2/4/09

Today's leadership selection process was quite interesting. The first two groups, despite receiving specific instructions on what NOT to do, continued to converse without including the rest of the class. This showed a kind of norm of how leaders are today, filled with secrecy and sense of superiority. At times, this may be the case, but in order to receive full credit from your followers, we need to see what the leaders were doing. The third group was extremely successful in not only keeping us entertained, but also by showing us leadership rather than telling us what leadership meant. It was great to see everyone working so closely and efficiently with each other and a couple leaders stood out during this round, but since the leaders were so effective in creating a positive energy for all the leaders of that round, I gave them all the equal amount of points because as a whole they worked as a unit rather than individuals. The ability to make others as well as yourself look good is ten times harder for those that are selfish, even slightly. A leader needs to be selfish, but for their group, not for him/herself. Another aspect of what I learned of class today was to think outside the box because it already catches the attention of the audience; by adding humor into the mix created an even more successful outcome. There may be rumors on how the last group was "notified" of what was going on previously, but they still came up with their own way of showing/teaching leadership.