After reviewing the earlier article, I’ve found that my perspective has changed a bit, but thankfully I still largely agree with myself.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Leadership + Experience = Success
After reviewing the earlier article, I’ve found that my perspective has changed a bit, but thankfully I still largely agree with myself.
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A major thing that I have learned in my first year in the School of Drama is when to balance being a leader and being a team member. I have learned that it is very difficult for a room full of leaders to collaborate with each other, and I wish everyone would read this article. One of the key things that stuck out to me was the bullet on communication. It has always been drilled into my head that without communication, nothing can happen correctly or perfectly. Through the group projects that I have worked on this semester, there has been a huge lack of communication and it is because no one knew how to be a leader in the group of leaders. It is very important for there to be a leader who has the qualities listed in this article, because without one no one is there to guide the process along. I also think a major issue is the trust that we have in each other. We have not hit the point in our class yet where everyone can rely on each other one hundred percent, which I know will come later with bigger projects. I am hoping that there is a balance found and that those being leaders can hole these attributes.
Leadership is such a weird thing because it feels often intangible, yet I do believe it is something that can be taught, and I think this article is advocating for that exact point. There were a few things mentioned in here that are your basic "leadership" go to's. Of course leaders need to communicate; it is the basis of our jobs. A few points the author did make that seemed extremely beneficial to most managers/supervisors were the ideas to give ownership to employees and to make the hard decisions. In regards to the first, I think most leaders understand to delegate but leave it at that; giving employees ownership implies a level of trust that most people are unwilling/worried to give to another person. As for the idea that leaders are "paid the big bucks" to make hard decisions is refreshing to see on page. Especially in an educational setting, it is hard to make those decisions because they can make people upset, and part of what we try to do, at least at CMU, is maintain friendship with most of the people we work with. Remembering that it is part of our job to make the tough decisions helps distinguish our work from our friendships outside. Of course, that is always easier said than done.
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