Resonant Leadership

As a resonant leader, one must tune into not only himself and his morals, values, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, priorities and goals. A resonant leader must have the ability to identify each of those individual aspects within his peers and those whom he is leading. A resonant leader must know where he is headed and how far his abilities can take him. To be an effective resonant leader one must have extraordinary emotional intelligence. He must be able to relate to his peers and those below him and have the ability to stay in tune with each if them. Great resonant leaders have the ability to connect with others on a different level. Any type of leader is passionate about what they a leading. Resonant leaders are not only passionate about what or who they are leading but they ares enthusiastic and try to connect with others and get them passionate about that which they are leading. They try to get others to understand where they are coming from instead of just barking out orders and expecting their followers to do exactly what they say blindly. There are advantages to being a dissonant leader such as fear and absolute loyalty based on the fact that their followers know that their leader knows exactly what he is doing and has a reason for doing it. More people, though, can connect with a resonant leader on a personal level and are willing to follow them based on trust that they are doing whatever they are doing for the best interest of the group. One of the most important qualities of a resonant leader is his ability to follow through on what he says he is going to do. A person is much more willing to follow someone who he knows is going to do exactly what he says he is going to do instead of someone who cannot always follow through on their promises.

Goleman quote reflection

“No creature can fly with just one wing. Gifted leadership occurs where heart and head – feeling and thought – meet. These are the two wings that allow a leader to soar.”

I believe what Goleman is saying to be very true. He is saying that a leader must be very diverse in his leadership style. A leader cannot just be smart and have the "do's and don'ts" of leadership. He cannot just lead others with his head. A leader must also lead with his heart as Goleman has stated. A leadeder must be able to identify a negative situation such as a person breaking the rules and deal with it according to facts and known rules but also other significant emotional factors such as: is the the first offense? what is this persons character? How significant is the offense relative to other things I must deal with as a leader? Etc. A situation that is relatable to our age group is if a person on a sports team were to do something wrong during practice or during a game the captain of the team must deal with that person according to team and/or school rules but also take in personal matters such as the persons normal character and past offenses to the team/school etc.