effort are all reguired from a leader as the
catalyst to turn an employee's potential into reality. The second iob I had after college as a personal trainer was in a gym where strong leadership seemed to be completely absent. The primary role of a leader is to influence others to
voluntarily seek defined objectives (Newstrom 2014), and at this gym l felt like I was on my own to define these obiectives and figure out on the fly how to achieve them. I have said it a few times, what I do is all about sales and that creates a ton of competition at work. Looking back i felt like all of my coworkers and myself
included had adapted the persona of an alpha-dog. We were all seeking to maintain control and be the best in an aggressive fashion and that's because we had to fend for ourselves. Working at this company was like being thrown to the wolves. At times when things didn't necessarily go my