Deadpool Nemo Leadership Essay

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The project that Deadpool, Nemo and I chose was to work with the Center for Children and Families Inc. (CCFI) to host an after-school engineering event for the children in this program. The objective of our project was to reach out to local children and inspire an engineering mindset in the next generation. To accomplish this task, we initially started by contacting Oklahoma University’s SEED (Sooner Engineering Education Department) to receive training and instruction for the ping pong ball launcher project. After receiving training from Olivia Blount, we made arrangements with Tayler Taliaferro, a representative for The Boys and Girls Club Norman, to meet and discuss the implementation of the project. Both our group and The Boys

Within his book, he has a section titled “The Leadership Rules of Robert E. Lee (Brock 5).” The first rule I would like to discuss states “learn from your superiors… copy [their] techniques (Brock 6).” This directly applies to the training we received from the SEED department. They are the experts in doing the projects, so we happily accepted their input and utilized their presentation plan. This training allowed us to be prepared and seamlessly flow through the project. The next rule states “a leader is decisive (Brock 6).” This concept came into play almost every step of the planning process. Whether it was delegating tasks or planning with other organizations, being decisive allowed for a timely decision so we could move to the next step. While making plans with CCFI, it was imperative to be decisive when scheduling the date to complete our project since it was relatively short notice after speaking with Tayler. This directly relates to the last rule which states “A leader seizes the opportunities of the day (Brock 8).” Seizing this opportunity allowed us to complete our project on the last day of the teacher walkout when they needed the most