Reflective Essay
Final Reflective Essay
After reflecting on all of my past writing assignments it appears my most impressive work was my personal best essay. Although I put an equal amount of effort into my later essays as I did to my personal best for reasons I couldn’t explain at the time I wasn’t able to fully apply the material to my current professional life. The main difference between my personal best scenario and all of my other essays was that in my personal best I had a formal position title that officially made me the leader and since then I have not had a position where I had official authority over other people. Even though it was mentioned in class on numerous occasions that a position title within an organization does not necessarily make you a leader and that subordinates can still act as leaders to their supervisors; it wasn’t until now that I fully grasped that concept. Leaders are not born, they are made, and they are made through the five practices…
1). Modeling the way
2). Inspire a Shared Vision
3). Challenge the Process
4). Enable Others to Act
5). Encourage the Heart
In my personal best essay my five points were…
1). Taking initiative to run for the leadership position.
2). Formed a committee to help assist me.
3). Included my peers (committee and non-committee members) in the decision making process.
4). Stayed organized and made sure the committee was constantly evolving.
5). Gave recognition.
Modeling the Way
Modeling the Way is when leaders create standards of excellence and then set an example for others to follow. When I was elected to my leadership position as social chair (from personal best essay) in my election speech I stated my intentions of forming a committee and my commitment to elevating my fraternity’s social status on campus. I demonstrated this by providing all of the members of my fraternity with a prospective budget (based on last year’s social dues), all the venues where we could host events and the associated
After reflecting on all of my past writing assignments it appears my most impressive work was my personal best essay. Although I put an equal amount of effort into my later essays as I did to my personal best for reasons I couldn’t explain at the time I wasn’t able to fully apply the material to my current professional life. The main difference between my personal best scenario and all of my other essays was that in my personal best I had a formal position title that officially made me the leader and since then I have not had a position where I had official authority over other people. Even though it was mentioned in class on numerous occasions that a position title within an organization does not necessarily make you a leader and that subordinates can still act as leaders to their supervisors; it wasn’t until now that I fully grasped that concept. Leaders are not born, they are made, and they are made through the five practices…
1). Modeling the way
2). Inspire a Shared Vision
3). Challenge the Process
4). Enable Others to Act
5). Encourage the Heart
In my personal best essay my five points were…
1). Taking initiative to run for the leadership position.
2). Formed a committee to help assist me.
3). Included my peers (committee and non-committee members) in the decision making process.
4). Stayed organized and made sure the committee was constantly evolving.
5). Gave recognition.
Modeling the Way
Modeling the Way is when leaders create standards of excellence and then set an example for others to follow. When I was elected to my leadership position as social chair (from personal best essay) in my election speech I stated my intentions of forming a committee and my commitment to elevating my fraternity’s social status on campus. I demonstrated this by providing all of the members of my fraternity with a prospective budget (based on last year’s social dues), all the venues where we could host events and the associated