What Qualities Will You Help The Construction Industry?

This semester, we learned specific ways to build our leadership capabilities by reading “How Remarkable Women Lead” by Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, researching Boston women leaders, interviewing a present day woman leader, and reading a group book. Throughout all of these resources and research, common themes of how to be a successful leader emerged. Not only did I learn more about leadership in general, but I also found ways to improve my own leadership without going too much out of my comfort zone. The important lessons of leading with perseverance, framing, and an activist's mindset thoroughly influenced my identity as a leader and gave me new tactics to grow as a person.

Learning how to be a leader in all types of situations has been one of the most important skills which I have acquired. The most important growth in my leadership skills was through 4-H where I served as President, 1st Vice President, and various other positions. I learned valuable public speaking skills from a lawyer who was teaching a public speaking class and was able to apply this in the various duties I undertook as leader of my club. Now I step into leadership roles with confidence, trusting my ability to work with and lead everyone in the group. When I join the scholars at the Hankamer School of Business, I will be able to fulfill any leadership positions necessary with confidence, whether it be in a small group or large group

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.

Throughout my time as a young adult I have had countless amounts of people tell me that they see me as a leader. They told me that I have the traits and the skills of someone who can have success in leadership positions. Truthfully, I never really understood what they meant. I knew that I was a good public speaker, but I never really understood what else I had. In high school I was always put in leadership positions whether it was an officer of the National Honor Society or captain of my sport teams, but I never really understood what drove me to attain those positions. I continued my quest for leadership positions in high school with every student organization I joined. Whether it was Pi Kappa Phi fraternity or Dance Marathon I felt the need to prove to others that I can more than just a member, but a leader. It wasn’t until I took this class that I truly understood what made me a leader. Because of this class I was able to better understand what are my leadership traits, my leadership styles, and how I use those in order to attain and succeed in leadership positions. Throughout this paper I will explain how Career Leadership Academy allowed me to realize what made me a leader and analyze the ways to improve at my future leadership positions.

A leadership session taught me the difference between a leadership position and a position of leadership. When I became a member of the student government association, I obtained a leadership position. Only now can I fully say that I am in a position of leadership. It’s not about being better than anyone else; it’s about being the piece of

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

My own unique leadership experiences have shaped me over the years. Peer leadership and the Chick-fil-a Leadership Academy have offered me a wide variety of unique leadership experiences. I have learned so much from organizing charitable events, to teaching social skills to autistic and other special needs middle-schoolers and the ABCs and 123s to kindergartners. As a role as Varsity lacrosse captain allows me to mentor and share my experiences with other players. Last year, my advice helped a player decide not to quit the team.

The Shadow Leader Project has been the most informative, empowering, eye-opening assignment and experience, I have endured through all of my years as a college student. Not only did I learn small details of the construction work zone, but most importantly, through Krystal, I learned what obstacles she faces being the only woman working in a predominantly male- dominated field, and how she overcomes those obstacles to obtain, persevere, and break through the glass ceiling to achieve excellence and status within her title as, Construction Management Surveyor at Engineer Surveyor Hawaii.

Being a CLP Fellow would allow me the opportunity to meet like-minded individuals that desire to enhance their leadership experience throughout their four years at TCU as well as provide me a greater chance to enhance myself in leadership roles in a program known to be beneficial to its members. Having already attended multiple leadership events on campus such as the Vice Chancellor’s First-Year Dinner and the First-Year Men’s Leadership Dinner, as well as being encouraged by its attendees to apply for this fellowship, I understand the type of beneficial influence such a program would have on me. It is my hope that during my time on campus, I will be able to foster in myself and in others an initiative to lead and bring forth yet another generation of innovators that can improve society. The individual programs included during the fellowship program excite me in a way that tells me that there is much to be learned and experienced through them. I hope to be a leader that can represent TCU and its ideals of fostering ethical leaders immersed in the global community.

Introduction: Years of commitment, dedication and serving the military with honor has paid off, and brought me to the threshold of Loyola University Chicago. For eight years I served as a Staff Sargent in the United States Air Force, but I began to desire more. I saw everything I had done thus far as a prequel to my next career goal. I was taught to be a leader in a place where a split second decision could change lives. Loyola’s focus on making students responsible leaders will strengthen the tools already in my toolbox.

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change” - Jim Rohn. Over these past few months, I’ve been contemplating whether or not I should attempt to apply to Ladders for Leaders. Once I came to the realization that my college years will begin in the next year, everything started to hit me. What have I done apart from school work? In the eyes of the person reading my college application, I would say.. not much. Getting accepted into this program, will definitely provide me with the preparation I need before entering college.I still have to learn how to overcome being introverted, and improve speaking in large groups. From joining the Ladders for Leaders Program I hope to gain confidence, leadership skills, and a better mentality. This isn’t just about me getting the chance to add one more activity to my college applications, no this is also a chance to give back to the people around me. What I hope to contribute to this program is support, trust, and dedication. It’s time for me to make a change, a change to a better and brighter future. My first step towards that goal is taking this opportunity to be apart of the Ladders for Leaders.

Research and data collection pinpoints two areas of opportunity that currently exist for future and current leaders within the MidSouth District. Amending the current succession plan and creating a new platform for leadership training are conclusions from research and data collection, which requires integration into the Leadership University project.

It would appear that my original theory regarding the applicability and practicality of this capstone was accurate. This course has managed to successfully supplement the knowledge I had previously acquired in other courses. For example, I was familiar with and understood the basic principles of leadership. However, this course has taught me that the ability to lead is not an exact science, but an art and determining how to proceed when faced with uncertainty or a highly volatile situation is an exceptional challenge.

I am a born leader. Even when I am not looking for leadership opportunities they always seem to fall into my lap. My life has been one that is based on service to others, so I regularly volunteer for committees and extend myself to help others. It is important to me to be the best teacher I can, I regularly attend professional development sessions and implement my new learning in the classroom. However, upon starting the Teacher Leadership Master’s program at Lamar University, I was just beginning my career as a teacher leader. I had not had many opportunities to show leadership outside of my grade-level team. During team planning meetings, I normally directed the discussions. My coworkers looked to me for guidance and interpretation of the curriculum. I regularly made suggestions about teaching strategies. Additionally, I was a member of various campus committees including the Campus Performance Objective Committee (CPOC) where worked together with campus administrators and community partners to develop the Campus Improvement Plan. However, I did not view these tasks as leadership opportunities.

One of the topics in organizational development today is leadership. Leadership is what individuals do to mobilize other people in organizations and communities. According to Kouzes & Posner, there are five practices and ten commitments of exemplary leadership. The five practices of exemplary leadership include: Model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart. In the Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner found similar patterns and actions of leadership that created the essentials to achieve success. Utilizing the research conducted by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, I have created a leadership plan that would apply to the Admission Department at Texas Wesleyan University.