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The style of leadership that best describes me is known as the dominance style. I focus really intently on goals that I seek to accomplish, and I largely work at them until they are accomplished in as little time as possible. As such, I actually prefer to be the one who is in charge of making decisions and actuating others to accomplish objectives. Once I have an objective, my principle concern is the proverbial bottom-line or achieving that objective with efficiency. I have realized that power is one of the ways in which dominance leaders are able to assert themselves over others to help fulfill the needs of an organization.

Much of my style of leadership involves the assertion of such power over subordinates to get them to best perform tasks that can help me and overarching organizations that am working for achieving our ends. Although I do not outright seek power, I certainly desire the requisite control to complete my objectives as a leader. Such control is one of the primary characteristics as a dominant style leader. Another is my tendency to reach my goals as a leader in as little time as possible. I sincerely believe that this is one of the most effective priorities as a leader because it enables one to go on to other tasks, which helps further the ends of the leader and of the organization the leader is representing. I thrive on challenges, and value innovation and creativity when directing others in a method that is fairly austere. Oftentimes, there is simply not enough time to engage in pleasantries or superfluous formalities when seeking to accomplish objectives.

Also, I have learned that my leadership style also incorporates elements of the producer style of leadership. These two styles, dominance and producer, are actually extremely congruent in an ambitious, focused person such as myself. The fact that I seek to accomplish goals as swiftly as possible in order to attain other objectives that are more prestigious is a trait of producers which is implied by dominance leadership. Additionally, my emphasis on time and the celeritous accomplishment is largely based on an internal timetable, which is a key aspect of producer leaders. I generally like to remain involved in projects from their inception to their completion, so that I can effectively monitor progress and interact with others as needed. As a producer, I tend to remain alert for ways in which I can increase production and reserve resources in order to increase production. This tendency keeps me vigilant about impending obstacles, which sometimes include people, and which I strive to avoid in order to get the job done as swiftly and as thoroughly as possible.

A leader that I admire is Dr. Moira MacTaggert, founder and leader of Scotland's National Mutant Research Centre on Muir Island in the Uncanny X-Men comic book series. There are some immediate, salient similarities between myself and the brilliant geneticist. We are both hard-working, passionate people who do what it takes to achieve our desired ends. Moreover, we both adopt a no-nonsense demeanor in our daily interactions with others while working. Our verbal and written communication is characterized by a proclivity to tell the truth in a manner that some might consider. And, perhaps most importantly, we are each dedicated to our families almost as much as we are to our careers and roles as leaders. Moira always finds time at the end of her grueling work days to prepare a life for her live-in lover, Sean Cassidy. She is also a devoted and caring mother to her son, the mutant known as Proteus. Prior to her relationships with Sean, she endured an amicable split with her husband James MacTaggart, and even delayed officially sundering their marriage because there were professional benefits to her estranged husband's status as a married man. Partially due to the similarities between Moira and myself, I believe that there are a number of qualities she exemplifies as a leader that can help me to improve myself in this regard.

Moira usually implements a transactional form of leadership in which she motivates others to assist her in her research on genetics and mutations by issuing both rewards and punitive measures. The former, which may involve intrinsic or external measures (Ivey and Kline, 2010, p. 247), can prove especially useful when attempting to complete tasks on a tight deadline -- or even for ensuring that all tasks are treated as though they need to be finished as soon as possible. For instance, Moira was able to successfully motivate Jamie Maddox (one of her assistants) to continue her work on genetic mutation so that she could travel to Stornoway to persuade Jean Gray to return with her to Muir Island to run a series of tests on Gray's powers as the Phoenix. Maddox knew that is he did a credible job analyzing the sets of DNA Moira was working on he would likely incur more responsibility, which enabled him to help Moira achieve her primary task of testing Jean. I realize that I can benefit from discerning the particular forms of motivation that can galvanize individuals that I work with to help me fulfill my objectives.

Additionally, Moira's ability as a leader is largely characterized by what can be a single-minded determination in which she refuses to adhere to convention or to be denied. When one of the mutants at her research center escaped and threatened the entire population of Scotland, Moira personally led her research center's efforts to capture the mutant. In doing so she was willing to defy the X-Men and their most sacred trust to never kill in order to prevent the mutant from harming others. Although such an example is somewhat extreme, the principle is extremely valuable. A good leader must know when to stake a claim and do whatever it takes to fulfill that claim, and if need be apologize for her actions later. One of the most effective ways of doing so, which I believe would be of immense benefit to me in my business, is to practice Path-Goal Theory in which a leader makes every effort to systematically remove obstacles from the paths of her subordinates (Northouse, 2010, p.142). Doing so produces the added effect of a leader's prowess actually enhancing the abilities of other's around her, which is how both parties can achieve their objectives swifter.