After looking over and taking a few minutes to examin the quote by Kouzes and Posner, a few words shined brighter than others. For example, 'observable' and 'desire and persistence to lead.' I believe that all leaders are made, with the exception of few who are born outspoken and have the ambition to lead. As for the rest of them, they grow to be leaders by example. You watch a leader do their job, you have respect for the work they are doing, and you want to follow in their foot steps, that is the 'observable' portion of the quote. When you have a want to do something or to be someone special, you have the 'desire' to conquer that goal. If at first you don't succeed, you try and try again, you're persistant. For instance, if you try to complete a race but at first you don't do so well, you don't just give up, you want to continue to push yourself and get better, it's the same thing with leading an individual or group.
As being cheer captain, things are not always so easy, not everyone listens and not everyone is respectful. In the beginning you want to yell to try and get your voice heard, but obviously that is not the best solution. As the leader of the squad I have 'the opportunity for feedback and practice.' In other words, you can't always just do what you want, how you want, it's not a one man team, you have give the rest of them a voice, thus giving them a chance to give feedback.
Being a leader is all a work in progress. Although some might have the characteristics of one from the start, as you get older and you learn from others, you not only grow as an individual, but you also grow as an eminence.
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