Chp. 8 Exercise

I.

            1. The Quality of the project is perfect

            2. The project was accomplished so quickly to that high standard

            3. The teammates can take part in having pride in the project

            4. People appreciate not only the results but also the process

            5. That it benefitted everyone on the team and that the team was a team not a bunch of individuals.

            1. Strong Relationships with the team for trust

            2. Humor keeping things positive

            3. Giving people a goal/purpose to look forward to each day

            4. Encouraging the heart of the people for the best work and not just encouraging results

            5. Breaking down barriers that make us separate people

II.

·         I liked the aspect that the responsibility was mine to bear because it relives some stress from others when one has it. The thing I didn't like though was that people are different and with my lack of experience so far in life is was difficult to react the right way each time.

·         I achieved a sense of passion for the project. Being the leader of a project I could use the intense passions of others for the group benefit.

·         As a group member it gave me insight that it is important to lead by example.

·         The facilitate that change it came with encouraging people for who they are not what they could do. Because when they felt they as a person where needed the excelled to far greater limits.

·         Yes, getting people to work together as a team comes down to finding that basic motivation of why each person is there and bringing it together.

·         Not everything is a win or lose situation. That being said failure is closely related to losing. The motivation I get comes from my dislike of losing. Not that I enjoy winning, I just can't stand failure and that shows in my team effort.

·         A creative solution used to solve a problem was using jokes to cut the tension between people then comforting the difference and getting rid of them.

·         The end results of the project always show that the project set forth was to be accomplished, such as the archery department making record sales numbers.

·         The last time I took a risk, well every day I try to risk something so that I can grow as a individual and leader to gain more experience for the future.

·         Every situation faced includes important communication skills whether it be body or language how something is heard by others is important to cooperation.

·         A leader should possess a vast multitude of qualities to be able to react to any situation.

III.

            Leading has its up and downs, Its rewards and it's failures but it something we all have to take part in. THe thing that makes people lead is that motivation to want to bring people together and achieve something more than what has been already accomplished. A leader is a person who can adapat to many situations because they have built experience or are willing to take new risks in situations to grow. A leader is never stuck in a comfort zone they always try to push out and become better than they were yesterday to make people other than themselves also better. Leading is somewhat a selfless and thankless job. but it something that we all should strive to do.

Chp. 8

An effective leader can not only bring out the best in themselves but also the best in others. By doing this each individual person has their own style of leadership that they must use to achieve something that they want. It's a form of motivation to step and do the best they can with what they have to want to become something more. Sometimes though that leadership is trusted upon on us or it just happens. Leading for others is about the ability to respond to the situation effectively to control an outcome for the better. The most important thing a leader can do though is keep that hope alive and well inside of others. That hope is a fire of motivation that can burn the fuel to spur others on to achieve the end results that are beneficial to everyone. A leader's job is complicated one and it is something that needs to grow with experience over to be the best effective leader one can possibly be.

Teams

            In my experiences with working within a team that is effective, is if someone steps up and leads. The leading might be subtle but one is always need to keep people focused and moving forward. In a job scenario and one is getting paid to be there I believe it is more dependent on self-leadership. The person has to be able to step and want to succeed, like a effective team member should. It is about sacrifice of the individual to make a better collective outcome for everyone but I think it has to start within the person themselves otherwise the leader is helping a brick wall. With the five dysfunctions, to me, it appears to be a domino effect which in some cases is true but in others a team can progress but no trust because individuals are doing their own jobs effectively. Most of the time being effective is trust that others get the job done but other situations can occur from motivation of self-promotion. Opening up to have a more functional team reminds me similar to Johari window. I personally don't agree with what defines a team whether that's because of my experience or lack their of I don't know, but want I do know they only way to keep a effective team is suck up problems people bring to you it's not always about opening up to share or calling out a member's pass aggressiveness. It's about stepping out with self-leadership and internalizing a certain amount of conflicts that don't actually hinder the group severely as a whole. The five dysfunctions order; trust. conflict, commitment, accountability, then results to me are just observations something that one person has a view on, it's his opinion of what is working. Meaning if I observed the same trends I might come up with the same traits or something different. As stated early with my degree of experience I just can't be sure and "totally approve" of them, but at the same time I don't completely disregard them because now that they are brought to attention I might have the chance in the future to look and see for myself.   

Decision Making

            Decision making was something I always thought that was kind of cut and dry. Either it was a good or bad choice and that making a decision is just making a decision a simple style. I never thought of the different styles like anchoring, sunk-cost, or even confirming evidence trap. As I read through them the all made perfect sense and relatable to situations that do happen. Knowing this now and being more aware of these different approaches I can recognize them and grow as a leader. Growing as a leader by using my own judgment and not letting anything else fog what I think and believe to be is right. Some of the styles surprised me and made me think that certain people only stick to one type of style. I think in order to be effective, just like any other type of leadership style, a leader has to be diverse and well rounded to use the best one for the right people. I think the most important thing taken away is that there are always ways to control the situation when someone is doing one of these decisions traps. It's about combating it to focus on the facts and not just judgment, becoming less opinionated and more practical. More often than not I think practicality leads to better efficacy.

Kouzes Exercise 5

I.

1. Not enough money +

2. Time the dead lines is just not enough time to complete  + (check)

3. Teamwork not everyone can effectively work together -

4. The end results may be inadequate to the group -

5. People won't be able to agree on one thing -

6. The project impute could possible only come from a couple of people -

7. Everyone else is out to see us fail -

8. Other groups want to beat us out to win + (check)

II

1.  Ask another person who has already done the project one what they did to overcome the limitations to be productive and for there impute on a different outside view of the situation.

2. Watch movies and read books that are able to relate the situation that has info that can be used to benefit the goal in our favor

3. Take time to relax, most of Google's important ideas came out of down time called free thinking, so if it can work there I'm sure it can work for the group.

III

I am going to become a type of doctor, despite what others say. Keeping things practical and doing the things that need to be done to do so. Eliminating the distractions especially the bad ones by keeping focused. Being able to keep focused by keeping a good sense of mind of the closer more timely goals. More timely goals as focusing on classes by semester and not thinking about the next ones or how they are going to be until I experience them myself. It comes down for me to do the daily grind tasks and let them lead to something else doing the small tasks that lead to the big task I want to get to.

Kouzes Exercise 4

I.

1. Playing sports, I can relate a lot of who I am and what I do now based on my past experiences playing them

2. My grandfather passing away, first person really close to me that I lost.

3. People telling me that I look like my father, A high standard  is set so I have to strive to be better.

4.  Going to college, big transition where most people change but I wanted to hold true to what my parents believed in when I left.

5. Working, set things into perspective and understand that sometimes it's about compromise.

Nothing really connects them they each are different in their own way, that is what makes me who I am though I can't be defined as one or two things. I'm not a big picture person, I'm a little detail person and I think that's reflective.

The meaning is that anything can happen because life is unpredictable, means that I may set to do one thing and get there in one way different than I thought but I'll still get there. Propel me forward is myself and supporting cast and the people who say I can't accepting challenges.

II.

Something I'm involved in is working at a sporting goods store. Personal goals are to make money so that I can stay and college and spread the knowledge of what I know so that other people can improve and better than what they are now. Important that others achieve something that maybe I can't or don't want to keep things different so that the world is not a boring place to be and to be able to gain money to help out others do maybe can't help themselves. For others to share my vision need to realize that I'm not one that is going to get to where I'm going and forget what got me there or where I came from to remain humble and keeping true to my values.

III.

Doing - people are doing what their passions promote them to do

Saying - saying that they are able to do something they love at a high level because they aren't being hindered by anything

Feeling - euphoria, just being happy that their best is better because they have help from others.

My project is like a the bottom beans that stick into the bottom of the can when making chili. The end product is something enjoyable for all but the ones that get left behinde might not be able to get their by themselves so by adding that extra help they can do what they are intended to do and make others happy in the process.

Service Learning III

Helping out with a Bone Marrow Drive, that was the last of my service learning for class but certainly not my last volunteer job. Spending a good five hours there was actually pretty enjoyable the people I was working with had a lot of energy, too much in fact, but I wasn't there to criticize them. I was there to learn how I can grow as a leader and ultimately a person. For the drive I was pretty much the first one there and one of the lasts to leave and I realize I only need three hours but I wasn't doing it just for the hours, I did it for the people who needed my help. So, I set my priorities straight and decided in that time frame I had nothing that important to do, I would stay and help. Helping out I moved tables and chairs but I also interacted with donators and looked over a form that they needed to fill out. After they filled the form I was the one who checked it, to clear them for the chance to donate. Dealing with people of all ages and personalities, in a situation where I wasn't the one in charge was different to say the least. Some people would act as it was my fault or try to blame me. Learning from the director I tried to control the situation, so after biting back my tongue I listened and responded in a professional way. Throughout the day I was looking for something I can look towards on to improve on as a leader then sometime after lunch when people kept wanting to talk to me I realized that I need to work on keeping others focused. I can control myself and get something done but I didn't realize that some people need extra help to get on tract and stay there. In order for me to kept them going I used encouragement and started the project with them then I would leave to go do other thing then come back after awhile to help them and gradually they needed me less and less. Now, I realize they are more effective ways for other people to help them but then in that moment I just reverted back to the "Let's do it together method" because it was comfortable.  Now that I know I need to use more diverse styles on helping others, in future situations I hope to realize this and try them out. Some of them might work but I need to take that chance to gain experience so that I can grow as leader to become more effective. Right now, to use an analogy, I would just say I'm a buck knife I know about three different styles (three different blades) but I really only ever use the one method (one blade). I need to work to be like a swiss army knife and have a large diversity (multiple tools) and be able to use any one of them at any time.

Service Learning II

            For the second installment of my service learning I job shadowed the director of the Infectious Control department at St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings. In doing so I learned important things for school matters, possible career options and of course, a way to grow in leadership. Though I only spent one hour there, because she had a busy schedule and I didn't want to disrupt her entire day, I took away a couple of important facts. One is keeping hands sanitized and all of the health promotions of doing so; when washing hands It is suppose to get done in around twenty seconds and fingernails need the hardest cleaning. Besides proper hand washing technique, I learned how to interact with people in a hospital setting. Following the director into patients room's I noticed the dialogue that the director used when talking to patients. It was that of being respectful and compassionate but not overly nice. In that facts good or bad weren't overlay emphasized, they were said without dramatic effect, which I think is important because it establishes a relationship where the patient can trust the doctor and the doctor can expect the patient to do what is needed to become well again. The dialogue was by far the most important thing learned that day from a leadership stance because there were a lot of little details that I picked up on that kept the director control of the situation. They all can be summarized by one thing though is that I think, because I didn't ask her, that before anything she said she carefully thought of what she was saying and the best way to say. She was able to not let impulsive cues disorganize her thoughts. This I thought was beneficial because a leader can't succumb to anything they do, or I think it would be counterproductive. At the end of the hour I learned of my next service learning opportunity and in a couple of days I would help out at a bone marrow donation.

Adaptive Leadership

            By now it is safe to say that leadership is a skill that is used in different situations to have the most productive outcome possible for both parties a win-win situation. Leadership can change to a situation, and so can people, that's the great thing because each of us can adapt. No one has to settle for something lesser than anything than want if they don't want to. Each individual has the ability to adapt to a better style then the one before. I think that is a leaders job to promote this adaptation to get people who are stuck in a routine into something new and exciting. No two people are really the same that's why there is different personalities, to me a leader must focus on the people who need a preemptive change while keeping a eye on the go getters so that they can settle down. It's a balancing act that leader works with and it can also be a tool that the leader can use to even help themselves. The Latin quote "Carpe Diem" seize the day, comes to mind when the reading speaks of challenges happening every day  because each person grows from those challenges arise and it gives the person new experiences. To act on impulse, or to resist involvement, for me, it all ties back into situational leadership. Depending on any given day, any place, time, or people the situation is different than ones similar to it. I think that for every personality there is at least a situation so that would be a lot of different situations to react to and a leader must find that happy medium of knowing what to do, when to do it and how to do it.

Goals and Action Planning

     A person sets a goal because they hope to achieve something that they want to work forward to. It’s about having that self-motivation and accomplishing the daily tasks that need to be done because over time they build up. The author of the reading talks about doing daily tasks and people not always spending the short time needed to do them. Just like setbacks for daily tasks there are set backs to achieving ones goal. The key is to just do the things that need to be done to take the next step on. Spending time thinking about cause and effect on the situation and the importance of the task. To me it’s not about thinking about the task and what the effort will cause because that just builds negative emotions towards the subject. For me, it’s about focusing on the end result and that brings a sense of optimism. Because I doing daily represent progress of things happening and I just don’t like standing around doing nothing, I like to look back to see what I accomplish and look towards new ways to do the things needed to have my successful goal. Encouragement and positive reinforcement goes a long ways. To be more successful a leader must focus not on the tasks that person does but on the person itself. Giving that person a feeling of self-worth to be self-motivated to accomplish more tasks. Creating BHAG and SMART plans for goals is good for organizing what needs to be done and the aspects that go with the goal. There are different ways to make a goal more seemingly accessible but the truth is reaching a goal is a step-by-step process and for me, like the daily tasks, it just comes down to doing them and putting the best forward to accomplish them.

Managing Conflict

     Managing conflict within our lives is important. For a leader it is ctritcal it's controling people who don't agree to work in a benefical way for everyone.  A mandorla which I first related it to be like a vin diagram brings these of opposites together. It is able to bring about win-lose situations in ones that are a win-win. It was a great way to transintion into the conflict process and it having four parts once new information is introduced within the system; change/distruption, new solutions/stablility, adaptation/evolution, and intensification/chaos. Looking at the diagram I thought it looked very similar to DiSC or elemental and that we each might have a tendency to lead to resolve conflict by using one part of the cycle a little more than the other. Later on I found my assumptions to be right as that each of the elemental styles are mapped well with the conflict process. Noticing that each leader can use their natural tendencies to understand how to resolve the problem. Also, showing that it is a leader's job to be able to effectivly deal with chaos by changing style or outlook on a situtation and being open to broader possibilities. If the chaos is not resolved by a nessarcy change the problem just keeps growing causing more problems compared to if the change was created within the first place. The conflict process to win -win is a fine line to create to ensure safety and hold creative tension without wanting someone else to suffer for the benefit. This remined me of Plato's theory for justice "that the best type of good is one that is desirable both in itself and for the sake of its results". Meaning to me that it is a leaders job to look to benefit everyone through action and results of the action. Seeing how a leader must continual grow and bring everyone to a equal standard with individual self-worth, is what I believe was ctricial for leader developement.

General Wesley Clark

     To start off his speech was not what I think it was going to be; his speech was more about his views of what the United States is and a brief history of America's accomplishments and his views on my they were successful. That is not to say I didn't like what he said or that I didn't agree with what he said during his speech, It's just not what I was expecting. The first thing that drew my attention was that when he got up to the podium his voice waivered from nerves but that didn't effect the sureness and confidence he had within his words. By doing so, along with showing affection for Montana, he instantly caught the audience's attention and brought focus to his words. Showing me that the words themselves don't matter but it's the way they are said and conducted to the audience. Another thing I noticed was that instead of giving a lecture speech he asked rhetorical questions to inspire the people listening along. To me that means keeping the audience intrested by what your saying but not just feeding them information but allowing others to think for themselves. A point that he brought up was that never settle for the present and continue to think about the future. For me as a leader i find that very important because a leader must not settle for what is best right now for themselves, but to have a little self-sacrifice and continue to strive for the future outlook so that everyone can be brought to a better tomorrow. General Clark also hit on some other very interesting points that I found to be important for a leader. He talked about America and setting the foundation for growth, which was economics, but for a leader I think that foundation has to start with the personal evalutions. Starting at the base of the leader and they themselves knowing what they stand for and what they hope to accomplish is pivtol to grow to spur others on to accomplish goals. Along with that comes dialouge, he talked about it in political debates being less emotial and more rational. This is important for leaders because they need to have a good emotional intellegence will controling each situation different by thinking and processing it over, then being able to commicate their thoughts clearly how to resolve the problem quickly and efficently. This is important to build the respect of others and to have effective teamwork throughout the place and setting were one is trying to lead. The las thing he talked about was that the path to real destruction is an implusive decision. This is true for a leader because a leader must not act implusively because sometimes the implusive tendencies one has don't always have the greatest results. A leader must be able to think then act not act then think. Overall, Gerneral Clark was something to see on a Tuesday night and it was nice to get a sense of freshness of politics from the real person talking and not just debates, or reporters on the news.

Vision

     While doing the readings to prompt a vision of mine and describe it on paper. Made me think no matter how hard I work to try and solve the problems there is no easier way to achieve that vision. So when in the readings it says others describe our problems as "No big deal" and that organizations are more accepting of our ideas than what they think, it made me realize that if I looked at the problems with help from the others around the problems turned from milestones to stepping stones. Then after it listed and explained siutations about desires it got me to thinking if I really wanted the desires or if I just wanted something to work towards. At first I was like of course I want everything I work towards but I want to keep the desires progessing to build off one another. I think my desire for the goals is to keep a certain plan but if It was given everything right away the plan would be gone and the purpose to build off each step wouldn't exist. Looking for the growth to that lets me excell in areas where others don't. To noy just grow for myself and improve to be better for me but also for the others around me that I can help out. A leader must strive to continue to grow and never settle in the work place. If the leader becomes comfortable with the standards they have reached it lowers the ceiling for not only them but their wokers as well. Continuing to look towards the next best thing and not becoming statisfied with right now can inspire people to do more than what they think they can acheive. When others that are following the leader achieve higher means for themselves then the leader has don their job correctly.

Service Learning Part 1

     For the first part of my service learning I wanted to describe my time with the youth. The youth that ages ranges anywhere from six year olds to teenagers. During the last couple of months, when I had to go back to Billings over the weekend, I helped out in Billings Heights youth sports and Sunday school at the family church for a total of six hours. Now, the thing pops out to me the most about kids is that they are like a owl a night, always watching. Then like a chameleon they change and copy the person they are watching. So to me leading kids was a difficult challenge because I had to work on what I was doing not just what I said. Kids don't really listen they pick up what they want to hear, I know from myself as a kid and now with interacting with other children. So in order to get them to do something I couldn't just say it in a positive tone and just going through the motions of the project. But had to inspire through my body language to them that it was interesting and enjoyable. This gave me a chance to work on leading without speaking because the children followed the "monkey see, monkey do" saying. It was about setting a good example for them the follow. Another important thing I noticed is that kids are social. Being social is a good thing but sometimes the kids didn't always focus. To get there focus I found that the best thing was to use positive encouragement by tapering off their conversations then using subtle transitions to lead on to the next topic. Asking them a lot of questions so that they feel more comfortable around me, so that in a way it showed them I'm not a teacher but a helper, just a guide for them to use. To be able to get children to focus, I found that it was best to relate to each individual. Each child was different from the next and when trying to get them do a task I had to take each ones perspective. Some (if not all the younger kids) wanted to be rewarded with something of monetary value from them to use (or eat) like candy. The older kids though focused more on the quality of the task. They wanted to do something of entertaining value. So in a way as a helper, I took it upon myself to persuade the children into during certain activities. Because like I said earlier each kid has a different perspective. Kids wanted to enjoy what they were doing because they just wanted to have fun. For me I thought it was best to encourage that spirit of having fun. Example would be instead of having the kids just run like the coach was telling them I told them to try and catch me (some of them were pretty fast too). It was a way of accomplishing the same thing but by different means. My entire time with the children they kept surprising and as I'm sure will continue to do so in the future.

Chp 2 Exercise

I.
     1. During a work day, a person called in sick so they wouldn't be able to do the closing shift. Instead of being short an employee I agreed to work a open to close while working in two different areas. Working in two areas I didn't get the time to finish up projects completely so I stayed after closing time. The boss saw this and gave me a small bonus and another effect is that people began doing stuff I asked them to do because they thought I woldn't ask if I had time to do it myself.

     2. A. Set example of strong work ethic
         B. Maximized the quality of my work with quanity
         C. If others won't do it I will; proving I'm not putting myself on a pedistal
         D. Dependablity
         E. Rising to a challenge
         F. Dedication, following the job through

     3. A. If something needs done, be the one to do it, don't depend on others
         B. Be humble, don't act like your better than someone else
         C. Finish what you start

II.
     1. Various tasks within the archery deptartment
     2. A. Relaxed
         B. Appreciated
         C. Humored
         D. Belonged
     3. A. Important tasks
         B. Fun to be around
         C. Kept it productive
         D. Valued my help
         E. Encouragement
         F. Set goals to what needed to be done
         G. Valued the end results more than the process

III.

     1. A. Friend, through the workplace, funny good person, we're alot alike.
         B. Dad, my father people always say i look like him and say he is a good person so I can't ruin that.
         C. Friend, through school, wanted to be better and do use my talents to the best of my abilites. In doing so others reached out towards me for help. I credit to my friend the attention because they had a way of making me try to be a great person.

     2. A. Humorous
         B. Dedicated
         C. Perfectionist
         D. Determined
         E. Quality & Quanity
         F. Competitive
         G. Success

Chp 6 Kouzes Exercise

I.
     I feel empowred two ways one is when someone says I can't do something cause then Im that much more motivated to prove them wrong and two when someone says that a person  I admire is a great person then it makes me much more want to follow in that persons footsteps.

     The time when I felt weak or powerless from a leader except when I admire that person and I viewed that I have failed in there eyes. Cause I feel that is a strike that I can't earn back it is no longer spotless work.

     When everything was running perfectly and things were getting done and it was a unit working collectively for the greater good then the atmosphere was light. Humorous easy to succeed also easier to slack off.

     The thing I can use is to always keep things positive and focus on the postivies while pushing the negatives so that everyone is aware of what needs to be improved. To build that trust just ensure that everyone is doing what there suppose to and nothingless and if the feel inspireded to do more encourage and reward that but don't expect it.

II.

     Not delegating can be a result of not wanting anyone to do anything because one knows that they can do it best themselves and get the expetced results in a longer time or maybe they think shorter without the hassel of talking with others. Their way of the highway sort of deal.

     Should delegate because it makes things go faster, brings ideas to improve the results to be even better, people are able to catch other peoples  mistakes and it builds trust.

     1. Positivity
     2. Confidence in that person to be able to do a great job
     3. Encouragement
     4. Reward and Appreciation

III.
     1. What is your passion?
     2. What is your focus to get the job done well?
     3. What is the main reason you are here?
     4. What do you want to accomplish here?
     5. Why do you want to accomplish that?
     6. What will set you apart to make you better for your job than others in the group?

     All these questions breakdown the motives of what the people want and what they are looking and it makes the leaders job to delegate them in the best effective job with the best effective people because though working as one is the goal it takes the individuals to get together and get the job done. Knowning why each person is there is the most effective because it allows for a greater group dynamic understanding.

Chp 7 Kouzes Exercise

I.
     The time that comes back to me when I was rewarded for doing something is when I came into work and started doing things that were needed to be done. I wasn't rewarded on doing what I did but instead I was rewarded that I went above and beyond the expectations of what was said to be done. I remember this because it is the most recent thing to happen to be rewarded for that wasn't directly in my control. I remember not wanting to accpet the award because I felt it was just standard what I did and he wouldn't leave until I accepted the award so I did. Then I lost it cause I didn't care to keep much tract of it cause I felt that I shouldn't be rewarded on something like that because I have high expectations.

II.
    1. People invovled were myself, Derek, and Meagan.
    2. This happened at Scheels sporting goods store in the achery department that was surrounded in bows.
    3.  Derek was explaining to Meagan on what the various aspects of archery were while I was testing out a bow by shooting it in the range.
    4. It ended and everyone just left Meagan standing there when she got into the archery lane and shot the window on the side instead of the target 20 yards away
    5. The surprise factor was that a customer was looking for a bow for his daughter and he wanted the one Meagan was shooting but didn't notice it until the mishap so he decided to buy it So Derek made the sale and Meagan got a reward for helping the sale

III.

    Project Milestones: 1. Reach the strech goal for archery sales 2. Finsihing a group project for CLS

   Celebration for Milestone: 1. From bonus take a vaction for the week you get off 2. Go out for pizza

Public Speaking

     The tip that stuck out to me most was don't say sorry about a mistake or a stop in words just keep going because the audience probably didn't even notice it. Sometimes its hard to not correct ones self in formal situations or when nervous but if I think of it if im arond friends I don't stop and catch myself I keep going hoping they don't notice so they don't tease me about it. The difference I think there is im public speaking is that in my experience which is little in public speaking people don't really form a first impression of you of who you are from what you present but it makes sense. If your job is presenting the subject matter and your are able to captivate the audience so they listen to what your saying then your job is being done effectivly. However, the question that arises from me is that if one constantly puts something out of the mudane to grab the audience in the same way to the same people then I think they might become disinterested even if its eye catching because even though what your saying is polished up and exciting the material and content may be not so people I think might act the same if it was a boring old presentation. Drawing the people in by being different for a new crowd of people I think is a good thing though because it presents the information in a way they haven't heard yet.

Drive

     It was interesting to hear that for certain skills like basic think didn't always improve performance when more performance was getting a higher reward. Maybe that is due to stress the indvidual feels because they can't always see the progess like a person who simply needs to get stuff done. Then he goes on to talk about letting people do what they want instead of rewarding them can stimulate better productivity but sometimes people need reprocussions to hold a dead line. However, giving people that time to do there own thing to be creative can build better ideas because the pressure is gone and things can up on the spur of the moment of anyone. The purpose motive he talks about being seperate from the profit motive. If it's all about the profit motive then people won't feel that motivation to go into work. Having that purpose like Steve Jobs had motivates his works for the sake of what they love to do, not just earn money. Motivation is a vital key to inspire people and different situations deem different types of styles to motivate and it's a leaders job to find that persons drive and help them excell on it to improve and get better.

Feedback

     Starting off I never thought of taking any feedback from someone unless it was presented in the right way. I never thought of taken comments that were not always given the best way. Even though they were still comments that could help me improve, I never looked at it like they were important because the person wasn't giving it a respectful way so I never bothered to head what they said. Being aware by having enough self awarness to build off any situation that is present stressful or not is important because it can help improve for the bad times and good times while even making the stressful situation easier to deal with by staying in control of what one says or does. The situations are not always a flight or fight response one has to prepare and be ready for them because they are bound to happen so manage the situation effectvively by being actively involved and listening to all the details not what just one wants to hear. Having that ability to keep a situation balanced is key because it's easier to give and taken imput into a conversation even if both parties invovlved in the situation don't agree on the topic being discussed. Keeping the conversation balanced and managed to no ones favor keeps ideas, thoughts and concernes vocalized so that the resentment doesn't build within one or the other. I think the important part is for a leader to keep calm and take in the information to understand more than to protect themselves.

Dialogue

      Starting out with the story of the knights pulled me in instantly because I have always enjoyed hearing those types of stroies because the knight is faced with a difficult task and accomplishes it but with a twist. A knight normally does this by staying true to his virtues that are on his shield, like the reading said, the shield sereved as a reminder to not only the people around but knight himself. The knight would also have a family crest that also represented his vitures. The reading made me think though that a shield is useful, like our virtues, and can protect us from harm. But we can't always hide behinde the shield sometimes we have to attack meaning we have to do what's right in different ways in different situations. The reading also brought up the idea of balance knowing the opposite of ones values. I thought that this was important because it not only shows the importance of the value to begin with but also a broder view that is beyond the boundaries of our values. Dialogue is huge in any group becaues it sets up so many aspects to what a group is. I like how the book said its a important way to not only inspure ideas but to also keep things humble and tensions low. This is a delicate process that can be set up or happen naturally there are keys to help anybody in different situations. Dialogue is always needed and it is a leaders natural tendancy to guide dialogue in the right way and best way possible

Leader Style Self-awareness

     Asking others the questions was a step in learning new things about what I do and restating what I already know. For the first question people said that I care and do my best at whatever I do, while still being thoughful for others. Being there for others when they need me and I have a willingness to listen and offer advice that usually turns out good. The things that said to hold me back others couldn't really hard a hard time thinking about this one and answered in unsureness. Saying that a weakness of mine is that I might want to get things done to fast or I get to excited about things. But one asnwered strongly that a weakness of mine is that I use to many little hints to imply what I want or what I am trying to get after instead of being blunt about the subject. For the final question of, in what events do I excell at as a leader one answered that If I care about the subject at hand then I will exceed expectations. The others said that I excell when I am helping out others or simply just being a good friend to them. The last person answered the last question by saying they think its when I'm working because that's when you're working hard and really involved in what's going on. This exercise showed me what I already knew for the most part but I did learn something new. I didn't realize I was a that good of a helper or listener I always felt like my mouth runs more than my ears take in. It was reassuring to know that even though I don't feel like I listen enough that I acutally do. This showed that my values are flowing through me and I don't delcare them out right and people get a good sense of who I am without me saying it because I live through my values not towards them

Minute Manager

     I definitely found the one minute managers idea that how one acts with intrapersonal relationships a fine line. He states that its situational of how to communicate with each other but I feel that one needs to be themselves and have their values set and simple live by their general values towards people and not change values for a certain person. I do agree that some people need to be responded to in different ways but who oneself is shouldn't change the bottom line stays solid while layers can build on it. I strongly agree with the entrepreneur and minute managers thoughts on that people need to be rewarded for doing the right thing and that seagull management isn't that effective. I feel that if you don't recognize the good job even though it is expected, the mistakes that occur can't be picked on because with anything I think mistakes are always expected. We hope that they don't happen but  we always plan for them. Having that balance of reward and criticism is crucial. The statement about no best way to influence others I agree to disagree with  because I think positivity is the most powerful tool all of us possess and we can use it to spur others on but how much and the right timing of when to use it varies from person from person and having the natural leadership ability or the experiences one is able to figure it out. However for a person who is trying to grow as a leader and isn't as comfortable needs to work on this and the best way is to get out there and do, to learn from the failures.

Chp. 7 Reading

     The start just really struck me cause I can always remember playing sports and in any situation there was always a person that need just needed that extra boost. Now some of the coaches would just hammer on that kid but negative influence is not the way, now for me when a coach rode my hinde end I didn't want to get better because I didn't want to get yelled at, No I did it inspite of that negative attitude so that it wouldn't been show again. When dealing with teammates I always found it useful to be positive and that a smile is a good tool to encourage people to do better because I think it builds up confidence and doesn't tear it down. Surprises a good thing to keep people appreciated and wanting to excel more whether it's a something the person can have or just a joke. Unexpected postive notes just have a way of making things less tense. When tension is down, tension not the samething as pressure in my book, things are more managable and easier to deal with and people strive to preform well. When a person excells to keep them feeling that what they accomplished was important and detrimental to the cause recognition lets them know the standard of excellence that they have met or exceed so they can do it again. Not only that I liked how being with the team celebrating or even being with them in a down time is a great thing. It builds that bond, the bond of trust needed so that everyone knows that everyone will do their own job so they can focus on doing the best they can do. Being with the team opens people up and gets them involved and I liked how it said that after it's all done that being with the team is a reminder of what the team was put here for.

Emotional Intelligence

    We are what we are seen through our actions, emotions affect our actions and the emotions are from a sitmulus. Learning how to control the out come of what to do and how to move forward positivly is important because it keeps people more comfortable and relaxed because nothing that's not expected is happening. A outrage can surpise people in different ways and they will react in ways that might not be best to carry on their tasks. Controling one's self also keeps the outcome in one's own hands, everything is in one's own control. I personally never blame anyone for my problems because once I blame that person I lose the control to change the situation so by keeping it on myself no matter what it is. To have the control and not be blinded by emotions and act on the emotions but instead of using them as a guide kind of like bumpers in bowling some people use them a part of the game, some use them to occasionaly catch themselves and others view as if there not even there. The key is to know their there but not use them because that's not the best way to play the game. Much like bowling, emotions can be a game or a dance even we all go though a ballet of emotions. Knowing but not acting on emotions keeps things in a more managable manner that keeps the leader in complete control even under stress.

Service Learning Hours Plan

1. Spending time helping out with the church here and at home, helping out sunday school teachers and various activites to meet and ineract with people helping them learn, grow and be comforted.
2. Helping out with Ryan's Run for SIDS foundation in Billings when I go home that weekend.
3. Assitant coaching my cousins soccer team and possibly during spring break helping out with quaterback "football" mini camps at home.
4. Stopping by the hospital to deliver the morning mail during weekends that I am home and spring break.

     Basically I want to interact with people little and big, yound and old for my service learning because going to be in the medical field clinical side I will depend on people for a job. And getting to know and more acustomed to different situations, different people with different backgrounds can make me relate more to all demographics so as I can in a sense train to have a great bedside manner.

Self-awareness

     The idea that I'm wrong about who I think I am struck me off guard. I mean I am the only person that has been around me twenty four seven since day one. Sure some aspects I bet Im a little biased on and not entirely right but I esstienly know who I am and my strengths. Keep others imput is good but for me it just reenforced my previous thoughts on what I thought of myself. So I think it might be better for others to point out miscues so we can build and work from those to become stronger but I think we have a general idea of what our strengths are and not just what were good at. Being a good leader though knowning your strengths is important though because of through your strengths we do action and our actions influences others so leaders must be aware as of what they do and what they affect, knowing reprocussion that might come from said actions. However just because one failed at these processes the first time and set strengths that are better suited for other things that what they are presented. I don't think a person should just turn down a oppertunity because it doesn't fit them. Well I think it might not fit them right now, people change so do our strengths, wrinkles come with time and so does wisdom. Things if its the right situation just happen and grow so I don't think its proper to turn down a oppertunity cause you know you don't belong there because what if you know you don't belong there and it's not in your skill set of strengths but it is your passion? Then I say follow the passion and build the strengths.

Bill George Authentic

     Being ethical and moraly sound and true to who one is, is important when leading. This reading supported that. Build that foundation of leadership within one's self to become comfortable with who they are and stop trying to be someone that there not. Soly focusing on themselves but in such a way that contributes to others success.
     Heart, Support, Values, Self-discipline, Relationships are not only important in making an authenic leader but also being a authenic person. Holding true to oneself, known the limits of our abilities but always constantly pushing them. Using the bend but don't break method. Making desicions that are not only are profitable to one self but to others as well and sometimes of having to be selfless. It's a fine line walking of exerting force but not to much force to lead on. Leaders need to have values that is clear and is shown not only in when they lead but all the time with who they are. Leading beings damned up within one self and then as it builds up it over flows out and on to everyone else.

Chp. 3 Exercise

1. Competition- competiting with others to win
2. Motivation - willing to do it
3. Improving - looking to get better
4. Commitment - see it through to the end
5. Recognition - acknowledgment of work
6. Confidence - knowing that one can do it
7. Guidance - Setting down the right path
8. Support - Others are around
9. Encouragement - lift someone up
10. Goal - reaching the set goal

Competence, Competition, Cooperation, Courage, Decisiveness, Determination, Discipline, Honesty, Humor, Loyalty, Quality, Respect, Responsibility, Speed, Success, Trust, Winning

1. Determination to get the job done right to perfection in a short amount of time no matter what may happen during that time.
2. Humor at the right time and place.
3. Competition to want to self promote and achieve
4. Quality doing everything right not cutting coners or slacking just because of fatigue.
5. Success completing something that all can take pride in

     Everyday I go to work I know someone ask me something that I don't have to do, that may not even be a part of my job. But because I am dependable and always provide great quality in short time. I always said yes and managers liked the fact that they could tell me to do something and I will do it as good or better than anyone else. Builds up a good repoure for myself and makes me feel acomplished for doing something and not expecting extras but still recieving them. Growing up I always heard "If your going to do it, do it better than everyone, in half the time of everyone."

Elemental Style

     Learning the basic general habits of people gave me a better understanding of what to expect from those groups of people. It also showed me how to make a effective group that is well balanced. Not only that it showed that it was vital to have that balance because like anything else to much of one thing can turn out to be bad.
     There were four different styles air, earth, fire, and water. The styles fit the name they were give as air was a quick type, earth was stoic and physical, water emotional and fluid, and fire energetic and passionate. Learning how to respond to each one of these effective is crucial in leading a diverse range of people. It was also shown to me that the group must not only be balanced but the leader themself must be balanced. Not just leading with their own style in which they are comfortable with but with what will be most effective for each individual within the group.

Chp 1 & 2

     Leadership is a skill. A skill can always be trained to make better. Sure natural talent helps give others a edge with that skill. But if one puts in the time, effort and dedication to become better in that skill then they can close that gap. "Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard". Anyone of us can be a leader as long as we establish who we are and our own goals first. Leading is much more effective when done by example. Saying something can go in one ear and out the other but doing, that image sticks a little bit longer. Doing takes effort, a effort that can be reinforced with words. But not done with words alone. Leaders have the ability to bring people together to make everyone's dreams a possibility not just their own. Leaders in a way look out for the greater good of their group. The book says that leading is within us and the book is the way to bring it out and enhance our skills. When it comes to a group I think of a leader as a tool, a very important tool, to be used by the others within the group to effectively get the job done. Positivity and encouragement while thriving for others instead of off others are key traits to motivate others around the leader. A leader must instill faith in others so that they can act on their own and become a leader for themselves. When everyone is being a effective leader of themselves then efficiency and productivity can be increased.