Personal Narrative: My Trip To The Summer Leadership Academy

Describe a specific example(s) of your personal growth and development through your leadership experiences in college. See the help text for additional direction.

During the my sophomore year of high school, I decided to join a club at my school name Intercat. Intercat is a great way to help out in my community and my school. Over the time I contribute a positive change in my school by joining the Teen Suicide Prevention and Awareness which we learn how to help someone out if we notices that they are going to a hard time. In my community I have done Feeding America, Keeping Moreno Valley Beautiful, Rotary Thanksgiving Dinner, Ride Moval, Helped out the Senior Center cleaning, The Springtastic Festival, I helped out with the Senior Citizen Prom and a lot more.At the end of my sophomore year I did 84.5 hours of community services. I loved helping out so I did it again, my junior year during for school

The purpose of this is to put forward my personal leadership philosophy. Communication is key to the success and failure of most everything that we do, and that

My journey in attending Howard University was not easy nor smooth sailing. The process in determining whether or not I would be a Howard Bison, was strictly contingent on the financial means of my family at the time.

For the past 3 summers I have been a part of a Leadership in Training summer Camp run by the YMCA. It is a two week event, the first week is your “Training”. This is where you play team building games, and learn to solve problems as a group. The second week, your skills get put to the test. On the first day of the second week you get assigned to a group. The groups are sorted by age, the ages range from preschool to 5th grade.( I normally request the preschoolers). There is normally 1-2 counselors per group. You assist the counselors along with help the kids do fun activities such as fishing, canoeing, archery, and arts and crafts. A lot of patience is needed for this, along with the ability to say “no” sometimes.

’m the first one to be born And it’s my responsibility To leave traces For others to follow I have to be cautious Or I might step into The wrong ground Letting the roots swallow me up There’s so much pressure in me I’m a perfectionist But inside me, I’m feeble I insist, this is nobody’s job There are only two options: Either

For the duration of this Intermediate Leadership Experience (ILE) the five concepts that stood out to me most are the dehumanized climate from Interpersonal Communication, the Contemporary Motivation Model from Leader Influence, Ethical Dilemmas used in Military Ethics from Leadership and Followership, Discipline Model (DM) Arena 1- Prevention from Leader Influence on Subordinate Behavior, and from Effective Negotiations the Who, Stakes, and Situation concept. These concepts standing out lets me know that I am still developing as a leader. To define myself as specific leader or with a specific style, I would say that I’m adaptable. These concepts also let me know that regardless of what I already know there is always something to learn

Imagine a young seventh grade student sitting in front of a massive room full of unfamiliar faces. Today her hair looks much nicer than usual, and she is wearing clothing with price tags that are freshly removed. Her breathing becomes uneasy and her hands shake. A deep breath escapes her shallow chest, she folds her hands delicately in her lap, and the questions begin. That was me. The interviews for Leadership Academy seemed daunting; I just wanted to become one of the fortunate students that would get the opportunity to excel for one week over the summer. At the conclusion of the interview process, I longed to see my name on the list hanging in the hall. Finally, at the bottom of the list, there sat my name. However, I never knew the impact Leadership Academy would have on my life. Now, as a senior in high school, I truly understand the positive impression attending Leadership Academy left on me. Personally, two examples bring me pride when referring to my skills as a leader.

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Over the course over the summer, I completed 125 hours of volunteer work with the Street Team for the sport athletic market department here at North Carolina State University. Throughout the summer, the summer interns put together a master list of different events throughout the community and university for the other volunteers and me to attend. Each month I would be scheduled to attend different events in which I would promote NC State athletics. It was required that I arrived 30 minutes to an hour prior of start time to set up what was needed for occasion. There was a checklist created to make sure that I had everything that was needed to run a successful event. Mainly, the objective was to promote NC State athletics by handing out and distributing giveaways and apparel. Usually there would be a prize wheel stationed on our table,

Being a leader is much more than just a position. During my first year in the Summer Youth Leadership Program (Summer Youth for short), I got a glimpse of what it felt to be a responsible young adult, amicable colleague, and a good friend. I relished my time at the

“The goal of leadership is to connect to the journey of transformation…not whether they will transform but how they will change and what condition they will be in at the end of the change cycle” (Porter-O’Grady & Malloch, 2018, p. 592). My hope in this leadership journey is that I learn to embrace and nurture the characteristics that build me up to be a successful leader, and that I evolve those attributes that challenge me to be a powerful visionary in the industry. Much like a caterpillar’s evolution towards change, my goal at the end of this voyage is to learn more about who I am and what I can accomplish. This process will demonstrate how I can continue to grow as a person and as a future leader through my own strength of courage, self-reflection, and deeper perception of innate strengths and weaknesses. When that time comes, the butterfly will only be the beginning of this new chapter.

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