Hall of Fame Session: Everyday Leadership Principles for the Entertainment Industry
Every year, Full Sail University celebrates Hall of Fame where they induct in and celebrate their alumni’s success. This means a week full of wonderful events, panels, shows, and interactive classes around campus, and available to online students as well. There are a handful of wonderful sessions (which luckily for me are archived on YouTube), and one I truly benefited from was a panel titled “Everyday Leadership Principles for the Entertainment Industry”. I chose this session because I find it extremely helpful for anyone, even outside of the entertainment industry, to learn about leadership principles. The information in this sessions that impacted me the most was kind of off topic, but very influential and helpful to folks with any level of experience. The discussion involved what these industry professionals look for while they are hiring someone and what qualities they like to see in an employee. This will help my future career in so many ways, as I have always wondered what professionals in my industry look for in a potential employee.
Some traits that these industry leaders (all of which are their own boss) look for are someone who can remain calm and collective when things go wrong, someone who can elevate those around them, and of course, someone with a wonderful personality. They mentioned that you are more valuable for your personality than your content, as almost all information is available online.
It was also mentioned that you should have tangible skills that set you apart from other people, because no one is ever hired for only your personality. One should never leave something out of their resume or work history, because skills can be learned at every job that one has. One should also always make eye contact with their interviewer, because it shows you are engaged and excited about the opportunity you have.
I really enjoyed Hall of Fame week and the plethora of information that came out of it. I hope other universities take this idea and build off of it to help benefit their students.
