Week Eight: Brent's Lecture

It was really happy to hear Brent's lecture. I was inspired by his lecture, and it gave me the opportunity to rethink about my RW paper.

Brent said there are four types of leadership: Integration, Baser, Development and Results. My type was both baser and integration, and I think it's true, however, depending on situation, my type will be different. 
I think what kinds of characteristic required is depending on what kinds of organization you are leading. For instance, teacher should be good at integrating students because without it, many problems will happen between students. Another example, if you are engineer, development skill is necessary. 
My RW paper is about "social entrepreneurs", so after finishing Brent's lecture, I filled out the paper he gave us and checked what is the type of social entrepreneurs. The result showed they are "result" seeker. Social entrepreneurs always seek their mission in order to give great impact on the society. Since their organization seeks not only their profits, but also social profit, leaders leading social business company should adhere to produce result. Without results, social business can no more be "social business". Of course other characteristic it also important to them, however, result seeking style is essential factor to be social entrepreneur.

When I was the leader of student organization, I was the type of "integration" because there were different members who have different opinion and motivation. To lead them, integration skill was necessary. I tried to talk with my members if he/she seemed to loose motivation. Also, when the problem occurred between Israelis and Palestinians, I listened both opinions and calm down them.

So, to conclude, everyone can be every types of leaders because what is needed is different from what kinds of organization you are belonging. I think in-born ability and characteristic is nothing to do with what kind of leader you are. The situation makes your ability. In other words, the position forces you to adopt to the situation you are in. 

Finally, I'd like to thank to Brent for having lecture, and thanks Ken for giving us such a good opportunity!