WHAT I LEARNED
1) Reflect on your understanding of leadership. How has it changed over your time in PL? What do you think of leadership now/What does leadership mean to you now?
A: I learned that there are different facets of leadership- whether it would be traditional leadership, where a normal leader steps up to the plate, like Martin Luther King, Jr., or citizen leaders, who inspire people from the inside, like a coworker that rallies everybody. I also learned how power is used, whether soft, hard, sharp, or smart, and how they can be used for different purposes- for example, smart power can be used to be diplomatic but firm when dealing with our allies. I also learned how to ascertain leadership via finding a good group to donate $1,000 to, and on the way learning how different collaborators can come up with different ideas and different positions. I also learned about the various artifacts of leadership, such as how toxic leadership has been seen as good (though short-term) or how leaders sometimes have to make difficult decisions.
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2) Describe your leadership style referencing Strengths, leadership theories/styles, etc from class.
A: I would consider myself as a leader who is consistently collaborative, and someone who would ask for their inputs and what they think about something. I regularly tend to use soft power, and tries to keep the peace the best I can. I also try to maintain a set of ethics and codes when I lead, as I do not like breaking the rules or doing something bad to get my way.
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3) What facilitated the change in your understanding of leadership? Upload at least 3+ artifacts as evidence and discuss WHY you chose them. Describing WHY you uploaded something is more important than the item itself.
A: What facilitated the change in my understanding in leadership was doing hands-on tasks and trying to find different solutions, such as the experiment where groups represented countries, and we tried to prevent one country from hurting refugees. I also read a book called Cant Hurt Me, which gave me an understanding on persistence and going the extra mile.
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I wrote an essay on carry-on guns on campus, and there I explained my stance on why carrying guns on campus is a bad idea. This was an example of leadership because this shows that I understood how to defend a stance and when it comes to it, I am able to lead people who agree with me, but I also want to understand why people disagree with me.
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I also wrote about my leadership philosophy, and that was essentially me explaining who I aspire to be as a leader- someone brave and someone who stands up for what he believes in. This shows that I know what I want in a leader and what I want to do to get there.
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This power-point was me defending an argument over as to why Zack Snyder's Justice League should be watched and supported. This not only shows that I am willing to defend my arguments, it shows how I respect a leader with a vision and how it should not be tarnished unfairly, and it also shows how I understand how people should listen to others.
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4) How have you used an element of leadership learned through PL in your life? (either a formal leadership role or a personal interaction).
A: When we did the Violence Prevention group work in CPPL101, I immediately took charge and tried to figure out where we wanted to go, dividing types of violence into different types and picking the best one, and then helped divided the group into smaller factions to help out with the logistics of getting ads out to find clubs that could use $1000 to prevent sexual violence (the type of violence we agreed upon).