Personal Narrative: My Ability As A Schulich Leader

During my high school years, I can confidently say I have excelled in my academic endeavours. This success is partially due to my desire to learn. I am always intrigued by the lessons and concepts that are at the core of assigned work. My passion for learning has facilitated my learning process; because I am usually interested in the material that is being taught, my ability to retain and understand information is heightened. My academic success is also due to my drive to do the best I can. Since grade nine, I have demanded excellence from myself in all academic subjects. I strived to perform to the best of my abilities in the first high school years so that I would adopt that habit early and take it with me through the senior high school years. Finally, my academic excellence

It is evident that Schulich Leaders are individuals who possess the ability to leave an impressionable impact on their school and beyond. Throughout my educational pathway, I have consistently dedicated my time and effort for the greater good of my fellow students, staff, and community members. I have always been naturally inclined to lead individuals, as it gives me the opportunity to express and develop my capabilities as an exemplary role model. Particularly, I demonstrate these characteristics through a variety of extracurricular activities and clubs, where my tendency to propose, carry out, and offer insight on the issues at hand never goes unnoticed. Due to the fact that I am a diligent and thoughtful individual who never rests until my endeavours materialize lends to the notion that I will undoubtedly make an outstanding Schulich Leader.

A great Schulich leader is one who is more than an excellent academic. Such a person incorporates his/her knowledge with intrapersonal skills, courage, and passion to enrich and inspire others towards a common goal. As a person who has invested significant energy in this regard, I strongly believe I embody these characteristics. These interactive experiences have shaped me into a person that actively strives for success in myself and in others. Thus, I demonstrate the qualities fundamental of a Schulich Leader because I participate in activities to improve my leadership skills, serve my community for the betterment of all, and bring about positive change.

I have always known I love change, but from this class, I learned change is the hallmark of a leader. As John C. Maxwell says in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, “Growth = Change.”The leadership assessments allowed me to understand myself in a new way. Because I am a curious green thinker, I need explanations and answers to understand my world. I tend to see the big picture of a project and my mind motivates me toward something new or improved. I am curious about new opportunities because I easily become bored with routine. Learning I have these characteristics has increased my confidence to pursue future leadership roles in a small to a mid-sized position.

However, without proper management, leadership and global vision, this ideal can never be achieved. Business is the one field that invokes and teaches leadership as a lifestyle and brings all fields together to promote one goal. Without leaders to provide purpose, direction and collaboration, not even the smartest team can complete simple tasks. Ross nurtures leaders to help the world create solutions to complex problems such as global sustainability. The Sanger Leadership Center will help develop my core values and give skills to affect the world through unique challenges such as the Crisis Challenge. Surrounded by other students with similar goals but diverse mindsets and backgrounds through the LeaderX program allows for the development of a leadership style that does not merely work in all settings, but excels at stimulating the minds of everyone. I do not want to be the passive bystander while the world and my family face the sustainability crisis. I need to be raised into a global leader with strong values and purpose that can change the face of environmental issues and social impact. No longer will be the boy powerless to climate change. No longer will be the student helpless to others’ poverty. No longer will be the follower incapable of fostering

Being a leader is not considered a job or position. Becoming a leader is not a talent, job or position. Although, leadership can be rewarding and difficult at the same time. In today’s society, “the kind of leadership necessary to move social movements forward is very different from the type of leadership required in a military setting, especially on the battlefield. A more sharpened focus on leadership processes versus individual leader traits and behaviors deepens our understanding of the complexities and interactive nature of leadership” (Komives, Lucas and McMahon 2013, 46). My goal is to understand how to face the complexities in life as a leader to communities, universities, organizations, the workplace and the world. As a leader,

School communities must have leaders that continually strive to learn, grow, and reflect on their experiences to make a significant impact. I plan to incorporate these same ideas when embarking on my new role as a supervisor. I have expanded and refined my experiences as a teacher since I embarked with cohort four on this leadership journey, and I feel equipped to be the effective leader that will truly make a difference in our schools. This year’s courses and high expectations from our faculty have provided me the opportunities to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses on a scale larger than that of the classroom. Our projects and meaningful discussions have helped shape my leadership philosophy.

A leader takes diligent time in considering the ability to adhere to other people’s interests and presents their followers with a positive mindset. This summer, I accepted an invitation to participate in the Dale Carnegie Young Adult Leadership Program. Attendees of this program learned several skills that can be applied to future experiences, especially on how to become an effective leader. Everyday, the attendees acted as leaders by accomplishing various tasks that forced them to reach out of their comfort zones. We acted as leaders by leading group

For me to become a leaders at Chowan I would do the best of my ability to lead and show character upon the Chowan student body and the faculty. I will show honesty by following what I was taught in high school “‘Thy shalt not lie, cheat or steal”. I will go by the Honor code “I have neither given nor received help on this work nor have I witnessed anyone else do the same.” For example One time I challenged my self was when I was duck hunting with my grandfather in Currituck, NC. There was a debate going on with the Navy and the local farmers across eastern North Carolina. I made my own decision, back in North Carolina there was a protest going on it was called “No OLF” which meant No Outlying Landing Field. The government was trying to build

Here’s the secret of leadership: it’s not about standing out above others or controlling teams and situations. It’s not even about winning. It’s motivating, encouraging, and helping your team achieve excellence; it’s stepping up to the challenges you will face in the name of your team and your goal, and above all, it’s creating a difference. Although leadership is unique to everyone, I strive to meet these standards, then push even further, which is exactly why I would be a great Schulich Leader.

Education has always proved to be adequately stimulating for me; even today, I still find myself diving deeper into a topic of interest than ever before. This educational stimuli has become an invigorating experience for me, and because of this, I have pushed myself

The first time I saw one of those navy blue National Honors Society shirts, I was enthralled. I was in middle school, attending a high school girls basketball game, and the National Honor Society was running a fundraiser during half-time. I did not know what the group was fundraising for, or what the shirts represented, but I did notice that all of the seniors who I looked up to were participating in this. The track runners whom I admired, the top of the class scholars, and the few seniors who would apologize if they accidentally banged into my huge backpack, were all a part of this prestigious group standing on the large Scarlet bird in the center of the gym. I did not know what it meant then, but I knew I wanted to be just like them.

Known as an academic deviant, I greatly value the experience of learning and not just excelling in grades. I concede and understand that textbooks and classes are important, but there is more to learning than that. Being inquisitive has led me to go beyond school texts, I have read widely on literature, philosophy and many other topics. Eventually, I pursued an ACCA Diploma in Accounting during my tenure in national service and am now learning how to code in Python and HTML5 from online platforms.

My definition of leadership is the capacity to motivate and to lead others towards a shared objective or want with the capacity to empower individuals and enable them to look for their method for accomplishing their objectives, empowering imagination and diversity and having the capacity to influence these diversities to work. A leader ought to likewise be consistent with communication, in a way that speaks to the standards professed in each part of individual lives. Leaders ought to have a huge feeling of regard for their environment and be exceptionally cautious with how they communicate. As a leader I should have the capacity to guide myself and impact people around me, being a role model with expected behaviors, and leverage strength,

Most of my experiences dealing with leaders and managers involve me being the subordinate one who reports to them. While working at Panera Bread, I experienced a lot of management styles and took that opportunity to learn what kind of manager I would want to be, but more importantly what kind I would not want to be. Some shift managers were respectful towards their coworkers and genuinely treated us as equals. However, a few of the magers that worked there took advantage of their power and used it to direct other employees around with no given guidance or explanation. An example of this is that one day I got to work like normal and checked my schedule to see whether I was working drive thru or the main line and realized I was given a shift as a waitress. I had