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The talking stick

The talking stick, as many people face the issue of communication and respect while having a conversation this is one solution to that problem. When I first viewed this video in class it made me reflect on a few points in my past where I could of used this method to have a conversation about some matters in my personal and work life. After viewing the video a few times it triggered me to use this in an upcoming meeting I was conducting with 2 other individuals at work. The topic was based on progression in sales and what areas to target in the coming months, being in a corporate environment many people are “used” to the fact to relay their message though freedom of speech. I had elaborated on the talking stick method which my co workers were happy to use for the meeting, I had used a ruler as the talking stick and progressed with our meeting, as the meetings was conducted I noticed that the meeting was much more productive. There was more of a direct approach to questions and answers were starlight to the point. Once the meeting was completed I had asked for a reflection from my co - workers and see their prospective on this new communication method. They provided insightful feedback and even went forward to send an email to our district manager to start implementing this method within our team meetings. This created an atmosphere of trust and intentful listening as previous meetings everyone had a tendency to speak over each other and not show respect to the fellow co-worker. Respect is key in any relationship weather it be at work or at home, as respect is shown progression is made and I had experienced this while using this at work. In the future I see myself using the talking sick method with any team that has to be built with trust and respect, I have reflected on many events in my past where I was able to use this method, I will be using this to help my team grow and influence anyone who is willing to respect others input and insure trust in their team.

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Putting my leadership strengths to work (Real world)

As my progression in my leadership class I have gained many insightful concepts on how I visualize opportunities at work and my school environment. I have applied a few of my strengths in my personal life and was satisfied with the results. A few of my friends recently got into an argument and was in a dilemma about the argument even after a few weeks, we recently all met up and there was the elephant in the room “ the issue was related to someone’s misjudgment” as someone that wants to see everyone together and happy I took this as a opportunity to put my new skill sets in play. With the understanding from the leadership class I approached this topic very delicately and addressed the situation with whoever was involved in the argument, I was deliberative on listening on both sides of the story while respecting both ends as well. The outcome of this approached was  great both parties came to a conclusion and got their stuff figured out. I would used this ne knowledge to another leadership opportunity by addressing factors related to my strengths and carrying those forward to any class or work related issues.  

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Team work, Dream work (High performing teams)

My experience with a high performing team, I started in my high performing team as an additional support staff at work. The people I was working with were highly skilled in their respective departments and I was there to help support the marketing team. Everyone was working on a massive project with a department of ministry of Ontario for safety regulations on what safety wear their staff is able to use. Since this was a highly sought after project the right people were required within a sort span of time this is why this was a high performing team. This project was a great learning experience but since nothing can be perfect I noticed that there was sometimes a major gap between departments, which did not accept responsibility of delegated tasks, and sometimes communication was not transparent between departments. As conflicts do arise during teamwork the way I prefer to handle it is with respect and transparency, its understandable that issues do occur without reasoning but understanding what went wrong in the first place is the matter. As I ran into a situation like this before with my team, a mock up was supposed to be summited by mid night but wasn’t sent in on time. This gave a major backlash to the person who was delegated to submit the file but unfortunately this wasn’t the case. As everyone was upset I took the step to understand what went wrong, I got the information needed and presented it to the group and made them understand what had gone wrong and everything had fell into place once that approach was taken. With the experience I have received from my previous teams that I have worked with I will be carrying forward a different approach with teams its understood that a pushy person is not welcomes with other members, but having an approach with optimistic view will help ensure everyone is doing what they are strong at. Getting to know the team and understanding what their strengths are will allow them to have a greater working chemistry and help each other succeed with the project.

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Followership

Before being a great Leader you have to be a even better follower, my progression towards a leader in my team is a important factor in my life. I learn day by day on how to progress towards being a leader and understand how to manage my team, but prior to understanding that I had to learn how to become a follower. I learned about my personal values and strengths in my leadership class which helped me understand my core values, this helped me elaborate on my listening / decision skills as a person. To become an effective follower you have to be a greater listener, in class we learned about passive listening and active listening. Taking an active listening approach is necessary when it comes to becoming a effective follower. Pro active approach is to understand the leader and what outcomes he is looking for going above the requirements will help the leader understand your skills and will help you progress from there.

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My Leadership experiences

As a 24 year old entrepreneur in the entertainment industry I have had many experiences within the workplace environment and school system. I have come across situations, which made me feel strong in my decisions and in some cases show my weakness to resolve a situation with my self-taught leadership skills. I recently viewed a situation at my events were communication was an issue between vendors (not everyone was on the same page), So I took the responsibility of grouping the vendors before the guest were arriving and making sure the event goes as planned. I viewed this as a sense of responsibility and communication and I had later reflected this as my strengths. I learned a lot from this situation as many other peoples are not strong in every division it is sometimes expected for every individual to be programmed in the same manner. I had this expectation from all the other vendors but I was disappointed when I had seen the outcome, one thing is for certain you can not expect others to do your work for yourself and were there is a place to make a impact for your potential growth you should go for it. This went from being a disappointing event to a great learning experience (I gained 5 events from this one event because of the steps I took).

My strengths

Input

Strategic

Responsibility

Communication

Deliberative

I would like to develop on my Communication and deliberative strengths; I see these as a major role in relationships and business. As a leadership outlook I have always been in situation where quick judgement might lead to complications in the future. As more deliberative outlook would be needed to process and understand certain situation weather be personal or business working and learning how to deal with situations will help me understand and progress as a leader.  Communication is key when making decisions, getting the full details and information needed to deal with a situation or a business meeting is much needed.  I really reflect on my notes and information before I head to meetings or address any work for school involving my classmates or business clients.