Personal Leadership Statement
MAKE SURE THE THESIS STARTS WITH “This paper will talk about
You are going to write a Personal Leadership Statement that is between 400-600 words. It should
be double-spaced and have one-inch margins. One of the most important aspects of leadership is
self-knowledge and in particular awareness of your priorities and values. Keep it simple, clear,
and honest.
Your leadership statement should talk about your aspirations for leadership. These are the
questions to answer or think about for your leadership statement:
1) In what part of your life do you want to be a leader or role model? You can be a
leader/role model in your family, in a school club, at work, with friends, etc.
2) What kind of leader do you want to be and why? Pull in course material from class to
answer this prompt. Do you want to be a transformational leader? Do you want to be a
servant leader?
3) Think about specific actions, behaviors, habits, and qualities that would have a significant
impact. Make sure your leadership mission statement is positive. Instead of saying what
you dont want to do or dont want to be, say what you do want to do or become. Include
positive behaviors, character traits, and values that you think is particularly important and
want to develop further. Again, you should apply course material when writing about
these actions, behaviors, characteristics.
4) Discuss how your actions, habits, behavior and character traits affect the important
relationships in your life.
5) Discuss how your leadership mission statement could potentially affect all the areas of
your life. What will be the emotional payoff if you do become this kind of leader? That
is, will you be happier or more stressed? Will you have better relationships with your
coworkers, family members, or friends? Will you have to weigh priorities in your life?
In general, create a leadership mission statement that will guide you in your day-to-day actions
and decisions.
