I really enjoyed both the presentation and the lab for this weeks leadership principle. Despite some technical difficulties, I think Mr. Holmoe did a wonderful job of communicating the importance of being able to work together in a leadership environment. He shared with us some really awesome examples and stories that were easy to be apply to our lives. I really liked his firelighter/fighter comparison and thought that was a really good reflection exercise to connect that principle to our past and experiences. Now, what I loved about his presentation was the 5 Stages of Relationships breakdown. I think the building of relationships is so crucial for any leader, especially in the team environment. Working in conjunction with other people and trying to be a leader can be difficult, even more so when they consider themselves leaders as well. Then, I liked how Macy linked the importance of strong relationships to teamwork in lab. In fact, I loved lab this week and hope we can do more joint labs with the other sections of the class because those activities really helped me to branch out and have the opportunity to become more familiar with the people who share a common interest: leadership. For example, I hadn't made a very good attempt to get to know KC very well being that he joined our class after we had done introductions and I'm really glad I had the opportunity to be on his team in the lab and work with him in the activities. That really was a manifestation to me the power of working with other people and putting your trust in them and them doing the same with me and the catalyst that teamwork can be to building a relationship (Sorry if this is a little embarrassing KC, just thought it was a great example).
So last week one of my goals was to try and facilitate a little conflict resolution between two guys on my floor. Good news, I think they are patching things up nicely. We all ate lunch together in the Cannon the other day and everything seemed great, of course there was the occasional joke or two but I think they were purely playful. Even better was that they went and played basketball with a couple other guys on my floor and were on the same team and had a good time together. I wasn't there but I heard about a funny event of one of them having a pretty bad fall from an attempted layup and was glad to hear that rather than making offensive of mean jokes about it they were able to laugh together while retelling the story later on. I think that shows some obvious signs of improvement and less resentment on each end.
Well, a new goal of mine in regards to teamwork will be outside of my determined leadership role involving the guys on my floor; however, I had the opportunity to sign up with a friend's intramural football team and our games start this coming week. I think it is a great opportunity to build relationships with the guys on the team that I don't know and and opportunity to be a leader and example to them in a teamwork environment. I really look forward to applying the things discussed from our lab this week where we learned about the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team and I hope to inversely apply that knowledge.
Over and Out,
KELLON : )
Love the title. :)
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