Informational Interviewing Reflection
1. Informational interviewing is something I was unfamiliar with until this session. I believe knowing more about informational interviewing will help me as a leader because I will be able to share my knowledge with others who are struggling with finding internship opportunities or jobs. Also, I will be able to lead a person to different resources to learn more about informational interviewing.
Public speaking is an area I feared for several years. My biggest drawback when it comes to public speaking is my lack of confidence. The session helped me realize that it is okay to be nervous, actually it is extremely common. Lacking confidence is something I struggle with regarding leadership as well. I now am aware that confidence can be improved both with public speaking and everyday living. I will take the information I learned about gaining confidence in public speaking and apply it to my …show more content…
Leadership is a set of skills or behaviors an individual has or learns to have in order to help other individuals resolve conflicts, work as a team, and reach a shared goal regardless of cultural differences.
During the cultural competence lecture, Professor Crissman-Ishler helped me understand the differences between each individual; especially the exercise where I was a part of the middle class group. Although I am a part of the middle class group in real life, it still felt unfair seeing the upper class group advance their community while we were struggling with buying the basic necessities.
Adding cultural differences to my leadership definition is essential because being a part of a multicultural group, like the Women’s Leadership initiative, aided me come to the conclusion that each individuals differences can add a vital aspect to each given problem. Therefore, learning from every individual in the Women’s Leadership Initiative will help me improve as a leader by taking the things I acquire from each person and applying the skills to my every day leadership
Public speaking is an area I feared for several years. My biggest drawback when it comes to public speaking is my lack of confidence. The session helped me realize that it is okay to be nervous, actually it is extremely common. Lacking confidence is something I struggle with regarding leadership as well. I now am aware that confidence can be improved both with public speaking and everyday living. I will take the information I learned about gaining confidence in public speaking and apply it to my …show more content…
Leadership is a set of skills or behaviors an individual has or learns to have in order to help other individuals resolve conflicts, work as a team, and reach a shared goal regardless of cultural differences.
During the cultural competence lecture, Professor Crissman-Ishler helped me understand the differences between each individual; especially the exercise where I was a part of the middle class group. Although I am a part of the middle class group in real life, it still felt unfair seeing the upper class group advance their community while we were struggling with buying the basic necessities.
Adding cultural differences to my leadership definition is essential because being a part of a multicultural group, like the Women’s Leadership initiative, aided me come to the conclusion that each individuals differences can add a vital aspect to each given problem. Therefore, learning from every individual in the Women’s Leadership Initiative will help me improve as a leader by taking the things I acquire from each person and applying the skills to my every day leadership