My Leadership Philosophy

A time I held a leadership position was this year for DECA. I was an involved member of DECA as a freshman, and I had been thinking of running for the vice president position as a sophomore. What really solidified my reservations was when the DECA teacher, Mrs. McGhee, asked me to run for an office. She told me that she noticed I was an invested member and that I would be a good asset to the board. I was so thankful she made this comment because that position in DECA was one of the things that really sparked my interest in leadership, and it helped me to learn more about how I lead. I was stressed at first because I was the first underclassman to ever be in a DECA officer position. When I showed up to the first officer meeting the next year,

Firstly, in my Academic Career, I have held a multitude of leadership roles. My sophomore year , I was a class representative for Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, commonly known as FCCLA. It was my duty to alert members and keep them up to date regarding meetings and activities. As a representative of FCCLA, I learned how to work as a unit leader and a team member.That same school year, I ran for the district office of secretary for FCCLA. The nomination and election process, gave me the opportunity to grow and nurture my leadership abilities. It was eminently challenging; but I learned the importance of discipline and hard work. I accomplished my goal and was nominated Secretary for FCCLA. This office allowed me to meet plenty

Leadership has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have always found myself taking on leadership roles, whether it be by volunteering or coordinating different projects for the benefit of my school or community. Taking on leadership positions has allowed me to develop skills in communication, delegation, and managing multiple tasks and deadlines. As a member of National Honor Society and an officer of Student Council, I am presented with various opportunities to show my leadership skills. For example, I have been in charge of planning multiple pep assemblies for my school. Helping coordinate blood and canned food drives, angel trees, as well as organize an abundance of fundraising events has created a sense of reliability

As a secretary for the Turlock FFA chapter, I consider myself a leader. I have a taken a leadership position that has expanded my knowledge of how a leader should be and how to take responsibility. I have influenced other members from my school to participate in events and attend meetings. I have shown them what I learned and how I applied it to my everyday life. I also learned that I can improve and better myself from trying an experience that would take me out of my comfort zone. It was a little challenging adapting and keeping up with the events and

The leadership positions that I hold include being a captain of the football team, a co-chair of the National Honor Society, and a co-chair for the Black Awareness Society for Education. Holding these positions has been both a honor and a struggle. Having so many responsibilities at the same time was a daunting task at first, but as the years progressed, I became more and more accustomed to the task.

There have been a couple times I have had to be a leader. My freshman, sophomore, and junior years, I was class president. This meant putting meetings together and running them, making sure we had a yearly fundraiser, and creating various homecoming activities including a float. The other students in my class voted me into that position, and there was no way I was going to let them down. As class president I showed leadership by listening to others and being open-minded, having confidence in what I was doing, and having patience when things were not going in the right direction.

The opportunity I received to go to the Chapter Leadership Camp has allowed me to experience a wide range of leadership aspects that I can apply to my chapter. I went on behalf of Mountain Pointe’s Early Learning Center Program as the president and as a part of FCCLA. We were able to attend leadership sessions based on your position, learn about success strategies based on your chapter, and take part in team-building activities. I had the favorable circumstance to meet others from all around Arizona and discuss different views on what it takes to be a leader. The experience has left me with the knowledge and understanding of leadership that I can apply to school and my everyday life.

One of my best leadership experience took place when I participated in the Motiv Teen Service Fellowship, which was a six-month fellowship that taught me what it takes to be a good service leader while also developing professional skills. The skills were then applied when I paired with a local nonprofit (Father Joes Village) to co-facilitate and market service projects that provided countless homeless people with food and clothes. After weeks of

In high school I have had so many opportunities to be involved in leadership positions and allowing me to have great experiences. A couple leadership groups that I am currently in are Got Bounce? and Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP). Got Bounce? is a group that promotes positive resilience throughout our school community district and allows us to do community service projects and help the community out. Some projects we have done are military and the woman and children's home care packages where we gave both groups care packages that had some helpful necessities such as dental hygiene, positive notes and some Halloween candy with it being around the time of Halloween. Another service project that we did were called buddy benches for the

I have had leadership positions starting with club executive roles in high school and with the Nutrition Society here at Johnson & Wales. I am an alumni of several leadership seminars such as the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar and Sunflower Girls State. The latter is a program that focuses on teaching young adults how the government functions and includes valuable lessons of how to represent the will of others when you are in a leadership position.

At this point in my life I have had many experiences with leadership and it has affected my life. By far the position that has impacted me the most has been being drum major for our high school band.

Fortunately, I do have some leadership experience in school and in the community. Though it may seem like ages ago, I was a student body representative at Black Rock Elementary school. This was a great experience for me because it was a taste of what to expect as a class president. I have also taken the leadership position in several class projects in middle school. Many would say that class projects don't count as experience, but they are very valuable because one becomes exposed and connected to several individuals and their

This past summer I had the chance to attend the Summer Leadership Institute at Marquette University. During this time I gained a better understanding of leadership opportunities available to me if I were to enroll there. We had the chance to volunteer at a local food pantry called Feeding America. From there we then divided into several groups at the pantry. In order for each group to be successful, there was a system developed within that group. My group was in charge of packing all sorts of food into boxes. In Eastern Wisconsin, 1 in 7 people are facing hunger. The project that I was able to take part in improved the lives of many all over Eastern Wisconsin. No student really assumed a leadership role besides the counselors, but this was

I participated in Youth Leadership Obion County and received a great education on how to be an effective leader as well as how to correctly follow direction. I helped lead the Ridgemont Academic Bowl Team to a first place finish in the Obion County Academic Bowl Competition my freshmen year of high school and a second place finish last year. As an upperclassman

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