Reflection Essay On Leadership

Leadership

1. Out of all my previous work experience, my time spent at Fortinos has been most effective in building trust amongst my team members and leading by example. While working in a fast paced environment with many duties, it was very important to me to establish myself as a trustworthy person. I accomplished this by going above and beyond in my duties, therefore proving I could be counted on to perform tasks efficiently and with a high degree of performance. I also built trust amongst my coworkers by having conversations with them outside of work, and getting to know them all very well. The trust I built with my team was helpful because my coworkers knew I could be relied on in times of need, whether it be taking over a shift, or completing

Throughout my term as Yearbook President, it was essential that I was able to facilitate engaging and productive meetings that allow for diverse opinions and focus on action plans. Since the yearbook had several set deadlines, it was important that my tem and I were focused on tasks in order to finish the book in time. However, I also had to make sure the meetings were engaging so everyone was present. Since it was a fairly small committee, it was important that everyone came to meetings, since there was an increased workload for everyone involved. I consistently reminded my team of meeting times, and followed up with those who did not show up in order to stress the importance of meetings. In addition, I regularly had food present at meeting in order to treat members. I held meetings by first explaining the goals for the week and my idea of how they were going to be facilitated. Then. I proceeded by listening to everyone’s ideas, and finding ways to incorporate them into the yearbook. I also listened to which pages my team wanted to work on, and delegated tasks based on group member’s interests. Then, I split the team into groups, had them work on rough copies of pages, and report back to me when they were finished. In reflection, this provided a good approach for the most part. However, I found that the much of the team was grade 12s, and a lot of them found it too hard to concentrate on both studies and extracurricular activities and stopped working on the yearbook.

For example, if I were Head Soph, I would organize a more diverse array of residence nighttime activities during Oweek. I found that many first years opted to drink instead of going to the nighttime programs due to the lack of interest, and this heavily conflicts with the “dry” Oweek Western is promoting. Although dances, movies, and game nights are fun, they do tend to become lackluster if those are the only programs scheduled night after night. In order to implement new Oweek programs, I would first send out a survey to all first year students asking which programs they enjoyed during Oweek, which programs they did not enjoy, and if they had any ideas they would like to see implemented in the future. By doing this, I aim to supplement my programming ideas with others’ feedback. Also, as many first years are planning to Residence Soph, it would give me valuable insight on how my Soph team may want to organize Oweek. Some ideas I have for new programs during Oweek include: Life size board games, human bowling (on the ice rink), and “Zorbing” down UC hill. I believe these events will gather a large crowd due to their popularity, and additionally, since they are entertaining activities many have never participated in before. I have investigated my ideas, and I believe that human bowling would be best suited to the South-Side