Last Saturday, I volunteered at the WELD conference in Roush hall. Even though I was feeling a little under the weather and had trouble concentrating, but still it was an inspirational conference. I was assigned the meeting about finding strengths. The women judged themselves on being extroverted or introverted, perceiving or judging, and others. Then they broke up into groups that had the same personality and were asked questions on how they would handle certain situations. It was amazing how each women within the group had the exact same answer. I just sat in the back and watched and passed out papers when it was necessary. After that exercise, the speaker talked about how each personality should be represented in a team. There needs to be balance within a group, if the group is going to move forward in a positive way. I'm glad I got the chance to attend a conference and even learned and thing or two about myself.
The very next class after the conference, we kinda touched on finding your strengths and utilizing them. I felt prepared when I read the chapter on team leadership. I found a few criticisms with the team approach to leadership. I believe if all the personality joined together to lead, one leader would still come out on top. Also, I argue, that maybe the plan will move nowhere and be stuck in a steel mate because everyone will not agree on an issue. There are also many advantages to using the team leadership approach, such as: different perspectives and different ideas.
The class this week was different because we actually got to have a class discussion, those are very unlikely because of all the speakers we have. I enjoyed the discussion because I actually felt like I did the reading for a reason. I also enjoyed breaking up into groups and discussing the case studies. Even though we all had the same ideas, I realized that the girls in this class have the same motivation and ideas that I do!
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