Jobzology Reflection

I naturally adapt to the role of being a leader and desire to provide additional assistance to others. I demonstrate outstanding

Since childhood, I had a chance to develop my leadership and organizational skills through sports and had my school team win many competitions. My school is one of the places where my leadership qualities are valued as I often become a head of many activities, such as staging plays, organizing shows and school trips with my teachers. Being a leader gives me the opportunity to work in a team and consider my peers’ ideas to make our plans creative and enjoyable for everyone. My personal traits help me to gain trust and respect of my peers as they believe me to be a positive, open-minded and reliable person. I have learned to solve problems and conflicts thanks to this great experience of leadership, and I am always ready to assist my peers when it is

Based from the Leadership Legacy Assessment, I scored higher in Truth-Seeker, Creative Builder and Advocate. For the most part, I definitely agree that I have the characteristics of a Truth-Seeker because I believe in fairness and I use my education to determine my actions. Maintaining fairness among peers or colleagues creates organization and balance. Unfortunately, hearing stories relating to inequality and unfairness lead to disparities in the healthcare environment, which is an issue that affects the quality of work and also affect patient outcomes. This is something I have also experienced from a healthcare environment and I learned that communication is a skill that can make a difference in how we work. Being firm, non-judgmental and respecting helps how others respond. When it comes to working with others, I was not able to take initiatives because I was the listener. But this was something I had to change about myself because nurses must work with a

In the Leadership Challenge, 4th edition, it is Kouzes & Posner (2007) intention to present a road map for individuals to follow on their leadership journey. The authors stress that “leadership is not a gene and it’s not an inheritance.” Leadership they assert is “an identifiable set of skills and abilities that are available to all of us” (p. 23). They make clear that the “great person” theory of leadership is “plain wrong.” Leaders are our everyday heroes who do extraordinary things on a regular basis (p. 23).

To begin, I see myself as a strong leader. I am a great communicator. I am very personable and outgoing; I could talk to anyone. Majority of my jobs have dealt with the public and with that I learned a lot about dealing with and communicating with people. I also communicate great with my peers in and out of the classroom. I have a lot of experience with group work and taking charge in

My duties in the long-term care community is the motivational factor in my enrollment back into school. As I reflect throughout the course, I realize that I had the ability and potential to excel in a leadership role. In module 3, we participated in the MindTools leadership assessment where I scored a 74 of 90. I scored strong on self-confidence and motivating people to deliver the vision. The areas that I needed to work on are: being a good role model, managing performance effectively, and providing support and stimulation. I scored 8 of 10 on positive attitude and outlook, emotional intelligence and providing a compelling vision of the future. I expressed that I was a bit disappointed to see myself scoring low on being a good role model because I considered myself one. In my current position, I lead by example. Leading by example has a significant impact on helping inspire your employees to do the same. Anyone can have a vision and can tell others how to execute that vision but leading by example is a way to demonstrate a better way of working (McCrimmon, 2011). Several people describe vision as an essential part of leadership, in contrast, leading by example is the key to becoming a successful leader. Consequently, the MindTools leadership assessment provided myself the inspiration to continue with a degree program in Bachelor Science of Healthcare Administration and Management.

I compared myself in my Mary Kay business as a leader to John Force. I know they definitely do not compare as he is a very successful and admired leader by many people worldwide. I was surprised with completing the Leadership and Team Self-Assessment that I was as strong a leader as I am (Porter-O’Grady, T., & Malloch, K, 2007). I have worked in this organization for two and a half years and have made little of it. I have not been dedicated myself and recently have started building on my company. I do work with many women who are as successful or as superior a leader as John Force, but I am not there. According to the assessment I do have excellent team leadership skills as I work with a team and have helped many women succeed. I recently began building my own team and have found that I do have some great leadership qualities. I want to see others succeed who are working with me as done John Force. I believe I could go far in my business with the excellent team leadership skills that I do possess as John Force as done. John Force never gives up no matter the

colleagues see me as a leader and worthy of representing them (7). In order to become a

In the past, I never really saw myself as a leader because they were described as people who had charisma and a very strong presence, while I stood as the polar opposite. It wasn’t until high school that I learned more of what makes a leader a leader, and that outward appearance is merely the shallow end of the ocean. My nature of yielding my personal interests for the needs of others and willingness to hear all opinions were long developed skills that I never labelled as part of that ocean, until now. I might not be the center of attention in most settings, but that does not make me any less of a leader. In this way, I fit the pillar of

I am in the program known as "Leadership" and my fellow classmates know me as the type of person who is hardworking, yet funny, but at the same time determined. I have seen way too many people in my lifespan that don't have any idea what they are doing with their life or the positions that I have. Being a leader is something I take very seriously as I know my fellow peers want an enjoyable four years of high school. Every day, I come in ready to learn from others that have more experience or are wiser in which I don't see life or any matters in a certain way. All I know that is that if you want something done, I'm the guy you'd

In Wes Moore’s, The Work, an inspirational journey is told influencing society to discover their path to purpose by not only living a prosperous life, but how to live a meaningful one. In addition to sharing his profound measures taken through risk-taking, courage and service as a way to learn his life’s worth, Moore shares the story of family members and entrepreneurs acts of humanitarianism that contributed to this as well. Leaving his mark on the world, Moore successfully delivers a moral lesson: mankind is inevitably intertwined and weaving valuable teachings from all walks of life creates an individual’s path to triumph. Nonetheless, living a life of meaning involves existing for more than oneself, creating freedom to pursue happiness, success and truly live. Prior to reading The Work, I read Moore’s first book, The Other Wes Moore, of in which I consider an intriguing follow up of the first. In addition to attending Dr. Skye Paine’s lecture on one of the key concepts of The Work, passion, meeting and conversing with Moore at the diversity conference simply solidified and confirmed my ideologies of him. His humbly vibrant, inquisitive and welcoming character made both his story and persona open, illuminating and pertinent. In reading The Work, and agreeing with his creeds I did not gain a new understanding, but reassurance of my understanding.

After taking the “Leading the Life You Want Assessment” I received the score of a 70 out of 90, which I felt answered accurately to my current state of mind and future. My score while only a few point above the average was not that surprising, since I have held a leadership role a few times before. Nevertheless, I wasn’t expecting my score to be all that high either, due to my ability to psych myself out in regards to anything that involves talking in public or handing out roles to individuals. It seemed my score closely resembles that of Bruce Springsteen, which I found quite interesting as he is a well-known artist who has no trouble singing and preforming in public, unlike myself. My strongest area of leadership skillsets was in Be Real,

Persons discussed in the following are: Marissa Newman - Petique Manager, Lisa Buck - Petique Supervisor, Caroline Tade - Petique Supervisor, Jill Santa - VP Human Resources (H.R.) and myself Sara Lambeth- Petique Coordinator

In The Work: Searching for a Life That Matters, Wes Moore shares his inspirational journey in discovering his path to purpose by not only living a prosperous life, but a meaningful one. In addition to sharing the profound measures taken to learn his life’s worth through valor and service, Moore shares acts of humanitarianism taken by family members and entrepreneurs, contributing to his success. Leaving his mark on society, Moore effectively delivers a moral lesson: mankind is inevitably intertwined and uniting valuable teachings from all walks of life creates an individual’s path to triumph. Nonetheless, living a life of meaning involves existing for more than yourself, creating the freedom to pursue happiness, success and truly live. Prior to reading The Work, I read Moore’s first book, The Other Wes Moore, of in which I consider an intriguing follow up of the first. Moreover, both Dr. Skye Paine lecture introducing passion as one of the key concepts of the book, meeting and shortly conversing with Moore at the diversity conference simply solidified and confirmed my ideologies of him and his message. His humbly vibrant, inquisitive and welcoming character made both his story and persona open, illuminating and pertinent. In reading The Work, I agreed with his creeds and did not gain a new understanding, but the reassurance of my understanding.

I think this class has helped me develop my overall abilities to create a proper training plan at my place of work. As you know, I am currently an intern at Kodak Alaris in the HR department. We both know there are many downfalls of Kodak Alaris but I believe these downfalls have created opportunities for an early career employee, such as myself, to come in and make a positive change. There were many positive learning’s I am going to take away form this class but overall it was the ability to think outside of the box and truly make a difference inside an organization. The most memorable learning’s and activities were Kirkpatrick’s Framework, group dynamics and proper communication skills when confronting an employee over an issue.