We all grow up with different role models. As we age, our role models change but our criteria for choosing one remains the same. When I was growing up, my role models ranged from my 2nd grade math teacher to the famous actress/host Ellen DeGeneres. They are all totally different people with many distinctive qualities, but I have a set of characteristics that make them all the same to me. Choosing a great leader in today's time is definitely a difficult task because we all know that every individual goes through a different personal and professional life to reach the position of a great leader. My example of a great leader is my current boss. I work at a tutoring center on campus just for student athletes and my job is to assist Andrea Hernandez, the tutoring coordinator for that program.1 A. Andrea has many leadership qualities that also include great personality traits , namely: her openness to innovation which led her to design the entire on-campus and online tutoring program for student athletes using various new techniques, the seriousness with which she is by far the person the most organized and systematic I have ever worked for, this quality of hers makes her subs' work easier and more efficient. His extroversion and agreeableness towards his peers and student-athletes earn him particular respect. She has the qualities of being approachable and empathetic to issues related to school and the personal lives of these students. Then her leadership characteristics include her self-esteem which gives her the dignity that she occupies in the position where she works and the integrity with which she uses her powers for the betterment of her students and juniors at work.1 B. There have been many cases in which she has...... middle of paper...... American courtrooms and being a recent immigrant I had little knowledge about it, so I was always open to ideas from my teammates which helped me gain their confidence. As a result, we were able to perform the best in class and get good grades on the assignment.2 C. I think Theory Y best describes my leadership theory which implies that I believe my employees and teammates are not not lazy and can work to achieve their goals. objectives if they are directed accordingly. My methods include motivation and innovation which lead to Path-Goal leadership theory. I believe that as a leader it is my responsibility to be the decision maker and direct the process necessary to achieve a certain goal. I make sure that serious effort is put into achieving results, and then I like to reward the people who contribute to those efforts and I try to make sure that those rewards are valuable to the people who receive them..