Personal Narrative: My Interview With A Manager

This weekend I interviewed J.Cherrelle Leslie, a very well-known young lady from my hometown of Fairburn Georgia. Leslie has just recently received her masters in transformative leadership from Bethune Cookman University this year but also has an associates in business administration and a bachelor degree in business with a concentration in marketing. This summer she started her first job since graduating from Bethune at Savannah State University where she is the Athletics Compliance coordinator. I choose to interview Ms. Leslie because I have an interest in marketing and she also graduated from Clayton State University with a bachelors in business concentrated in marketing in 2009. Although her current job does not deal with marketing, she

Guiliana has an Instagram page dedicated to clean eating where she posts about her journey to exploring new ways to eat clean, stay active and raise awareness for positive body image. As Assistant Community Manager, Guiliana is Jessica’s sidekick and they work together as a team. Guiliana helps Jessica develop the semester strategy and makes sure that everyone on the Leadership Team stays on top of their work. She is responsible for staying on top of delegated tasks, identifies any inconsistencies or opportunities for improvement across chapter, and co-manages email communication. Other members of the e-board include the Events Coordinator and Marketer. The Events Coordinator’s has to figure out what workouts will be hosted, which speakers from the community should be brought in, and manages scheduling and logistics of meetings/ workouts. The Marketer is responsible for spreading the word about Fit University around the UConn campus. The Marketer, who is also known as the M, manages and executes all promotional activities, manages all social media, and co manages email communication with the Assistant Community Manager,

I have always loved justice, and have a very strong sense of patriotism. I was attacked by a terrorist cell while I was stationed in what was Bhutan. I led my squad out alive, except for our EOD man. He sacrificed himself for the rest of us, and was later recognised with the Medal of Honor.

“Okay, do you have everything?” My mother seemed to ask me for the tenth time within five minutes. I rolled my eyes and nodded at the older woman.

On 06/23 I interviewed my supervisor, Ms. Celeste Johnson. She started college of like most college students do major wise, which was undecided. So she made a decision to pick education as her major but luckily for her she only took core classes, so she still had time to make a switch in majors before it got too late. The education major and social work major classes were in the same building, so she one day stumbled across what was a social work roundtable meeting and she was listing to the conversations which was more interesting to her than education so that is when she decided to make the change to social work. Ms. Celeste attended college at Troy State in Troy, Alabama. Her main goal that she had while going to school was to find an agency where she could move up in the social work

By the time I knew what I was getting myself into, it was already too late.

I managed to balance two jobs while focusing on my studies and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing. After my internship at PetSmart, I was promoted to be the sales department specialist in the Shoes department at Nordstrom Rack in Brea. I was responsible for training and coaching my team on how to provide outstanding customer service. I lead by example in handling and resolving customer issues on a daily basis. I always find the best solution for the customer and follow up with them to ensure they are satisfied. I was the liaison between management and the employees. I compiled monthly report on the department results, goals, and opportunities in order to communicate it to the

The girl who I’d grown up with since preschool had a small tremble in her hands and couldn’t write legibly. Being bullied at a young age and didn’t pick up a pencil for the rest of elementary school, took its toll. But she sung the loudest songs and kept you on the edge of your seat with the passion that flowed from her vocal chords. She could talk for hours on end and listen just as well. She did all her work vocally and may have gotten the best grade in the class. Never giving excuses and always taking the hard route, and continued humming along the way.

I interviewed the boss and manager at Arnett Farms. Even though they are father and son I thought they would be two great people to interview. I picked Dylan becuase he is fairly new in the industry but he has a lot of knowledge and knows what it is like to be in my position. He has been farming pigs for about ten years but he is the same age as I am. He did not go to college for pig farming yet, but you do not have to go to college for all parts of animal science. Picking someone new who is young was important to me because I will be new so I can conncet with Dylan in that way and I have not been to college for aninmal science yet either. Gregg has been doing this for a very long time, so I thought I would also have someone who has the expierence and

Throughout this course, I have been able to identify what leadership philosophy I have developed. I believe the best way to start to describe my philosophy as a law enforcement professional, would begin by quoting Peter Drucker, “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things”. My leadership philosophy similarly founded on such a statement. I believe that as I leader doing things right, creates opportunities to always do the right thing.

A horrendous thing that happened to me was the time when I broke my foot. The positive side of that is that I learned my lesson. I was at my grandparents house about 3 years ago, and my little cousins and I were playing tag. I then leaped off 2 steps and landed on the rocks that were a few feet from the stairs. My foot started hurting horribly and my parents came to check on me. I limped all the way to the couch and had to put ice on it. We then left and I went straight home my parents did not think that it was broken or sprained. For the next 3 weeks I had went and was running and jumping on it my foot hurt continuously, especially when I had to run the 3 miles. So finally, my parents brought me to the hospital and the doctors gave me an

Tiara I also worked for a Results Only Manager, and it was not my best experience. The environment was fast-paced, and we were responsible for meeting the need while ensuring we did it adequately and with a smile on our face. However, due to the needs of the company, there came a time when we had to bid for new schedules. Although I ranked #9 out 92 workers, I lost my schedule. The company understood my situation, and they knew that I needed a particular schedule to accommodate my lifestyle as a military spouse, and unfortunately, I lost the schedule I needed. Needless to say, I had to quit my job. I was devastated because I worked hard to meet the goals of the company and I did it well for almost five years; however, the Results Only Managers

I’m a Customer Service Supervisor who loves to mentor and develop team members. I was a Customer Service Rep for Verizon for six years and then a Customer Service Team Lead for two years at Jackson Heights Delivery, where I supervised 14 call center reps in a fast-and-furious environment. I’m looking to join an organization that views excellent customer service as a competitive

The first is -Your Leadership Legacy by Robert M Galford and Regina Fazio Maruco (Galford & Maruca, n.d.). When I took this test I scored 16 points out of 25 for Ambassador (Galford & Maruca, n.d.). I scored 13 out of 25 for Advocate (Galford & Maruca, n.d.). I scored 18 out of 25 for People Mover (Galford & Maruca, n.d.). I scored 17 out of 25 for Truth Seeker (Galford & Maruca, n.d.). I scored 14 out of 24 for Creative Builder (Galford & Maruca, n.d.). I scored 15 out of 25 for Experience Guide (Galford & Maruca, n.d.).

One weekend I went out with friends for the first time since returning to campus from winter break. It was also the first time I smoked weed since breaking up with him, and I had also been drinking that night. I did have fun; my friends looked out for me and dropped me of in my dorm. But once I was in my room, he contacted me wanting to talk. Up until then we had not been in communication because he expressed having no desire to talk to me after “what I did” to end the relationship. I was aware of my state and told him I was not sober. Apparently neither was he, which would supposedly make us “talking” better cause it would be more “honest”. So he comes over and I let him in. I have so many regrets, but I also know that my decisions while under the influence did not give him the permission to do what he did. I let him into my room, I let him talk to me because I could not respond with what I wanted to say to him in my state, I let him kiss me because I could not resist him…and he took it further than I wanted to go. A week later, I confided to one of my Academic Deans about what happened and an Order of No Contact was put into place.