Throughout this semester I have learned a lot about the inner workings of leadership and teamwork. I have had experience with leadership and teamwork while performing makeup supervisor duties prior to my apprenticeship. Business 112 gave me a different perspective about working with people and engaging a team. While performing the team project I found myself using various ILead principles. These principles guided my actions and steered me in the right direction. Something else that helped me stay focused was setting goals and allowing others to know my personal expectations. Overall, I believe that Business 122 helped me understand the tools needed to be an effective leader.
I lead and motivate team members in two …show more content…
Without these key elements, completing a team project would've been virtually impossible. Planning and decision making will allow a person to coordinate responsibly and effectively. Our team for our group projects planned time after work a few days to complete assignments and work to deliver a final product that we could be proud of. While working late we would each discuss ideas we liked and also ones that we weren't fond of. We would then select an option that we could agree on. An important part of the decision making process is compromise. Without compromise it would be hard for the group to implement ideas because everyone would want it their way or not at all. I showed value to these two principles by making sure we stayed on top of planning what we were doing and that decisions were being made in an appropriate and timely …show more content…
In this class we utilized what was referred to as ILeads. These allowed us to focus on nine different leadership qualities. These qualities allowed me to hold and what I believe is important in leadership and also what I expect out of others. In this class I learned how to successfully motivate and encourage team members to work together to meet a goal that we were all satisfied with. In this class I was able to work on my leadership qualities and learn what it takes to be a successful leader. I learned that I value integrity in myself and others and also how vital it is to becoming a future leader. I can honestly say that this class has not only made me a better team member but also a better