The second alternative would be to set them loose, to abandon them. The third alternative is both tougher and kinder; it’s directed autonomy through win-win agreements around cascading line of sight goals and accountability for results. In SAC (Student Activities Council) we knew that we had to be accountable for our actions and if students came to us with questions like “how come we spent x amount of money on a certain event”? or What is SAC about? We had to be able to answer these questions and more and be honest and gain their trust so that we have a good standing relationship with students as well we with faculty, staff and administration. All in all, Covey opened my eyes to what I knew already as a student leader but sometimes we need to be reminded of what’s important as a leader and in an organization. Our mission Statement, vision and goals are very important to a company/ organization or business and its how people know about your company/ organization or business and how you establish certain credibility with other companies and people and make your business a success and communication is a top priority in order to do this. In my paper, I will look to see if these women in leadership positions follow what Covey had said in these chapters and apply it to my paper as well as my own leadership style. I was truly inspired by these three chapters”.

After re-reading chapter 13 and watching the video The Nature of Leadership I have gotten a wider vision of what Covey was talking about in Chapter 13. Every leader should posse the qualities of pathfinding and empowerment to help motivate other leaders in their organization, business or company. As Covey says “Pathfinding creates order without demanding it. Aligning nourishes both vision and empowerment without proclaiming them While Empowerment is the fruit of the other three. It is the natural result of both personal and organizational trustworthiness, which enables people to identify and unleash their human potential”. As leaders we all know that everyone has their own strengths and weakness and when we are in a organization or business we need to learn each others strengths and weakness to make our mission and goals in order to be successful. Communication is a huge way that we as leaders can pursue the pathfinding and empowerment in our organization and our personal self and providing that mission and goals for the organization.