Reflection

Evelyn Heun

Dominic Greene

SPA Leadership Program

4/23/18

Reflection on Growth

As a leader this year I have learned more about what I can do to be the most productive and motivate others.  I think that coming into the school year I didn’t know what to expect, so it was a somewhat slow adjustment to a whole new world.  Learning about my different strengths as a leader also helped me utilize my skills to best help my small group. The animal leadership test from first semester really made me realize more about myself.  I can understand how I tied for owl and lion because I am definitely more reserved and listening before I take charge of a situation. In high school I took on leadership roles and looking back now I can see how I have grown as leader because I understand myself more now.  The other test we took this school year told me that I am enabling others to act. I think that as a leader I always attempt to find the skills that people have and try to utilize them for the efficiency of the club or project. Forcing people to do something that they don’t want to will always end with an insufficient job, so finding what people like to do allows for whatever the task is to be more successful.  I learned how being a leader isn’t always what it is seemed to be and just by giving people the resources you are leading others. I know that I have grown as a leader, I have taken the initiative on certain tasks in my group and I think that I found my strengths through realizing my weaknesses. This past year I have found myself more and realized how there is so much more time and potential for me to grow as an individual.  The leadership program has given me the resources to utilize and highlight what skills I have to make me an even more effective leader.