This book was an eye catcher for me because it is how you work your way up to a leader and what kind of leader you are. This kind of excited me as I was reading since I wanted to find out what kind of leader I was. The sections that stuck out to me the must are What makes a leader, Seven Transformations of a Leader, and Discovering your Authentic Leader. The What Makes a Leader section was enjoyable for me since it covers a lot on emotional intelligence. Ever since I found out about emotional intelligence I have been fascinated with and in this section it goes in more in-depth. The most important part I took out of this section was the five skills that are taking out of emotional intelligence, which are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. I also learned that everyone is born with emotional intelligence, but just like everything else in life, we must work on it to perfect …show more content…
Trying to figure out what kind of leader I am was a great way for me to learn more about myself. After going through everything, I find myself to be more of an achiever because I find myself always trying my best to meet goals and love working with teams. As a Red Bull salesman I always find myself handling market demands, but at the same time completing the goals that are needed to meet this demands. I really learned a lot about the seven transformations of a leader by the interviews that were conducted for the project. I thought this was a great idea to get to know the two managers that I interviewed a little better and also learn what makes them good managers. I wanted to get a manager that was right above me and a manager that ran the branch, so I could get a better idea on how each manager handle each of their teams. For my immediate manager he was more of dealing with the middle level employees and you could tell he needed to use a different style because these employees are not in the management part of the business, rather the sales. For the branch manager, I could tell he choose a more of dominate role since he is strictly dealing with the management team under him and not the middle level employees. I thought this interview project was a great exercise for the class and a great way to learn more about transformational