Reflection Paper On High School Leadership

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High School Leadership: The Initial Building Blocks of Organizational Behavior The event I will be pulling from is from an era where I believe everyone tries to find themselves before experiencing college: high school. In high school, I was a part of the student council/government organization as the student body president. With that title came responsibilities created not only by myself, but also from my sponsors and the faculty. From my experience of leading a large number of members during my term, there are supplemental concepts from lecture that I believed served a main purpose in what made our group work so well together during the most high pressure situations in running a major organization that represented key school activities …show more content…

In Units 1-4, there is a demonstration of components that make up the individualistic atmosphere of a team, group, or employees. As a high school student at the time, I had to remember my ability to contribute to the student government in my strongest areas. These all led to the motivational factor of the group. We were motivated by the fact that we as a group could create school activities that were successful only if our efforts were successful. I was able to learn things about myself as a leader in what I could improve on, what can stay, and what needed to be left out. Leadership opportunities may feel intimidating at first but they have the capacity to provide major breakthroughs in one’s own ability to change not only their lives but also the lives of others. Positive experiences in leadership do not have to be sporadic but when they are negative they can cause a permanent or hard to change opinion of disliking group work. In the entrepreneurship, business, or corporate workforce, work ethic is collective and is depended upon the make-up of a company. Working well with others is a strategy that can help make life easier in the undertakings someone chooses to pursue. As college is coming to an end, it is interesting to see where old memories will show up in the academic process such as MAN 320F. That one experience of leadership during my high school years is an example to learn, develop, and apply the skills I have assimilated into the times my academics required leadership as they transcend into skills for the real world. Learning leadership is an infinite

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