Personal Leadership Journey Paper
Personal Leadership Journey Paper
Assignment narrative:
The purpose of the personal leadership journey assignments are to deepen your understanding about who you are today and what you personally bring to our community. Your reflections (thinking, beliefs, and personal opinions) will help us build our foundational thinking about how we want to define and talk about leadership in the weeks to come.
WHAT IS A REFLECTION ESSAY?
Most basically a reflection “shows a writer’s mind at work” as the writer expresses views or feelings about a question, makes observations about a contemporary problem, or illuminates a unique idea. Reflection writers reveal and discuss what influenced their thinking, such as life experiences (with your family, during our class, from their work, etc.), the voices from their past, class readings, and why these are important to you. These other voices and perspectives are not louder or more important than the writer’s own voice, but connect how the writer comes to the idea(s) expressed in the writing and why these are important for the writer. Reflection is shaped by the thing or things a writer wants to understand – about the world, an idea, or a work of writing. Often the shaping is about not only seeking to understand all three of these things – but to also reflect on how they connect.
A reflection does not simply summarize, report on, or describe events or moments. When you are writing in a reflective style you are sharing with the reader the WHY things are important and the BECAUSE behind your thinking of why. (i.e. As a leader I think it’s critical to take risks and share opinions that might not be ‘the norm.’ The reason I believe this is because..._)
One of the goals of this course is for you to discover and develop your voice as a leader. This assignment is one way in which we will journey together to discover this. It’s also one of the ways we seek to understand.
HOW IS THIS PAPER IMPORTANT TO YOU?
While the paper is a
Assignment narrative:
The purpose of the personal leadership journey assignments are to deepen your understanding about who you are today and what you personally bring to our community. Your reflections (thinking, beliefs, and personal opinions) will help us build our foundational thinking about how we want to define and talk about leadership in the weeks to come.
WHAT IS A REFLECTION ESSAY?
Most basically a reflection “shows a writer’s mind at work” as the writer expresses views or feelings about a question, makes observations about a contemporary problem, or illuminates a unique idea. Reflection writers reveal and discuss what influenced their thinking, such as life experiences (with your family, during our class, from their work, etc.), the voices from their past, class readings, and why these are important to you. These other voices and perspectives are not louder or more important than the writer’s own voice, but connect how the writer comes to the idea(s) expressed in the writing and why these are important for the writer. Reflection is shaped by the thing or things a writer wants to understand – about the world, an idea, or a work of writing. Often the shaping is about not only seeking to understand all three of these things – but to also reflect on how they connect.
A reflection does not simply summarize, report on, or describe events or moments. When you are writing in a reflective style you are sharing with the reader the WHY things are important and the BECAUSE behind your thinking of why. (i.e. As a leader I think it’s critical to take risks and share opinions that might not be ‘the norm.’ The reason I believe this is because..._)
One of the goals of this course is for you to discover and develop your voice as a leader. This assignment is one way in which we will journey together to discover this. It’s also one of the ways we seek to understand.
HOW IS THIS PAPER IMPORTANT TO YOU?
While the paper is a