Panelicious

So as we come to an end I just wanna say I loved having the opportunity to take this class, meet all of you wonderful people, learn and grow together, and lead in my leadership role! The panel was great on Monday! It was nice to get to hear from people who aren't too much older than us and hear their perspective on where leadership has taken them in their lives. Sorry this post is so short, but it definitely doesn't undermine the wonderful and plentiful new things I have learned this semester about leadership!!

See ya later
Kellon

Change.

It is definitely to my understanding that change is constant and inevitable just as our speaker explained in class this week. I also think it is only logical that change will either have a good or bad impact on the individual or group. I hope that I will be able to make more improvements than downgrades due to change in my leadership role and I hope to do so by seeking feedback often of what the guys on my hall think. I liked how our speaker said this is what good leaders do throughout change because they care abput the impact on those they lead. I have really come to understand that  my own leadership style is centered on the relationships I have with those I'm leading so that is why I think that concept is so vital and definitely important to me as I lead change. I liked some of the other important concepts in leading change that our speaking shared with us and also that we established in Lab. Of those are Truth and Flexibility. I've noticed that truth is definitely a foundational brick to leadership as several of our speakers have mentioned its importance in different areas and principles of leadership. Again, truth comes down to the importance of building strong authoritative relationships with those that you lead. Next, I have forgotten what it feels like to be physically flexible. Recently, I've had the opportunity to take part in the spring football intramurals and boy am I sore after each game despite the stretching I've started to do before and after the games. This reminds me that flexibility is a difficult characteristic to gain and really must become a habit. Flexibility is definitely something I want to work on in my leadership role. As we near finals, any plans we make as a floor may be difficult to please everyone and work with all the study schedules, so I think I should be more flexible in planning events until I have a feel for when and what would work best for the guys on my floor. Furthermore, I really enjoyed the story of the penguins and their melting iceberg in class as I think it was a wonderful example of leading change successfully for the benefit of the group. I'm glad we got to talk about a new model of leading change from that book and I think the worksheet we were given will be great for remembering and applying Kotter's Eight Steps. Also, it is going to be a tremendous help to me on our final papers!!!

Love this class!
Kellon