The Complexities of Leadership

“A good leader isn’t someone who can climb to the top of the mountain, but someone who will help others get there as well”. I really admire this quote because in none sentence, it identifies the most critical role of a leader: to assist the people the people around him no matter how inconvenient for himself. This week, my leadership ability was tested extensively through my position as Co-President of Liberty High School’s HOSA, a medically oriented organization set up to increase student exposure to the field of medicine.

With the second biggest HOSA chapter in the district at 161 members, my school’s HOSA had the daunting task of separating all of these people into 4 groups based on competition, and then enter them into the national HOSA database. Being the one of most experienced officers of this organization, I knew better than the others how to manage this process and complete it effectively. Once I finished my portion of the job, I felt relieved as if I was finally finished. However, I saw that my obligation had not died, as the other officers faced numerous problems carrying out this task. They had not seen how to navigate the National HOSA website, and it was easy to get lost in all the information it provided. I has to reexamine everything I had learned and carefully helped them complete their sections of the registration.

This process took several and there was a lot of work I could’ve accomplished in this time. However, I realized then that when I signed up to be a leader of any sort, this is what it entails. I learned that I have to be able to put aside my life in order to help others in order to be the best possible leader. Without a doubt, from now on, that is what I will do.