9-12-11 Class this past week was very interesting listening to the speakers. I was particularly impressed with Mary D'Ginaro. She is a District Court Judge in Ohio. I had preconceived ideas that she would be very pro-work and not so much about family life. To my surprise she was an advocate of being a mother and wife and raising her children first in her life. I admire that because being a wife and working mom of two I always feel like I need to defend that I am a mother first to my co-workers and management team. I am glad that I am not alone in thinking that way. It is very refreshing. She found a balance to raising her children and also having a career.
Some highlights that I took away from the first chapter in the book, Leadership, is that leadership can be looked at as a trait and a process. I beleive that a leader can be both. I agree with the book that when a person is engaged in leadership they are a leader. Leadership is definitely different than management. I see that in my current position of a Customer Service Supervisor. There are tasks that I do that are primarily management tasks to meet goals of the department, but the leadership skills come in to play when I am coaching my team to help develop them to reach their professional or personal goals.
I liked the quote from Bennie and Nanus (1985) "Mangers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing".
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