I've been in leadership positions on several levels, including teams of 3, as an instructor of 20, as a manager of 30, and as a director of nearly 100. Leadership is fluid, and yet there is a steady current which needs to be constant beneath the surface. Dependability is a word I have tried to embody, that there are things that will always be true, and one of those is that I will listen. I may not answer how it is hoped, and that can be both good and bad, though the aforementioned dependability and steady center of my style usually win out. Difficulties are well known, including those personalities which seem to simply demand strife and tribulation nevermind the potential for disruption of the task at hand, and the most important lesson I learned was to focus on the task and spend only the required time and energy on those problems.
