Managing Up Reflection Paper: “Managing Your Boss” Leadership & Organizational Behavior …show more content…
Having a bad relationship with your boss will ultimately drive you out of an organization but it might not even go that far, it could also halt your career within an organization. You also do not want your past relationship with your bosses get in the way of your current relationship with your boss. Your current boss is not like your own boss. They might seem the same but they are different. With having a good relationship with your boss, your boss will exactly tell you what he expects from you. With knowing what is expected from you and will help you develop the necessary qualities need to make you develop professionally. The relationship with your boss is not be one of an equal but should be more as a partnership type of relationship. This article made me think about my past and current bosses and how I hindered myself in my own personal development and growth. This article might have touched on other key topics but these are the ones that slapped me in the face or stood out. When I wrote slapped me in the face I meant it because what I thought would help me develop and grow within the organization, actually hindering me. I wish I would have started the MBA program a lot sooner because I might have still been there. Still I have no regrets because other opportunities have presented themselves. Next I will explain how I could have applied what I learned from reading these articles and I can even go as
Going into the meeting, my intentions for the focus student, at which I wanted my colleagues to notice, were the purpose of each work sample and the information required for each sample. The samples that were provided for my colleagues were the summative project, “Rock Detectives”, and the focus student’s interactive folder he used throughout the entire unit. Based on my colleagues describing the work, asking questions, and through speculation, the intentions were apparent. First, my colleagues were able to identify my summative project and was able to notice that the interactive folder was an ongoing activity throughout the lesson. Next, they pointed out the key vocabulary throughout my unit, “I see vocabulary.” Finally, they noticed that the information was organized throughout the three pieces of sample work, which they noticed my intention of organizing the academic language.
I decided to interview my mom, Maria, who is 51 and lives in Chelan, Washington. I selected my mom because she has lived in two different countries and was able to reflect on similarities and differences that she noticed. My mom grew up in Mexico, as a child she lived in a city, when she got into her teens her family moved to a small town in the southern part of Mexico and as an adult she moved to the US. I began the interview by asking my mom what sustainability was to her. She responded by saying sustainability is the ability to provide her family with the basics needed for their well-being while not being wasteful. According to Kuhlman and Farrington, “sustainability is concerned with the well-being of future generations and in particular with irreplaceable natural resources” (Kuhlman and Farrington, 2). It was interesting to compare both definitions as they both focused on the well-being of the future, and although my mom did not mention natural resources she did emphasize not being wasteful.
I’ll say right off the bat, this course was definitely more than just a history lesson for me. It was an exploration of ideas from the past, and I learned how those ideas can trickle down into the present and future. If I had to do it over again, I would definitely pay more attention to the legends, folktales, and out of class readings we had discussed since they are so rich in life lessons and human nature. Even learning about how the different cultures lived can teach these lessons as well. Maybe I was too naïve before: I expected this to be a boring history class, but ended up learning a lot about life in the end. If you look for some sort of insight, chances are you’ll probably find what you’re looking for.
Writing is a skill that has always come rather naturally to me. I do not remember struggling very much throughout school with written assignments, and I chose English for my undergraduate degree primarily because I enjoyed reading and writing so much. However, I do believe sometimes that the more naturally something comes to you the more challenging it is for you to teach that skill to someone else. I always use my father as an example when I discuss this concept with people as he is extremely adept at math. He struggled, though, with helping me with my math homework because math is something I find incredibly complicated and stressful. I do not see math the same way he does so it was hard for him to figure out why I was struggling. I struggle understanding why others struggle with certain aspects of writing, so this class along with other resources I have found through my studies, has been beneficial to give me strategies for how to address deficits within my students.
John Mason once said, “You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” Through these last few years at Marion Local High School I realized how similar everyone is. There are sixty-six people in my graduating class. Most are in three sports and are involved with church. I, however, am different. My focus is not on how well we play at a football game, but how much I can learn. Also new challenges that I can overcome. Within my community I try to be as different as possible, but is quite hard when there not many activities that not half of my class is already doing. And try as I might, sometimes I fail, but everyone does sometimes. However, I stand back up and try and try again.
The first of these pivotal experiences goes back to the day when ten year old me getting off my yellow bus and walking down my street approaching the silver fence opening my gate. I entered my house dropped my bag and ran upstairs entered the room she was laying down as soon as I walked in my mom said “I got some bad news”. At that moment my mind was fluttering with possibilities of what could it be. She said “ Your dad was incarcerated”. I didn't really know what to say at that very moment I didn't know what to think or how to act. I didn't see the severity of the situation until I realized he was going to be locked up in a cage for 5 years and then deported. I never visited him in prison because my mom didn't want me to see him. We mainly communicated through phone calls. Five years later when he was released I was already 15 years old. By than I had transformed from being a young naive, innocent girl. To an uprising young female, by the time I reunited with my father I was 17 years old and by than our relationship had become more strained.
Throughout this course we have done many writing assignments. These assignments have helped us learn how to use certain tools to help improve our writing skills. After learning these tools, we should be able to analyze other work, write a clear and organized essay, apply our own experiences and also using research to support our essays. My writings throughout this course have come to show that I know how to use these tools to make my writing better and more effective.
During my eight grade in highschool, I was the archetype of a school nerd. My only focus was to study and exceed my teachers’ expectations at the expense of any other extracurricular activities. As many common top students, I thought I had to conform to the school rules; that is, excellence can only be achieved through maintaining good grades. I believed I did not have the power to challenge this common conception. Power can be observed in a large scale such as a whole nation, but it can also be seen in a more narrow scale as within each individual. I did not realize how much power I had until I challenged my own beliefs and went out of my comfort zone by joining my school soccer team.
Our family immigrated to the United States when I was 5 years old. Not only did my parents have to adapt to a new culture and learn the language, but they also had to secure their finances. Despite having to overcome such hardships, my parents always maintained a positive attitude and a determined mindset. My father is now an esteemed software developer for a health insurance company. I learned from my parents that success was a matter of perseverance, hard work and dedication. Without inheriting these values, I would not be where I am today. I have been honored with the prestigious Jefferson award for my scholarship, leadership, and service to our community. My parents have ultimately been my inspiration throughout my educational and professional development.
I believe in a metaphorical home. Though I may be young and have so much ahead of me and I can’t be coddled for the rest of my life, I truly believe in letting myself fall back into that someone that is there for me. Whether it be a significant other, family or a friend, It’s always comforting to have that special someone. Someone that’s there when I need them most, that is willing to show me some tough love, and even just to have them in the back of my mind. Having that one thing to pick me back up when I fall apart is like a safety net when I just need to fall back.
During the summer of 2017 I worked on two different internships or projects. Both of the internships were completely different from the other. in one I work at a computer all day and the other I would spend out in the field working hands on with different equipment. I got to experience both ends of the spectrum of natural resource science. Both internships were helpful in helping me figure out which fields of natural resources that I was interested in, and which I might be interested in pursuing for future study and possible future job fields.
I chose assessment #10: Authenticity Scale (Biswas-Diener, 2010, p. 122) for my assessment. Between this current quarter and the last, I pushed myself beyond limits on another section of the Appalachian Trail. On the morning of day number 3 out of 6, I snapped a selfie of myself as I crested a ridge line on a bald (treeless ridge line with unlimited views). The photo was unique and looked manipulated with a filter due to the glare from the sunrise burning through thin patches of fog spilling over the ridge as if the mountain was an airfoil. That photo is now my Facebook profile picture and titled, “Nothing artificial.” I have always pushed myself to be true and authentic in all I do. That does not mean being perfect, it means being honest with myself.
Why is a question I often asked and never got the answer too. Being that I was and still am in a state of my life where all I can do is ask questions, I turned to philosophy. With getting my general education in mind I chose this class out of curiosity. Though it was not my intention to actually find meaning in the class, I did. It opened a light that I didn’t think shined as bright as it did. I’ve always let society and my past experiences determine my outlook on life and how I chose to present myself. Dealing with a lot of mental hindrances, like depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts, I was nearing my breaking point. Asking questions every day on what the good life was and whether I’d be happy I felt stuck. Now looking back through the semester, I’ve answered a lot of the questions I didn’t know I wanted to ask. Keeping my curiosity alive as well as, the question “Is this the life I want to live?”
For my second observation, I choose to focus on making a lesson that would benefit the students with their upcoming paper. I knew from their last paper (they analyzed a cartoon) that students struggled with two things: they either said too much or too little in their summaries and they had a tendency to use quotes when they meant to paraphrase. Therefore, I designed a lesson using picture books that would have students collecting information from a variety of sources, which they would have to do for their final paper, and summarize in their own words what they found.
There are over 4,200 religions throughout the entire world but I grew up in a Christian home believing that God is the way, the truth, and the life. Christianity is a religion of grace and mercy, but many people struggle to believe in a transcendent figure that they cannot see. I was taught that all concepts in the Bible were valid through the Nazarene church; these beliefs are confirmed, in my opinion by the plenary theory of inspiration. This is what I grew up believing about the Bible.