My Motivation To Lead In The Military Industry

(37 points) According to my “Your Motivation to Lead” results, I “have a relatively high motivation to lead & that I like to lead and often find ways to lead” (Phillips, Gulley, 2014, p. 32). This is very true. I am retired military and my motivation to lead comes from wanting to take responsibility to ensure the project gets done. My drive comes from a fear of failure. I learned this behavior very early in my Navy career. In the military, as you gain seniority you take on more responsibilities, and the majority of the time it’s about managing people. The only difference between taking on leadership roles in the military and the civilian sector is that if one of your subordinates fail, you fail also; so you are subject to punishment and being
We have all had them, the glass is never full, or gloomy types. I like to consider the negative aspect of that person and see where we can harness the negative aspect of their personality for something good. I would take the negative one in the crowd and make them the Safety Officer. I would give that person the responsibility of checking our spaces and places for any and all safety issues that might hurt the staff or our patients; and believe me, that person WILL find all the safety issues. By the end of the project, I would notice their motivation level was better. Or, take the “have to control everything” personality types; take that person and give them the project of creating a standard SOP manual for the department and each person’s role. What I am trying to say that my motivation to manage is about not trying to control everyone or “fixing” everyone anymore. Today, it’s more about using that trait that might be considered undesirable and use it to benefit all of
According to my “What is your Goal Orientation” results, my learning goal orientation is that “I have a relatively high learning goal orientation and a performance goal orientation” (Phillips, Gulley, 2014, p. 128). I have to agree with this assessment because I do tend to look for ways to improve what I am doing. I am a hard worker, but I like to work smart and for the results I want. After re-reading the chapter-subject I can see where I am always more focused on thinking about my performance, (meaning, how well I am doing), rather than thinking about what I am actually learning or why I am doing what I’m doing. I can see where it can create problems for me because these often pull in opposite directions. If I am placing too much emphasis on performance it might reduce my interest in learning and cause me to avoid challenging tasks. If I’m driving myself to the point of proving how smart I am, or to get a good grade or a high test score, I may end up less inclined to engage deeply with new ideas, to explore or